Social media marketing for business is new and not for everyone. It is being implemented by the innovators and the early adopters that love to lead the pack. It is also a very different way of communicating your brands message and with that comes challenges, opportunities

20 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Use Social Media
20 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Use Social Media

and threats.

There is also the joy of learning new ways of marketing, with that there is often the accompanying pain of mistakes that comes along for the ride.

So maybe you should not use social media because it is not for you just yet!

Here are 20 reasons not to use social media

  1. You are a traditionalist and value the “good old days”
  2. You don’t want to be found
  3. You don’t want to be heard
  4. You like spending thousands on media you can’t measure
  5. You highly value your perceived privacy2
  6. You don’t want to hear what your customers are saying
  7. You don’t want any new customers as you are already too busy
  8. You’re afraid people might say nasty things about you
  9. You want to give your competition a head start
  10. It’s a waste of your valuable time
  11. Because its only a fad and…