Is Social Media Marketing an Effective Marketing Tool?

Social media marketing is one of the best channels a company can use to market itself. It is described as the process of pulling traffic with the use of social media sites such as Facebook, twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, you tube etc. The social media has become a buzzword where everyone seems to be affiliated to one or more social media sites. This creates the largest pool of people that are easily reachable within the shortest period of time and at the most cost effective manner. Here are the Attributes of using social media marketing in Johannesburg-

• Enhanced customer engagement
• Increasing traffic effectively
• Cost effective

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Home of Professional Social Media Marketing: LinkedIn

It seems that every week there is a new social network and a new path for effective social media marketing– an overwhelming, time-consuming and impossible situation for any professional looking to keep up with every latest trend. Fortunately, there are a few super-networks – giants who have reach, visibility and reputation – that dominate the pack. But which one should you, as a professional prioritize in order to get the highest ROE? We’d have to say LinkedIn – and here’s why:

• It is a top job portal
• Professional networking is a breeze
• You can build credibility effectively
• Find the people you need to meet
• Build your brand

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Why Social Media Marketing is Still Trending in 2013

How Popular is Social Media in SA?

Social media Marketing has come to incorporate a wide variety of platforms on the Internet that are all about interacting socially. The most significant sites are Facebook and Twitter, but there’s also Google Plus, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Vine, YouTube, Vimeo and other smaller sites cropping up and gaining popularity.

A whopping 90% of South African Internet users are accessing social media platforms multiple times a day. As little as eight per cent of users access it only once a day and 24% of users are accessing it multiple times a week. But what does that say about social media marketing? Could these Internet users be just online for Google or work-related reasons? The numbers continue to lean towards social media’s favour, as only nine per cent of South African Internet users don’t use social media at all, leaving:

• 63% to access social media daily
• 14% to access social media multiple times a week
• 14% to access social media at least once during the month

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