Over the last few years social media has grown and grown, with Facebook and Twitter dominating the space. The popularity has not only grown among consumers it is slowly taking over all aspects of business life too, with marketers ensuring that social media is implemented into marketing strategies - according to recent research two thirds of companies say that social media provides tremendous opportunities for their business.
The key long term purpose of social media marketing is to build brand awareness, increase engagement with customers and suppliers and increase traffic to your website which subsequently raises the probability of converting those visitors into customers.
The social media leader
In July 2010 the number of people using Facebook reached to an almighty 500 billion users, making Facebook the clear leader of the global social networking phenomenon. According to recent research, Facebook is the second most visited website in the UK