The Republic of Facebook - Why Your Business, No Matter How Small, Needs a Facebook Page

Facebook is here to stay. Your son is posting YouTube links, your wife is putting up pictures of the dog, and now, even your mom is on there! Like or not, social media is here to stay and your customers are using it.

The graphic on the right, from the folks at Visual Economics, illustrates the sheer numbers behind the Facebook phenomenon. They illustrate why your business, no matter how small, needs a presence there.

Two of the most eye-popping statistics:

• Over 500 million users - and growing!
• 200 million use it daily

It doesn't take much to set up a basic page with your contact information, a link to your website, and provide people a with a way to interact with you, where they already are.