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15+ social media platforms your customers are using in 2021—and why you should be using them

Sprout Social

With more social platforms than ever before to choose from, brands are faced with a tough question: where should they show up? In the eyes of the consumer, all social platforms are not created equal. And Facebook continues to be incredibly popular— 60% of consumers want to see brands use more of the platform. Key Stats: Over 2.8

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Show Me The Money: How Social Platforms Are Helping Their Creators Monetize

Likeable

As the creator economy on social media continues to grow (in both size and importance), almost every mainstream social platform has found itself competing in a monetization arms race of sorts. So, to make it easy, we figured we’d list out every way you can make money on different social media platforms—all in one blog post.

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Klout Adds WordPress But Not For Self Hosted Blogs?

Jason Yormark

Apparently the new addition only covers WordPress.com hosted blogs and not self hosted blogs. Anyone that goes to the trouble of self hosting a blog typically is serious about their blogging. Most of the successful and lasting blogs you find online are self hosted. Why does this matter?

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Choosing a blogging service: Blogger, Tumblr or Wordpress

Mindjumpers

Blogger Blogger is Google’s blogging platform and one of the most widely used free blogging services. It doesn’t require your own hosting and domain name and you can log in by using your Google account. Tumblr Tumblr is a form of micro-blogging and you can say that its simplicity is both an advantage and a disadvantage.

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What Blog Platform Is Best for Your Business?

Socialmedia.biz

With all the talk about self-hosted blogs, WordPress, website builders and free blog sites, how do you know which method to choose? But here in 2018 there is just no other blogging platform that gives you the freedom, variety and control over your content, your traffic and your monetization than WordPress. Where do you start?

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Tumblr Announces Ban On Adult Content Starting Mid-December

Forbes Social Media

One of the web's most popular blogging platforms says it will no longer host any adult content or nude images, with very few exceptions.

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14 types of social media every marketer should know

Sprout Social

Microblogging platforms. Platforms like Instagram, which has more than 1 billion monthly active users , have made it easier than ever before to curate and share photos and images. Host live events and Q&A events with customers or experts in your industry. Live streaming. Social messaging. Disappearing content apps.

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