{"id":11614,"date":"2016-10-20T09:21:52","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T14:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clientconnexion.com\/site\/?p=11614"},"modified":"2016-10-20T09:21:52","modified_gmt":"2016-10-20T14:21:52","slug":"the-low-down-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clientconnexion.com\/site\/2016\/10\/20\/the-low-down-on-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"The Low-Down on Social Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have highlighted the importance of maintaining a strong online brand, but we want to go a step further and give you some impactful numbers and statistics. Social media\u2019s impact on the business world has been powerful and undeniable. Below are a few statistics to back up the claim:<\/p>\n<p>Number of Users (Source: BrandWatch):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Facebook: 1.71 billion users<\/li>\n<li>Instagram: 400 million users<\/li>\n<li>Google+: 300 million users<\/li>\n<li>Twitter: 320 million users<\/li>\n<li>YouTube: Over 1 billion users<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>General:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Out of 7.3 billion people in the world, there are 2.3 active social media users.<\/li>\n<li>91% of retail businesses use two or more forms of social media to brand their company.<\/li>\n<li>The number of social media users has increased by 176 million users in the past year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Social Media in Business:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>38% of companies budget to spend more than 20% of their total advertising dollars on social media.<\/li>\n<li>Social media platforms have earned an estimated $8.3 billion from companies\u2019 advertisements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Video Statistics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Facebook tabbed 8 billion video views each and every day.<\/li>\n<li>Adults in the United States spend an average of one hour and 16 minutes each day watching video content.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These numbers and statistics prove that social media is a powerful tool for your dealership. There are plenty of ways to market, brand, and advertise your company, but social media serves as a cheaper and more effective way to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Want more information on Client ConneXion\u2019s Social\/Online PR Management or Social ConneXion features? Give us a call at 877-888-5948 or start a Chat below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have highlighted the importance of maintaining a strong online brand, but we want to go a step further and give you some impactful numbers and statistics. Social media\u2019s impact on the business world has been powerful and undeniable. Below are a few statistics to back up the claim: Number of Users (Source: BrandWatch): Facebook: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clientconnexion.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11614"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clientconnexion.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clientconnexion.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clientconnexion.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clientconnexion.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11614"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/clientconnexion.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11615,"href":"https:\/\/clientconnexion.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11614\/revisions\/11615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clientconnexion.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clientconnexion.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clientconnexion.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}