How can you fit social media into an already busy schedule and how much time are your competitors spending online?  Entrepreneurs now have to be on social media if they want to reach today’s smartphone-happy customers.  Researchers predict the number of people reading, purchasing, and using social media on smartphones will continue to increase.

I was going through some posts I had saved to read and found some interesting information in a post and infographic I wanted to share.    These statistics amazed me.  Very eye opening!

• 55 percent of small businesses have blogs.
• The average post takes about 1-3 hours to create.
• 43 percent of small businesses spend about 6 hours per week on social media (about the equivalent of one whole workday?)
• Only 15% of small businesses post to Facebook multiple times per day. (This is way lower than recommended.)

Glad to see I’m not the only one to labor over writing blog posts.  That being said….if your competitor is on social media and you are not, think of all the opportunities you are missing out on.

Check out all the details and see if you are on par with other entrepreneurs by reading,  How Much Time and Money Do Small Business Spend on Social Media?