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Snapchat for Business: The Ultimate Marketing Guide

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Respond to Snaps and instant messages sent to you. For example, publishers like National Geographic create Stories by compiling Snaps to share information like one of their articles would. Once it has been approved, publish and promote your unique lens. Following other Snapchatters. Collaborating with brands or creators.

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21 Top Social Media Sites to Consider for Your Brand

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QQ is an instant messaging platform that is extremely popular among young Chinese. (It Besides its instant messaging features, it also enables users to decorate their avatars, watch movies, play online games, shop online, blog, and make payment. It’s free to publish on Medium and free to read most articles.

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13 Social Networks That Are a Big Deal in Non-English Speaking Regions

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China’s most popular messaging app, WeChat (known in China as Weixin), has evolved way beyond simple social networking. billion users can use the app for instant messaging, voice and video calling, or making purchases with WeChat Pay. Marketers can advertise to Skyrock users, or publish content on their own official blogs.

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The Ultimate List of Social Media Definitions You Need to Know

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For example, Hootsuite uses Twitter’s API to publish tweets, and Instagram’s API to schedule posts. An avatar is a visual representation of a person for use in digital contexts. On social media, the term “avatar” also refers to your profile picture—the image that represents you on the platform. Boost, boosted post. See Stories.

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