Social media is the favorite marketing channel for small businesses.

The verdict is in. Social media is crucial to small business marketing.

[source: Laura Montini, Inc Magazine] More than half of small businesses have increased their spending on social media and social media advertisements from the previous year.

This infographic by Visual.ly and LinkedIn explains just why these companies are finding it’s worthwhile to get social.

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