Survey Says: 1/2 of small-business owners do not use social media

According to a recent poll conducting by a small-business Insurer, Hiscox Insurance Company Inc, nearly half of small-business owners do not use social media, feeling that it’s not necessary to their business.
Is that a surprise?

The results come from 304 U.S. business owners and managers – more than 200 of which are founders of their companies. All those surveyed have fewer than 250 employees.
Of those engaging in social media for business purposes, 28% have a company Facebook page, 18% have a company LinkedIn page or group, and 8% have a company blog.
In our own experience, working with small business owners, those who have designed a solid Social Media Marketing Strategy and applied a little Metal to the Pedal have been pleasantly rewarded with increases prospects, sales, and better customer engagement

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Is Social Media really Social?

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Even though I am still entrenched in the Dark Ages, I have found Social media a wonderful way to REALLY engage.

"Helping People" was one of the two Definite Major Purposes of my life I established in 1960, after reading Think and Grow Rich and Social media allows that to happen easier.

I read posts and follow up questions with offer to help..

Yes I post my phone number on all social media, when allowed.

This blog Post form a young Lady I did previously know explains what I enjoy doing with Social Media.

By the way it does eventually help "new sales"

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More on the Power of Social Media

In a previous Post, June 1, 2009 I mentioned my re-associating with a long time
Friend and Business Associate James Strauss directly from The Powerful Engines,
now classed as Social media.

Because of our memberships in such sites as Facebook, Twitter,
Linkedin, and You Tube


Jim and I have re-connected and are beginning to Share our talents with others. Each of us have developed "Followers" of our respective Vocations and talents and since we have a basic Like-Mind others seem to gravitate to our respective work.

Just this morning James Strauss posted this witty but candid report on an event
"making History". His Take on it is Fascinating:

It's A wonderful Life: by James Strauss

They're back. Oh, not those two chicks who did whatever the hell they were doing on the border of N. Korea. No, I mean Al Gore and Bill Clinton. Al arranged for the great swooping rescue by the great swooping rescuer (that would be Bill) so both of those two "whatever the hell they are now" guys are talking like crazy inside a private airline hanger to CNN and the world. Al has introduced Bill, telling us all what a heartfelt sacrificing individual the big galoot really is...to go over and save two young American women from the clutches of that horrid simian dictator. Al smiles that wonderfully vapid Gore smile (which certainly had something to do with his having his election as president stolen) and says great things about Bill. He then introduces the man, expecting, without a doubt, that the great rescuer will say great things back....Read more

Jim posted this and of course his Followers on Facebook saw it. I commented (an important habit to develop) and then Posted on Twitter a link to this article. 39 of the 2,000 Followers I have on Twitter opened the link and many of them re-tweeted it.

So through the Power of Social Media a Thought was delivered globally in just a few minutes to several thousand people of possible Like-Mind.

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