15 Statistics that Show Brokers Need Social Media Marketing

Visio Marketing Specialist and Social Media Expert Tiffany Yang has written a lot of fantastic posts on how brokers can use social media marketing to grow their businesses. When done correctly, social media marketing can be highly effective for brokers. Let’s take a look at some of the most compelling statistics by platform.

Facebook

1. There are more than 50 million small businesses use Facebook pages to connect with their customers (Source: Facebook)
2. 74% of people say they use Facebook for professional purposes (Source: HubSpot)
3. 68% of Americans use Facebook (Source: Pew Research Center)
4. Facebook is the leading social media platform reaching 60.6% of internet users (Source: Oberlo)
5. Facebook users spend an average of 58.5 minutes on Facebook each day (Source: Recode)

See Tiffany’s 8 Facebook tips for brokers

LinkedIn

1. LinkedIn is the most effective platform for delivering content and securing audience engagement (Source: LinkedIn)
2. LinkedIn feed content receives 9 billion impressions every week (Source: Foundation)
3. The average LinkedIn user spends 17 minutes on the site per month (Source: Wordstream)
4. 40% of LinkedIn users visit LinkedIn everyday (Source: Omincore Agency)
5. LinkedIn has over 610 million members (Source: 99Firms)

See Tiffany’s LinkedIn tips for brokers

All Platforms

1. About 3.03 billion people worldwide are on social media (Source: BrizFeel)
2. 45% of consumers turn to social media for questions about a brand (Source: Sprout Social)
3. Consumers spend nearly 2.5 hours on social networks daily (Source: Hootsuite)
4. 97% of marketers use social media to engage with their audiences (Source: Lyfe Marketing)
5. 81% of all small businesses use a social media platform (Source: Brandwatch)

See Tiffany’s 7 Components of a Social Media Marketing Strategy

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