Social Media Is Transforming How Businesses Make Their Purchase Decisions

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LinkedIn is influencing more purchase decisions today than it was two years ago.

In the second quarter, 25% of B2B buyers said LinkedIn was "an important resource" when considering a purchase.

That's up from 12% in 2011.

The results came from a survey of approximately 440 B2B buyers, that was conducted by the University of Dayton and TriComB2B, a B2B agency. (B2B Online)

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