Those who have embraced social media have, for the most part, truly embraced it.
Those who haven’t, haven’t.
This great video by timetogetsocial gives an “in your face” version of reasons to care about social media as a business. Watch the video and then see the transcript of the reasons after the jump.
Here is a breakdown of the reasons listed in the video:
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Social media is now the number one online activity, beating porn and personal email to the top spot.
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Because 2/3 of the global Internet population visit social networks.
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Because time spent on social networks is growing at 3X the overall Internet rate, accounting for 10% of all Internet time.
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Because online, including social media, has become the most influential source in helping consumers make purchasing decisions.
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Because millions of people are creating content for the social web.
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Because the next 3 billion consumers will access the Internet from a mobile device.
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Because Facebook is now the operating system of the social web.
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Because Twitter believes it will have 1 billion users by 2012.
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Because one way marketing has had its day.
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Because in almost all cases social media is free.
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