Nobody Goes To Facebook To Shop, Therefore Social Media Marketing Is A Failure

This “How People Use Social Media” report has been making the rounds on the blogosphere yesterday and today, and it’s finally time to put a stop to the madness.

Consumer research company Knowledge Networks released the social media report yesterday, and in it, says that though 83 percent of Internet users use social media, less than 5 percent of those users “regularly turn to these sites for guidance on purchase decisions” and only 16 percent of social media users are more likely to buy from companies that advertise on social media.

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