The major thing that social media has allowed businesses to do is promote their business and increase communication opportunities. Businesses were able to use social media such as, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Pinterest, to promote their business (RSS). Promoting their business lead to driving traffic to their websites (PayPal), allowing things to spread quickly, which then lead to word of mouth (RSS). Not only were businesses allowed to promote their businesses, but they were allowed to expand their communication opportunities with their customers …show more content…
The result of businesses using social media has been very successful. The use of social media has saved businesses time and money. It has also expanded the communication opportunities between companies and customers. The launch of all the social medias has made it easier for businesses to communicate (Small Business Trends). It gave the companies an opportunity to create relations with their customers (Gordhamer). Being able to create good relations with customers has benefit businesses. It showed that they had good customer service, which would lead to receiving positive comments and feedback (RSS). Instead of spending loads of money on tv advertisements, social media has made it easier for businesses to advertise and promote (Gordhamer). There may be some negative effects of using social media like, businesses not being able to control the negativity of the company spreading, but the benefits of using social media overcomes all the negativity (Lovering). The risk of not using social media has a bigger impact to the business, compared to not using it all (Barbara). Overall, social media has helped improved businesses in many ways. The major things that have been improved with businesses is the use of money, time, communication, and the increase of sales. Without the use of social media, businesses would not have been as successful as it is