Why Small Business Digs Social Networks

Our rural challenge is getting the business people online first, then utilizing free and/or low cost solutions to reaching their customer base and building community. i recently did a presentation with local Chamber of Commerce members about Social Media and encountered significant resistance to the amount of time it takes to learn and use. This is the new way of doing business, and people will get there. Cultural change is slow ~Michelle

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Why Small Business Digs Social Networks

Nearly half of small businesses surveyed have profiles on Facebook and Twitter and use social media to promote their businesses.

October 16, 2009
By David Needle: More stories by this author:

Small businesses don’t always have time to futz with the latest technology, but a new survey indicates a good many of them in the U.S. have jumped aggressively on the social network bandwagon.

About 45 percent of 2,000 U.S. small businesses surveyed last month said they have a presence or profiles on Facebook and Twitter to promote their businesses.

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