The Results
In total 27 people have voted and the results are:
- Facebook 11 votes
- Twitter 8 votes
- LinkedIn 0 votes
- Pinterest 2 votes
- YouTube 6 votes
This poll was carried out to research the opinions of others to see what they feel is the best social media site to advertise on.
Facebook received eleven votes in this poll. Facebook can reach the potential customers and grow the audience of the business with highly targeted ads and sponsored stories on Facebook. Advertising on Facebook can:
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Build awareness: it can reach a large targeted audience with a ad campaign
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Drive sales: if the business offers special deals and giveaways in the ad campaign it can bring people into the store
- Growth in fan base: it can encourage people to like the businesses page by offering valuable benefits for engaging
Twitter received 8 votes. If Twitter is used wisely, internet marketing can be done free of cost. The target market is out there for the business to seek and understand. Follow the tweets of the target market for better understanding. Twitter allows you to network efficiently and with large groups of people.
LinkedIn got 0 votes. this proved to be not so popular with the voters.
Pinterest received 2 votes. Pinterest is a great tool for advertisers to get a close look at what customers like and repin. The business can follow those who pin their images, as well as figure out what products are the most popular. There is also a gift section where businesses can showcase their products with pricing on the actual image.
YouTube received 6 votes. March 2011 YouTube was averaging at one billion video views per day globally. YouTube is easy to measure and analyse.Youtube Analytics is called Insights. It tracks views, popularity, demographics, audience attention etc.
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