Please read the statistics below. You will see that social media will get your website more traffic.

It might sound like a lot of work keeping up with a blog, Facebook and Twitter, but it’s not. At Richmond Media, we can tie them all together, so when you blog, your blog goes to Facebook AND Twitter. How’s that for making things easy? CONTACT US to see how it can work for your business.

Did you know that Facebook is now the most preferred way of sharing content – second only to email?

Nearly 2/3 of US Internet users regularly use a social network.

52% of 55-64 year old internet users have joined a social network

So if you want to get business from the Internet (and who doesn’t?) why aren’t you using social media? Google and Bing have both confirmed that they use social media to help rank websites. You want your website ranked high on Google? So, is adding and working with social media a no brainer, or what?

Social media and blogs create what is called dynamic content, which means that they change frequently. This lets search engines know that your website is active, and engages people. Blogs help a lot with this strategy. Here are some more facts:

Companies that blog have 97% more inbound links than those that don’t.

About 46% of daily internet users read more than one blog every day.

Blog posts that were shared on Twitter and Facebook got 149% more inbound links than those not shared on social media at all.

Did you know that companies that blog get 55% more web traffic and 70% more leads than those that don’t?

Blogging sounds like a lot of work, but it’s not. You can spend twenty minutes a week on a blog, and… well, look at the statistics. On our own website, when we write a new blog, our site visits go up. every single time. Think about it.

You can use your blog to tell people about new products, sales and specials, share helpful information about your industry, and in the end, to engage with your site visitors on a more personal level. And we specialize in WordPress systems, so your blog is built right in and ready to go!

But there’s one more piece to this puzzle:

Companies that use Twitter average 2x more leads per month than those that do not.

79% of US Twitter users are more likely to recommend the brands that they follow.

More than 1/2 of active Twitter users follow companies, brands, or products on social networks.

Twitter seems kind of scary to a lot of people, but it’s not. It’s a part of your social media strategy that can vastly improve your Google ranking, which will get your site more visits, which will… well, you know what happens then.

Having a website for your business is essential these days, and it has a great advantage over other media; it doesn’t cost much at all once your website is up and running. But in order for your site to help your business, you have to invest a little time into it instead of a lot of money. Richmond Media can help you get started, and we can help you invest that time wisely.

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