State of Corporate Social Media 2012 - Selected Findings

The State of Corporate Social Media in 2012 -

some key findings

Useful Social Media asked 650+ social media practitioners about how social is managed in their company, and their plans for the future.

This is what we found...

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To download a free copy of the whole State of Corporate Social Media Briefing, go to usfl.so/CSM12Briefing

93% of companies say social media is becoming a more important part of their

marketing strategy

70% of B2C companies will see a budget increase for social media in 2012

57% of social media teams are part of the marketing department

76% of companies plan on using social for reputation monitoring in 2012

56% of companies will use social media to deliver customer service this year

68% of companies say that they're not confident in measuring the impact of

their social media activity

79% of businesses feel that current social media metrics are insufficient

41% of European companies say that they can link revenue to social media activity

But only 35% of Americans say they can

1/3 of B2C companies still use external agencies to run their social media

activity

If you want some more...39 pages of analysis, charts, statistics and trends

Clear benchmarks and best practice

A look into the future

Insight into the differences between B2B and B2C companies

A global outlook with stats from around the globe

..then download the full briefing, for free, at usfl.so/CSM12Briefing

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