Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Social media - a boon to Companies

Day by day, the rate of social media usage is increasing. I found a really interesting article about its progress.


18% TV advertisements generate positive ROI
56% of people avoid buying from Companies that advertise too much.
100% increase in advertising leads to 1-2% increase in sales


In such cases there are chances for Companies that are doing well to survive.
But the mid-size companies cannot afford such huge cost for promoting their product.
Since Social media is a platform for them to collaborate with their customers, they can enhance the customer satisfaction to increase their revenue.


10% influences the purchasing behaviour of the rest 90%...


There is no concept of consumers in Social media marketting.Its Prosumers where the customers themselves are the producers and consumers of information