Four Marketing Tactics That Trump Social Media

BALTIMORE - Feb. 26, 2014 - PRLog -- This article and all content is published/ written by Laura Montini!

"How valuable is a tweet or an instagram for a small business? Apparently not very. Business owners continue to affirm that word of mouth marketing is much more effective than social media, according to Bank of America's Small Business Owner Report. Over the past couple of years, the semi annual survey has asked small businesses about the marketing tactics they find most useful, and time after time their answer remains the same: word of mouth and customer referrals prevail as the most successful strategies."

"In the graphic below, statistics company Statista takes a look at how much these companies value other forms of marketing."

If you own a small business, make sure you reach out and connect to people for referrals! Although social media does help personalize your business and spread the word through the internet, one tradition that will never fade, is good connections! Take a break from internewt browsing and go out and talk to people to build relationships and spread the word of your accomplishments and what you have to offer the world.