How Are Small Businesses Using Social Media

Social media is playing a critical role in how small business and organizations are conducting their business today. Check out this infographic created by VerticalResponse  which shares some of the important factors small businesses face in today's social media marketing world.

A few interesting highlights:

88 percent of small business owners still gravitate to Facebook as their social network of choice. While, Google+ and Pinterest are gradually growing as a viable marketing platforms.

Almost 6 out of 10 small business owners spend less than 6 hours a week to manage their social media.

5 out of 10 still don't have a company blog.

Nearly 56 percent of SMBs use a third party tool to manage their social media activities.

Source: http://hostopiablog.verticalresponse.com/blog/small-business-survey-reveals-social-media-trends-infographic/