Why Facebook?

On Tuesday, we asked over 10,000+ MACs Women in Business email subscribers, which social media platform they wanted to learn more about as market research for our upcoming series of social media e-books. The overwhelming response was Facebook! Twitter was the second option. With that information, we will be publishing the Facebook e-book as the first offer in the series. To receive an email with the inside scoop about our social media e-book series click here, select social media training option. We will email you the details! But, why Facebook?...

It is safe to say that more and more women smart, entrepreneurs are making an investment  and learning about positioning their business effectively in the digital space. With that said, let's take a look at some stats that makes Facebook the #1 social media platform that's revolutionizing the way companies are doing business online these days! 

Seven eye-opening stats about Facebook: 

• Facebook has over One Billion monthly active users
  
• Approximately 81% of monthly active users are outside the U.S. and Canada
  
• Facebook averages over 584 Million daily active users 
  
• There are 604 million monthly active users who use Facebook mobile products
  
• Almost one billion pieces of content are shared on Facebook daily
  
• Each day over 300 million photos uploaded to the site 
• In the United States, one in every five internet page views occurs on Facebook.com

                                                                                                            source: Facebook.com

With stats like those listed above, Facebook is certainly a social media platform that smart women  business owners are utilizing to connect with their target audience and grow their business. In our upcoming social media training series, we will be sharing information on the steps to take to ensure that you are not making the mistakes that some small businesses make when interacting on Facebook. Understanding things like posting frequency and timing, cross-platform approach and learning how to activate your fans are just some of the areas that will be covered in our upcoming Facebook training ebook for women in business. 

If you are any bit overwhelmed by social media and would like to have one-on-one support, simply send us an email (info @ macswomen.com) with your contact information and we will do the rest. If you are a woman in business, we invite you to like our fan page at www.facebook.com/macswomengroup. Looking forward to interacting with you there!