{"id":351,"date":"2019-08-12T19:19:59","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T19:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/?p=351"},"modified":"2019-08-12T19:19:59","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T19:19:59","slug":"is-facebook-still-worth-posting-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/social-media\/is-facebook-still-worth-posting-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Facebook still worth posting on?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Can Facebook still help my business?\u00a0 Should I even bother with it anymore?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Well, you may be unsure, but the numbers don&#8217;t lie.\u00a0 Here are some numbers and stats that can help you see why Facebook is a necessary marketing tool for your business.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-352 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/webleaps_social_8_12_19.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/webleaps_social_8_12_19.png 940w, https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/webleaps_social_8_12_19-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/webleaps_social_8_12_19-768x644.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In Quarter 2, Worldwide, there are 2.41 billion monthly active users as of June of 2019.\u00a0 That is an 8% INCREASE from 2.38 billion monthly active users through the first Quarter of 2019.\u00a0 It is reported that 5 new profiles are created every second, which confirms that Facebook is growing exponentially.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Did you know that Facebook&#8217;s ad spending from businesses is 1.9 times more through the first quarter in 2019 then compared to first quarter in 2017?\u00a0 In fact 67% of businesses state that Facebook is their most important platform. That being said, 94% of social media marketers use Facebook as their ad platform.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Facebook is still very much the top dog in this field.\u00a0 Now what is interesting is that when a business decides to boost a post on facebook, 42% of businesses feel they might be doing it incorrectly, and are unsure if it is working or not.\u00a0 This is why having a business like WebLeaps is a crucial piece of your team. If you are one of the few that are not using Facebook as an advertising source for your business, it&#8217;s time you reach out.\u00a0 If you are, but are unsure if what you are doing is working or not, we would be glad to help.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Contact us at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webleaps.com\">www.WebLeaps.com<\/a> or 570.629.6980 for more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can Facebook still help my business?\u00a0 Should I even bother with it anymore?\u00a0\u00a0 &nbsp; Well, you may be unsure, but the numbers don&#8217;t lie.\u00a0 Here are some numbers and stats that can help you see why Facebook is a necessary marketing tool for your business. &nbsp; In Quarter 2, Worldwide, there are 2.41 billion monthly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[213,215,217,214,212,216],"class_list":["post-351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-media","tag-business-facebook","tag-business-facebook-advertising","tag-facebook-advertising","tag-is-facebook-still-worth-posting-on","tag-posting-on-facebook-as-a-business","tag-should-i-still-post-on-facebook"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":353,"href":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351\/revisions\/353"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}