Social Media Can Help Your Business

The number of people using social media sites is growing each and every day. These free social networking sites have gone beyond just adding friends and sharing status. Many people are using these network sites for business, some of the reasons why businesses are getting involved include generating new customers, shaping relationships, enhancing brand exposure, etc. Facebook and Twitter are the two major players when it comes to social network sites. Facebook was launched in the year 2004 and already got over 500 members worldwide, Twitter was launched in the year 2006 and has over 100 million registered users.

It only took Facebook five months to attract an extra 100 million users, from 400 million to 500 million. There is more than 30 billion pieces of content, like photos, news stories and web links shared each and every month on Facebook.

Approximately sixty-five million tweets are sent each day with Twitter. There is approximately 135,000 new people registering on this site each day.

Anyone who is looking to start an online business then l would advice them to seriously take a look at these two sites to find out how they can help you grow your business.