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Recent Facebook stats revealed by OnlineSchools.org about The State of the Internet 2011 give a pretty clear picture of just why your business needs to take Facebook seriously. Everyone knows how big social networking has become but many do not understand the fascination and discount the relevance to their business. The fact is, you don’t have to understand why it is so significant to today’s society, but you do need to acknowledge it and understand the impact it can have on your bottom line.

Here are some of the Facebook Stats that may surprise you:

People spend 12.3% of their internet time on Facebook
There are over 2 Billion videos viewed on Facebook per month
The average person spends 17 hours and 33 minutes on Facebook per month
There are 33 Billion pieces of content shared on Facebook per month

To put this into perspective, giants like Google, Yahoo and Bing search engines combined only account for 3.5% of the average person’s time spent online. YouTube accounts for 5 hours and 50 minutes of a users time spent online.

So it only goes to say that you are crazy not to be tapping into the opportunities that Facebook offers your business for connecting your products and services to your market. At the very least, a Facebook Fanpage for your business should be considered a necessity and if you do not have someone tending to your social networking you need to seriously consider it because you know your competition most likely does!

Did you know that the average American women spends 1 minute out of every 6 minutes on social networking sites? Who do you think is responsible for the majority of the purchases made in a household?…That’s right, Women!

It is reported that 1 person out of every 13 are on Facebook. Those are pretty staggering numbers. I don’t know of any other platform where you can reach such a large majority of the market and those numbers are growing daily. Whether you understand it or not, these Facebook stats don’t lie; your business needs Facebook.