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Summary results of a survey of over 6,000 business users conducted from September 2008 - September 2009 covering opinions, attitudes, and approaches to gathering information, preparing for interactions, and how social media is being used to support those efforts.
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Personal Relationship Management Survey Results
How Business Users Create & Develop Relationships
n = 6,415
9/15/09
www.gist.com
© 2009 Gist, Inc.
Survey of over 6,000 business users• Prep time is either rare or too burdensome
– Almost 60% of those surveyed reported spending less than 10 minutes searching the web ahead of an important meeting
– Over 40% of those surveyed reported spending an hour or more searching the web ahead of an important meeting
• Favorite sources of information lean toward new sources– All use some type of search engine (Google, etc.)– 75% reported spending time on LinkedIn– Almost 50% use Facebook– 15% use Twitter – Less than 15% of those surveyed reference their CRM system– Other sources include Hoovers, Zoominfo, Jigsaw, & company websites
• Personal email stores continue to grow– 75% of those surveyed by Gist reported having 2,000 or more emails saved with almost 40%
having over 6,000. – Almost 30% reported receiving between 40 and 100 emails per day– Number of inboxes multiplying (Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, etc.)
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How do you do research?
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What sources do you use?
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Use of social networking
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Twitter = ~15%
How much email do you receive?
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What is the size of your email store?
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Number of Outlook contacts
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Number of LinkedIn connections
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Number of Facebook friends
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Company Size
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Job Responsibility
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•Finance/Accounting•Lawyer•IT•Consultant•Product Management•Web Design•Software Development•Many others…