Social Media Stats for Your Network Marketing Strategy

The landscape of social media is ever changing, and boy don’t we know it.

Did you catch Facebook’s recent announcement about going even further with their pay to play for Facebook business pages?

With new sites, new stats and rules changing and showing up constantly, it’s tough to stay on top of changes, right? And, then run a business and a life.

We’ve gone from static sites to blog and interactivity, and Smartphones make up over 60% of Social Media use.

One thing hasn’t changed – Social Media is important to your business and brand and even more than ever, driving that traffic back to your site is critical. This is where business happens.

Let’s chat about that on today’s show.

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Social Media Stats for 2014 and What they mean in Your Direct Sales Business

General Stats for the year –

75% of engagement on Facebook posts occurs in the first 5 hours of posting. Plan your updates carefully, based on this for more interaction.

84% of women and 50% of men stay active on Pinterest.

78% of Twitter’s active users are on mobile. The number of mobile users for Facebook sits at 399 million.

60% of social media time is spent on smartphones and tablets. Make sure your blog is mobile ready!

Facebook is still the queen of social traffic – it drove 23% of overall visits to sites and it’s share
traffic has skyrocketed, up 150% since 2013. The key is to take the traffic back to your blog and get them signed up on your list!

Pinterest’s share referrals have grown 59% since 2013

LinkedIn has lost 77% of their traffic share since 2013 – but don’t let this scare you away!