1. Social Media Marketing: 27 Awesome Stats, Soundbites and Slides

4. Why Is Social Media Important?: Statistics Photo Credit: kevindooley

5. Global Internet Users Photo Credit: Jess3

6. 90 Trillion The number of emails sent on the Internet in 2009. Source: Jess3

7. 500 Million Active Facebook Users Source: Tech Herald Photo Credit: Oversocialized

8. 126 Million The number of blogs on the Internet. Source: Jess3

9. 10 Billion+ Tweets Sent on Twitter Since 2006 Photo Credit: Rosaura Ochoa Source: Mashable

10. 2Billion Videos Are Streamed Each Day On YouTube Photo Credit: jonsson Source: Techcrunch

11. What Is Social Media Marketing?

12. “ Social Media Marketing: Enables Others to Advocate for Your Business Through Compelling Content” Image credit: Ian Sane

13. “ Social Media is Like a Cocktail Party: Listen Then Respond” Photo Credit: The Dana Files

14. “ Links are the Currency of the Social Web”

15. “ Social Media Monitoring Collects Online Mentions for Measurement and Response” Image Credit: Suchitra Prints

16. Free Social Media Monitoring Tools Image Credit: Hamed Saber

17. Paid Social Media Monitoring Tools Photo Credit aresauburn™

18. “ Company Blogs are Digital Publications that Allow Public Responses” Photo Credit kevindooley

19. Blogging and B2C and B2B Leads Source: State of Inbound Marketing Lead Generation Report - http://bit.ly/cVMpkn

20. # Blog Articles By Leads Generated Source: State of Inbound Marketing Lead Generation Report - http://bit.ly/cVMpkn

21. “ Facebook is a social network that connects people personally and professionally through connections, messages, photos, & videos.” Photo Credit: Marvin Kuo

22. Facebook Fan Pages Let Businesses Interact with Customers and Prospects

23. “ Twitter is like a Text Message with a BCC: To The World” Photo Credit: ydhsu

24. Businesses Use Twitter to Converse with Prospects, Provide Customer Service and Drive Website Traffic.

25. Free Twitter Tools Photo Credit: M ixy

26. Social Media Can Drive Leads and Customers Photo Credit: PhotoDu.de

27. Social Media is for Leads and Sales Source: State of Inbound Marketing Report - http://bit.ly/aewfHr

28. Social Media is for B2B and B2C Source: State of Inbound Marketing Report - http://bit.ly/aewfHr

29. Social Media Enables Contextual Calls-To-Action

30. “ Social Media + Lead Generation Opportunities = ROI” Photo Credit: xJasonRogersx