US small businesses socially savvy, but falling behind on mobile
Many small businesses have adopted social media marketing, and it’s typically an easy choice for them to use Facebook—with its 750 million members and counting, not to mention easy self-serve ad sales system—when they do so.
According to October 2011 research from email marketing software firm Constant Contact, Facebook was the most commonly used social media tactic for small businesses to connect one-on-one with their customers or prospects. Among all online methods, it was second only to email.
Facebook’s popularity goes along with its perceived effectiveness. Among small businesses that said social media marketing in general was effective, 83% said that Facebook was at least moderately so. By comparison, 46% said the same of Twitter, the second-ranked social channel.
While small businesses may have gotten on board with social media marketing, they are lagging when it comes to mobile. Overall, 72% of respondents to the Constant Contact survey said they had not incorporated mobile into any business function. Just a few had created mobile websites or apps, or begun doing mobile marketing campaigns.
Earlier research from Pitney Bowes found social media was a winner for small businesses because of its ease of use. There was a 21-percentage-point difference in perceived ease of use for mobile, and respondents were less than half as likely to say they had comfort and knowledge in that area as they were in social.
SOURCE eMarketer
Because of the effectiveness of the facebook every small business owner advertises on facebook so he interacts directly with their customers. Now the whole advertising moves towards to next step after the lunch of Google+ .Many marketers want to establish their brand on Google+ because Google+ is the next big thing in online marketing after facebook.