Nearly Half of Canadian Small Business Owners Now Use Social Media for Their Businesses: BMO Report
- Majority of business owners have an understanding of how social media works, with Millennials leading the way at 93 per cent - Over one third (35 per cent) use social media for marketing purposes - One-in-ten (11 per cent) business owners are using social media to listen to customer feedback and understand the changing business environment
(firmenpresse) - TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired) -- 05/14/15 -- A new report from BMO Bank of Montreal revealed that nearly half (45 per cent) of small businesses operate a company social media account, and the majority (74 per cent) understand how it works. However, many business owners appear to be missing out on one of the key benefits social media has to offer - listening.
"It''s encouraging to see that business owners are using the social space for marketing and communicating purposes. However, only 11 per cent are using it to listen, which is valuable to track competitors or trends and grow their businesses," said Steve Murphy, Head, Canadian Commercial Banking, BMO Bank of Montreal. "Business owners need to take advantage of the benefits of social media as a means to communicate both to and with their customers in order to learn new business strategies."
The report found that of those small business owners who own a social media account, 35 per cent of them operate it themselves, while 58 per cent leave it to someone else to manage.
The report, conducted by Pollara, also revealed that the majority of small business owners use social media for the following:
Mr. Murphy noted that businesses need to recognize when creating a business plan the significance of the social space when planning and budgeting for the year ahead.
Keeping up with the Millennials: how social-savvy are today''s business owners?
Millennial business owners are leading the way in embracing social media as a means to conduct business activities, but the report found that business owners of all ages are embracing the social space for their businesses:
Additionally, when asked their level of understanding of how a social media account actually works, Millennial business owners were the most confident in their skills:
Over half (56 per cent) of Millennials said they have gotten great ideas for their business from social media, and 64 per cent plan to make major changes or investments to their online presence in the coming years. In comparison, over half of business owners aged 40-64 (52 per cent) and 53 per cent of those aged 65+ plan to invest in their online presence in the coming years.
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Results cited above come from a Pollara telephone survey with 502 Canadian business owners, conducted between February 20th and March 11th, 2015. The margin of error for this survey is +/- 4.4 per cent, 19 times out of 20.
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