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Digital Expansion: How
Small Businesses use
Social Media
By: Zach Swoboda
How small businesses affect our
economy
● Employ 57 percent of American workers
● Payout 44 percent of US payroll checks
● Supply niche markets
● Create new and innovative ideas
How small businesses succeed
on social media
● Find and use the correct platform
● Track your mentions
● Cross-promote
● Keep a “content stash”
How size affects a business’s
social media usage
● Larger businesses tend to be more general
● Smaller businesses tend to focus on their customer base
● Larger businesses promote their content and products
● Smaller businesses tend to promote their people and
personality
Future Research
● How do different companies change their social media
usage in times of crisis?
● How does the size of the business’s marketing team
affect its content?

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Digital expansion how small businesses use social media

  • 1. Digital Expansion: How Small Businesses use Social Media By: Zach Swoboda
  • 2. How small businesses affect our economy ● Employ 57 percent of American workers ● Payout 44 percent of US payroll checks ● Supply niche markets ● Create new and innovative ideas
  • 3. How small businesses succeed on social media ● Find and use the correct platform ● Track your mentions ● Cross-promote ● Keep a “content stash”
  • 4. How size affects a business’s social media usage ● Larger businesses tend to be more general ● Smaller businesses tend to focus on their customer base ● Larger businesses promote their content and products ● Smaller businesses tend to promote their people and personality
  • 5. Future Research ● How do different companies change their social media usage in times of crisis? ● How does the size of the business’s marketing team affect its content?