According to the results of a recent survey of small businesses of under 500 employees by VerticalResponse, Inc, 74.1% of respondents plan to increase their use email marketing and 68.3% will increase their use of social media in 2010. Only 3.8% of respondents do not plan to use email marketing in 2010, which indicates that the channel continues to demonstrate value to small businesses.

Small Business Plans For Social Media in 2010 (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube; % of Respondents) Plan % of Respondents (rounded) Increase a lot 33% Increase a little 35 Stay the same 11 Cut down 2 Cut all 1 Not planning to do 18 Source: VerticalResponse Inc, November 2009 Read more at www.mediapost.com