New Study Shows Elder Care Marketers Benefit from Social Media [SLIDESHARE]

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Elder Care Marketing Industry Report

Ryan Malone of Elder Care Marketer recently published results of a study in a white paper called the Elder Care Marketing Industry Report. The study surveyed 160 elder care marketers to glean insights into their marketing habits, what tools they use, and what impact social media has on their business. I've embedded the entire report below. It's definitely worth checking out. Nice job Ryan! You can find Ryan on Twitter , LinkedIn ,Facebook or YouTube. 

Here are the social media highlights from the Report:

• Small companies (1-50 employees) are twice as likely than big companies (50-500+ employees) to use social media in their marketing
• Overall, LinkedIn and Facebook are the most popular for marketing purposes
• Marketers spend an average of 6.6 hours per week on social media and would like to learn most about Twitter and blogs
• Interest is high in learning more about social media tools, which reflects the overall recognition of social media as a marketing vehicle
• Small businesses used a much broader base of social media tools than large businesses for marketing purposes
• Both B2B and B2C businesses benefited most from social media through increased mailing lists, traffic and subscribers, generating leads and creating partnerships.
• B2C reported a high increase in search rankings and B2B
  businesses reported a higher benefit for identifying new products more often