The top social media platforms: which is "right for you?

Almost every week I hear about some new—at least to me—social media platform that I should be using to promote my business. Practically everyone has heard about Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Google+, at least in passing. Your time is valuable and unless you have the time and money to hire an employee to take care of your social media for you, you will need a social media marketing agency. Of course, even that will involve some time and money on your part.

You should know some basic information about the most commonly used social media platforms used by business before you attempt to use them for marketing. Each platform has a different focus and if you start with that knowledge in mind, you will have much greater success.

Facebook

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