This document discusses the importance and growth of social media. It notes that while people are exposed to thousands of advertisements per day, they are much more likely to trust recommendations from other consumers found on social media. The document highlights statistics on the large user bases of major social media platforms like Facebook and LinkedIn. It argues that social media can help businesses increase customer loyalty, credibility, website traffic and revenues by connecting with current and potential customers. It pitches social media marketing services to help businesses effectively utilize social media.

2. ? What is Social Media

3. Word of Mouth Powered by the Internet

4. Social Media is Conversations. Supported by online tools.

5. Tools like these

6. The way marketing has been.

7. The average person is exposed to 3000 advertising messages per day.

8. only 14% of people trust advertisements.

9. but 78% of people trust the recommendations of other consumers. *Neilson “Trust in Advertising” report October 2007

10. The future of the internet is social. Without finding ways to reach your prospects through social media you could be left behind by your competitors.

11. 2010 marks the first year Millennial’s will out number Baby Boomers. and they spend > 16 hrs/week online.

12. And they don’t care about your ad. They care what their friends think.

13. The facts don’t lie. Social media is the #1 activityon the web.

14. The facts don’t lie. Facebook has over 500 Million users.

15. The facts don’t lie. 94 Million professionals use LinkedIn. A new member joins approximately every second.

16. The facts don’t lie. The #2 largest search engine in the world is…

17. The facts don’t lie. There are over 200,000,000 Blogs.

18. The facts don’t lie.

19. Top 20 Most visited websites on the internet Google Facebook Yahoo YouTube MySpace Wikipedia Amazon Blogger eBay Windows Live Craigslist Twitter MSN AOL Go Bing LinkedIn CNN Wordpress ESPN Source: Alexa.com

20. How will Social Media impact your business?

21. You’ll Increase Customer Loyalty. Social Media is a good loyalty tool because it builds community around a business and brand.

22. You’ll increase credibility. In the minds of customers, companies that use Social Media seem more open, and trustworthy. Look what they did… Check this out! This is cool! Go visit… Wow!

23. You’ll increase visibility of you, your products & services and your Brand. From blogging to article marketing to video sharing, we’ll make sureyou stand out in a sea of competition.

24. You’ll drive more traffic to your website and blog. The more social media sites that link to your site, the greater the authority of your site with the search engines. (Don’t have a blog? We’ll make one for you and manage it.)

25. Resulting in more leads.

26. And increased revenues. Join other small businesses who continue to realize the ROI of social media marketing. It won’t be overnight, but social media has been proven to increase revenues.

27. Problem? It takes time. It takes knowledge. It takes consistent effort.

28. You Get All of Our Collective Years of Experience. When you partner with us, you’ll leverage our vast experience in blogging, social networking, sales, traffic building, content writing, and social media business strategy.

29. We’re affordable. It’s true. Hiring us on a monthly basis is typically less than half the monthly cost of hiring or paying an employee to handle your social media marketing. Experience included.

30. We’ll do it all for you. Make the jump to social media without the headaches, the hassles or hiring of additional employees. We’ll be your complete social media department and handle everything for you.

31. The Social Media Mix

32. OurProcess

33. Let’s figure out what’s the right social media mix is for your business. Visit us at OneSocialMedia.com