Chart of the week: Instagram and Facebook for B2C, LinkedIn and Twitter for B2B

The 500 marketing professionals asked for the survey have pretty clear preferences when choosing specific platforms to use for either reaching individual consumers or targeting other businesses on social media.

The data shows that the marketers prefer LinkedIn and Twitter when trying to reach businesses through paid social media ads. On the other hand, the somewhat more quirky platforms, like Instagram and Facebook, are said to be the best choice to get the message across to the individual consumer.

See more about the research here and here.

Chart of the week social media marketing 11 Apr ()

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Source: Statista

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