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SOCIAL BUSINESS

OPTIMISING ENGAGEMENT AND INTERACTION BY PLATFORM


ANALYSIS OF 17.5 MILLION SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS BY NEARLY 18,000 BRANDS, MEASURED M T W Th F S Su 9AM
ON ENGAGEMENT AND INTERACTION

M T W Th F S Su 5PM M T W Th F S Su 7PM

M T W Th F S Su 8PM M T W Th F S Su 1AM

Source: TrackMaven 2016

BEST TIMES TO POST ON


SOCIAL MEDIA BY SELECTED
INDUSTRY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY
ENGAGEMENT AND INTERACTION
RATES DIFFER FOR EACH
INDUSTRY AND PLATFORM
1AM
2AM
Apparel and fashion 3AM
4AM
Automotive
5AM
Banking 6AM
Cosmetics 7AM
8AM
Entertainment
9AM
Gaming 10AM
11AM
Medical devices
12PM
Pharmaceuticals 1PM
Real estate 2PM
3PM
Restaurants
4PM
Sports 5PM
Utilities 6PM
7PM
8PM
9PM
10PM
11PM
12AM
Source: TrackMaven 2016

PRIMARY AIM OF MARKETING USING SOCIAL MEDIA


PERCENTAGE OF BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS (B2B) AND BUSINESS-TO-CONSUMER (B2C) MARKETERS THAT RATED THE FOLLOWING THEIR
PRIMARY AIM

B2B B2C AVERAGE

Brand awareness 45% 25% 36%

Customer
engagement 26% 39% 32%

Lead generation 14% 11% 12%

Customer acquisition 5% 17% 9%

Customer retention
2%
6% 4%

Customer 2% 3% 3%
segmentation

Other
3%
7% 5%

Source: DMA 2016

SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS IN ORDER OF POPULARITY IN MARKETING


PERCENTAGE OF B2B AND B2C MARKETERS THAT USE THE FOLLOWING PLATFORMS
100

90

80

70

60

50

40

30

20

10

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Source: DMA 2016

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