Recent statistics from a survey by BRANDfog.com have revealed how CEOs and Executives having an active involvement in their company’s social media marketing strategies would influence how both the potential customers and employees view the brand.

77% of people asked said that seeing a CEO using social media or blogging would make them more likely to buy from the company, while 94% also said that the brand’s image would be enhanced in their eyes if the company’s senior executives were also involved in social media.

When it comes to the employees or potential employees of a company, the survey revealed that 82% said they would hold more trust and respect for the company if the leadership team had an active involvement in social media, with 78% saying it leads to better communication.

64% stated that the improved transparency of having the CEO and senior executives on social media gives it higher regard among themselves and potential customers.

For CEOs who are still sceptical about getting involved in their company’s social media optimisation methods, there is much to be benefited from. Peter Aceto, CEO of ING Direct Canada, well known financial services firm told eMarketer in an interview in 2015 that being active on social media is a great way for him to assess both how employees and consumers see and feel about the company and the services and products that it offers.

“We saw it as a competitive advantage for us. There was no science. There was no ROI. We just needed to get going, start to build a community and learn about how we can use it,” says Aceto on the decision to get involved in social media.

And the benefits don’t stop there. Social media optimisation not only gains your brand respect from consumers and employees, it can tie in with your other online marketing strategies too, including your search marketing.

Having an active presence on social media has be proven to improve search optimisation by increasing the amount of pages indexed for your company and its related key words, as well as providing a flow of fresh and high quality content, something Google looks favourable upon since its update to Penguin in 2015.

So for CEOs, being on social media doesn’t just give the customers someone to look up to, it improves employee relations and over all can give online marketing efforts a mighty boost.