Visual Contenting April 2016 | Page 27

SOCIAL MEDIA This infographic from Salesforce discusses about how to pick the right social platform to grow your sales. • • • • • 70% use Facebook daily. 49% use Instagram daily. 36% use Twitter daily. 17% use Pinterest daily. 13% use LinkedIn daily. Which Social Platform Is Right for Your Sales Pipeline? Facebook is best for building a community Among adult users: • 74% college graduate. • 71% some college. • 70% high-school or less. Instagram is best for companies with great photograph Of all the adults online: • 58% use Facebook. • 23% use LinkedIn. • 22% use Pinterest. • 21% use Instagram. • 19% use Twitter. • 24% are on 2 social sites. • 16% are on 3 social sites. • 8% are on 4 social sites. • 4% are on 5 social sites. Daily Social Media Usage of Adults Visual Contenting Who are the photographers? • 55% of people 18-29 years old. • 28% of people 30-49 years old. • 11% of people 50-64 years old. • 4% of people 65+ years old. Of all online users: • 29% of females use Instagram. • 22% of males use Instagram. LinkedIn is best for career and industry insights Who’s on LinkedIn? • 23% of people 18-29 years old. • 31% of people 30-49 years old. • 30% of people 50-64 years old. • 21% of people 65+ years old. Pinterest is best for highly visual industries or marketing • 42% of online women use the site • Just 13% of online men do. Twitter is best for topical and timely conversations Where do adult users live? • 25% in urban areas. • 23% in suburban areas. • 17% in rural areas. Youtube is best for compelling videos • Over 1 billion users, almost 1/3 of all people on the Internet. • Everyday people watch hundreds of millions of hours on Youtube and generate billions of views. • Youtube and even just Youtube on mobile reaches more 18-34 and 18-49 years old than any cable network. Meerkat is live-stream video from your phone to Twitter followers • 120,000 users with 78% male users and 22% female users. Periscope is Twitter’s app for livestreaming video from your phone to Twitter • 10 million users with 1.85 million daily active users. • 71% male users and 29% female users