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Social Media Marketing All-in-One For Dummies, 6th Edition
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Social Media Marketing All-in-One For Dummies, 6th Edition

by Michelle Krasniak
May 2025
Beginner
736 pages
18h 27m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 4

TikTok(ing) Around the Clock

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Using TikTok for branding

Bullet Getting started with TikTok

Bullet Creating your very own videos

Bullet Determining the types of content to create

It’s a well-known fact that visual content performs the best on social media. Whether it’s images, gifs, or videos, if people can take a quick look or hit the play button and watch a funny 10-second video clip, they’ll choose that over written content any day.

TikTok is one of the most popular social networking platforms with a large worldwide audience of 1 billion monthly active users. TikTok videos can be up to 10 minutes long and they capture the attention of viewers because of how easy it is to get creative with videos by adding in special effects, music, voice-overs, and even “duets” which are two videos running side by side.

The draw of TikTok is the casualness of it. There’s no need to get fancy or spend a lot of money. Being funny, friendly, and approachable is what will gain you an audience without a lot of investment on your part. Just be yourself.

This chapter talks about how to set up a TikTok ...

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