Twitter Most Effective Social Marketing Platform (But Facebook Most Important), Says Study

Two thirds of marketers in Ireland believe that Twitter is the most effective social platform.

Two thirds of marketers in Ireland believe that Twitter is the most effective social platform for business, reveals a new study.

But Facebook is still seen as the most important social network, largely because of its size.

Research conducted in November and December last year by Edelman and the Marketing Institute of Ireland found that 67 percent of marketing professionals rated Twitter as effective for marketing, compared to 59 percent for LinkedIn and 55 percent for Facebook.

Additionally, 87 percent of respondents used Twitter, which ranked first overall ahead of LinkedIn (74 percent), Facebook (73 percent), YouTube (50 percent) and blogs (34 percent).

However,

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