{"id":878,"date":"2013-12-11T12:26:05","date_gmt":"2013-12-11T12:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metricfox.com\/blog\/?p=878"},"modified":"2013-12-11T12:26:05","modified_gmt":"2013-12-11T12:26:05","slug":"what-makes-socialmedia-awesome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metricfox.com\/blog\/?p=878","title":{"rendered":"What makes #SocialMedia Awesome!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #800000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metricfox.com\/social-media-marketing\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000\">Social media<\/span><\/a><\/span> has changed the way people communicate. Apart from just being a medium for communication, social media creates customer engagement, attracts new customers and also retains customers.<\/p>\n<h2>Check out this cool infographic to know why social media is so awesome!<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metricfox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/What-makes-socialmedia-awesome.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-880\" alt=\"What makes #socialmedia awesome\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metricfox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/What-makes-socialmedia-awesome.jpg\" width=\"607\" height=\"2784\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[facebook]\u00a0[gplus]\u00a0[stumbleupon]\u00a0[digg]<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>What happens in 60 seconds on Social Media!<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Twitter \u2013 278 thousand tweets<\/p>\n<p>Facebook \u2013 41 thousand posts per seconds, 1.8 million likes<\/p>\n<p>YouTube \u2013 72 hours of video uploaded<\/p>\n<p>LinkedIn \u2013 11 thousand professional searches<\/p>\n<p>Flickr \u2013 20 million photo views<\/p>\n<p>Skype \u2013 1.4 million minutes connecting<\/p>\n<p>Instagram \u2013 3600 photos every second<\/p>\n<p>Pinterest \u2013 11 thousand active users<\/p>\n<p>Tumblr \u2013 20 thousand new photos<\/p>\n<p>Google \u2013 2 million searches<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>Top 7 benefits for businesses<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Increased awareness about organization<\/p>\n<p>Monitor real-time conversations about brand<\/p>\n<p>Know more about the market and marketing trend<\/p>\n<p>Generate leads and build stronger relationships with fans<\/p>\n<p>Develop better targeted <span style=\"color: #800000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metricfox.com\/services\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000\">marketing activates<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Better perception of brand by customers<\/p>\n<p>Hike in traffic to brand site<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>Top 5 benefits of consumers<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>85% have accounts to connect with friends<\/p>\n<p>80% get coupons, promos, discounts from brand<\/p>\n<p>67% consumers buy from brand they follow on twitter<\/p>\n<p>43% are social media fans or followers<\/p>\n<p>20% make purchase via ads or comments<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>9 best brands on social media<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nike<\/p>\n<p>National Geographic<\/p>\n<p>MTV<\/p>\n<p>Nokia<\/p>\n<p>Walt Disney<\/p>\n<p>Samsung<\/p>\n<p>Michael Kors<\/p>\n<p>Coca-cola<\/p>\n<p>Google<\/p>\n<h3>You can also subscribe to the blog to get more updates on social media marketing\u2026<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social media has changed the way people communicate. 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