As you know, social media is a handy, cost effective tool for promoting your business online, but this is not its only use. The majority of people on social media are using it for personal reasons, to keep in touch with friends and family, for example, to find interesting news stories, or to keep up to date with their favourite celebrity.

Many parents now especially use social media to stay in contact with their children after they have moved away to university, or gone travelling, for example. People have even been known to start relationships after meeting on social media. A recent study showed that more than a third of people married between 2005 and 2012 met online, and this isn’t just through the route of online dating sites, but also through social sites such as Twitter and Facebook.

Here are just a few digital love stories to warm your heart around Valentine’s Day:

Kendra Cowser and Sean O’Brien both came from the same town in Illinois so, despite not knowing each other, Kendra accepted Sean’s friend request when he added her. When going back to her hometown from Chicago she decided to get in touch with Sean on Facebook. Two and a half years after meeting Sean proposed to Kendra over Facebook and the couple married in 2013.

California couple, Jamie Light and Aaron Snyder met over Twitter when thy were both tweeting #Dodgers and Aaron came across a funny tweet by Jamie. After visiting her profile he was won over by her hilarious tweets and her cute profile picture so decided to direct message her and the two hit it off. After they married in 2011 Twitter cofounder, Jack Dorsey congratulated them through  a tweet, saying “May you always follow each other.

Canadian Robin Coe and Matthew Fleming, from California started communicating on Instagram after Robin commented on one of Matthew’s pictures. The two kept in touch online for months until Robin moved to California to be with him. The couple documented their relationship on Instagram resulting in quite a large following, with their engagement announcement receiving more than 10,000 likes.

So it’s clear that being active on social media not only helps you to get the word out about your business and help it to grow, it could also change your life.

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By Madeleine Helme

Madeleine is a marketing manager and creative writer.  She loves to write blogs!