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Top social media sites for your business promotion

by 5ine Web solutions Web Design & Developement, Digital Marketing

Top 37 social media sites for your business promotion

There are large number of social media sites which are very useful and even confusing. We have done a research and used best possible sites for promotion and have short listed these 37 sites with the advantages of using those. Just because there are thousands of social media sites exists you have to start using it. The following list will be helpful for you to decide which to use and you can save your time on researching. To utilize the power of social media you need to know the best sites for your business and which works best for you.

To make this easy for you, 5ine profiled 20 most popular social media websites so you can now make informed marketing decisions.

 

1. Facebook:

 Facebook is a great medium for connecting people all over the world for your business. Facebook is not only the biggest network, but it's arguably the most versatile one. As per recent research there are 1.65 billion active users. Facebook is the most powerful social media and social networking site.

 Facebook for business:

This is very important, because  you can sell a product or promote products or services, thus increasing the possibilities of making money on the Internet. Facebook allows the establishment of partnerships between various projects.

 

2. Twitter:

Twitter is another social network where you can post anything about business. With Twitter, you can share short (140 or fewer characters) text updates, along with videos, images, links, polls and more. You can also easily interact with other users by mentioning their usernames in your posts

 

Advantages:

 Twitter is easy to join and use. It’s free. Twitter is massive. By using twitter you can also target your audience for your business, no matter how big or small your business. You can follow anyone on twitter and anyone can follow you. It provides high level security for users account

 

How to use Twitter for Business?

a)       You can use tweet into your blog post or on your website by using embed tweet option.

b)      Tweets are very easy to create and by using lots of twitter apps you can do lots of interesting stuff also by using third-party application like hoot suite you can set your tweet to update automatically.

 

3. Pinterest:

This platform consists of digital bulletin boards where users can save and display content they like in the form of pins. Users create and organize their boards by category. It is more of an image sharing site which enables businesses to post the images by creating boards based on their niche.

 

Advantages:

a)      Bigger the images the boards look appealing.

b)      People who pinned this also pinned" feature allows users to explore more.

 

4.  Instagram

 Instagram is like a Pinterest, it is also a visual social media platform based on photo and video posts. The network, which Facebook owns, has more than 400 million active users, many of whom post about food, art, travel, fashion and similar subjects. Instagram is distinguished by its unique filters and photo and video editing options. This platform, unlike the others, it’s only for mobile users.

Advantages

a)      It increases the artistic ability by taking pictures at different scenarios.

b)      Professional networking increases by updating niche postings.

 

5. Tumblr

Tumblr is renowned social media platform to use for business, but it's also one of the most interesting networks. Tumblr allows several different post formats — including text posts, chat posts, quote posts, audio posts, photo posts and video posts — so you're not limited as to what kind of content you can share.

    Advantages

a)      It's free

b)      There are a TON of themes to choose from

c)      Very easy sharing from the web thanks to the bookmark let

d)      Very easy sharing from the mobile app

e)      The following/dashboard element is a big plus in my opinion

f)       Reclogging rules,etc


6.LinkedIn:

Linkedin is a great place to begin making connections that can and WILL be beneficial. It isn’t just for finding jobs; it’s for growing your business relationships.

Advantages

a.       Get connected

b.      Build trust for your brand

c.       Promote your brand as an authority:

d.      Gather feedback


7.Youtube:  

Everyone has a video floating around on YouTube. Shoot a behind-the-scenes video from your company's latest commercial or event to give customers and clients an idea of what you do each day.

a)      Advantages:

b)      Fast and easy video sharing

c)      Privacy feature