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CourtneyWileyTaylor's Blog - 94% of Enterprises Will Invest in Social Media
94% of Enterprises Will Invest in Social Media
By:
CourtneyWileyTaylor
On:
10/13/2009 10:31 AM
Posted To: The Circuit
eWeek recently posted these findings based on research by Deloitte, Beeline Labs and the Society for New Communications Research.
A survey of 400 companies that have cultivated internal social networks or online communities found that only 6 percent plan to decrease their investment in the recession. (Advanced social analytics are also a part of the trend.)
Most of the companies surveyed said they are using social media tools to engage with customers, partners and employees for marketing purposes, with word-of-mouth, customer loyalty, brand awareness, idea generation and customer support quality comprising other community objectives. The need to meet these goals presents great opportunities for enterprise social software makers.
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