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A Beginner’s Guide to Mastodon

Buffer Social

Some names may be familiar to you while others are completely new, but a quick search on Google Trends reveals that old or new, people are looking for the next, best microblogging platform. Post-Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, interest in other social networking sites has spiked significantly.

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How to Audit Your Social Media Efforts: 20+ Questions to Ask Yourself

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

If you are AT&T and your avatar was the face of your CEO, you’re doing it wrong. If you are building your *personal* brand, by all means, use your avatar (and face!). People are following AT&T because they care about AT&T, not about some no-name behind the company. Yes, I did just say that.

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Social Media Marketing: The Know How's

Social Media Marketing

The millennials and their millennial means of communication have brought to the fore a new avatar of social media in the face of marketing through the Google Adwords and Sponsored ads which is beneficial both for the brand and the consumers. This new avatar of social media is called Social Media Marketing.

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Five Social Channels You May Not Know About

Ignite Social Media

The microblogging site launched in August of 2009 and as of May 2017 had 340 million active monthly users. Now it has grown to offer online games, avatars you can customize, share Snapchat like disappearing videos, join online groups and receive messages and large files. That’s a pretty big deal right?

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50 (of the) Best Twitter Guides, Stats, Tips and Tools of 2010 (So Far)

Webbiquity SMM

David McClellan presents an outstanding to optimizing all of the elements of your Twitter profile (name, bio, avatar, URL and feed) for search. Twitter 101 for Business: A Special Guide by Twitter. How to Turn Your Twitter Profile Page into an SEO Masterpiece by TwiTip. Twitter SEO Best Practices by SEOptimise.

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The Ultimate List of Social Media Definitions You Need to Know

Hootsuite

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. Most individual users choose a photo as their social media avatar, sometimes supplemented by a digital frame or filter. Microblogging.

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20+ Top Social Media Sites and Platforms to Grow Your Brand in 2024

Buffer Social

Launched by the Chinese technology company Sina Corporation in 2009, Sina Weibo, or simply Weibo, is, a microblogging platform that compares to Twitter and Instagram. Besides its instant messaging features, QQ also enables users to decorate their avatars, watch movies, play online games, stream music, shop online, blog, and make payments.

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