The importance of social media within today’s marketing strategies can no longer be underestimated.  Here’s some invaluable insight.

Have any of these questions crossed your mind?  “How much time do my peers invest in social media marketing? What benefits are they achieving? Where will they focus their efforts in the future?”

By Michael Stelzner | Social Media Examiner
Published April 19, 2010

Watch the above video for a quick summary of what social media can do for you and what others are achieving.

Industry Report Overview from Michael A. Stelzner on Vimeo.

To understand how marketers are using social media, Social Media Examiner commissioned the 2010 Social Media Marketing Industry Report.  The report set out to uncover the “who, what, where, when and why” of social media marketing.

A significant 1900 of your peers provided the type of valuable insight you won’t find elsewhere. In this free report you’ll discover:

• The top 10 social media questions marketers want answered
• How much time marketers invest with social media activities
• The top benefits of social media and how time invested impacts results
• The most used social media tools
• Marketers future social media plans
• And much more!

If you’re in charge of marketing for your business, you’ll want to closely analyze the pages of this report and use it to persuade others.

Simon Lewis, editor of marketing recruitment advertiser, Only Marketing Jobs, commented: “This report is a must-read for any aspiring social media marketer, as well as providing a great case study for social veterans.  We’re constantly encouraging recruiters to ‘get social’ and this guide accentuates why.  Jobs in marketing are becoming more prevalent despite the economic unrest and social media is helping people get in font of not just the right people, but more of them.”

Remember, the nature of social media is to “share”, so if you like the report please let your peers know about it by retweeting using the button above or below this article.

Download the report here. Note: Having trouble downloading? The file is large and may not display properly in some browsers. Try right clicking (or control click on Mac) to save it to your hard drive.

What do you think about these findings?  Please share your comment in the box below.

Source: Social Media Examiner

Edited by Simon Lewis | Only Marketing Jobs

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