This document outlines 6 reasons why businesses should use social media: 1. Social media profiles allow businesses to be found more easily through web searches and show their human side to potential customers. 2. Social media pages like Facebook and Instagram allow businesses to fulfill customer desires by updating them on demands, problems, and helping make their lives easier. 3. On social media, helping prospects achieve their goals, not just sales goals, is the new approach to selling known as "helping is the new selling".