{"id":24587,"date":"2015-09-21T13:49:43","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T10:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/corp\/blog\/?p=8757"},"modified":"2023-09-11T13:52:56","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T13:52:56","slug":"social-media-marketing-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/blog\/marketing\/content-marketing\/social-media-marketing-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Infographic: The State of Social Media Marketing in 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Social Media is more popular than ever, and this is big news for marketers. Social Media is exploding, but it&#8217;s become increasingly challenging to capture the audience. Much like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/blog\/marketing\/content-marketing\/\">content marketing<\/a>, social media marketing is one of the most important digital trends for online marketers.<\/p>\n<p>So what is the state of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/blog\/marketing\/marketing-strategy\/social-media-advise\/\">social media marketing<\/a> in 2015? We partnered up with <a href=\"https:\/\/jbh.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">JBH &#8211; The Content Marketing Agency<\/a> &#8211; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartinsights.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Smart Insights<\/a> to find out. And here is the brainchild of those efforts: this snazzy infographic gives insight into the most important trends for spot-on social media marketing.<\/p>\n<h2>The State of Social Media Marketing in 2015 Infographic<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8758 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog\/2015\/09\/socialmediamarketing.png\" alt=\"social media marketing infogram 2015\" width=\"724\" height=\"5745\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social Media is more popular than ever, and this is big news for marketers. Social Media is exploding, but it&#8217;s become increasingly challenging to capture the audience. Much like content marketing, social media marketing is one of the most important digital trends for online marketers. 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