Why should your business have an active online presence? Here are a few amazing statistics I came across in the past year. These numbers really speak for themselves, don’t you think?
80% of all small businesses use internet to conduct business activities.
Source: OPEN: The Small Business Network
There are over 2 billion videos viewed every single day on YouTube.
That’s nearly double the prime-time audience of all three major US broadcast networks combined.
Source: YouTube / Mashable.com
Average person spends 15 minutes a day on YouTube
Source: YouTube / Mashable.com
There are over 750 million of users on Facebook.
If Facebook was a country it would be the third largest in the world, more than twice the population of entire United States.
Source: Facebook
Offering e-commerce functionality on your web site means it will be percieved as more credible by internet surfers.
Source: WebCredibility.org
77% of all businesses believe that a web presence makes them more competitive.
Source: OPEN: The Small Business Network
More and more consumers are shifting their consumer spending from bricks and mortar stores to online stores.
Source: eMarketer
Small businesses who use the internet have grown 46% faster than those that do not.
Source: American Business City Journals
Small businesses that blog get 55% more website visitors.
Source: HubSpot.com
