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mainstream company, and did well with it. Adult   social media. This network allows you to be
        industry has a lot of issues on Facebook, and   the most aggressive in your marketing, in
        often it is not a good place to be. Twitter does   the sense that you are able to talk to anyone
        not have the same restrictions and is a great   no matter how big or small. Twitter is a
        place for an adult company. Make sure to put   higher frequency posting network because
        your company on the social media with the   of how the timeline works. It is very active,
        most relevant audience.                so it is easy for people to miss your posts.
                                               Recommended posting: minimum of 15 per
           With the changing landscape of social   day. Audience: 25-45, Twitter has become
        media, and all the new restrictions, it can be   the  most  affluent  audience  meaning  this
        hard to know the best places to be. Here is a   audience has the most buying power.
        run down to help you out:
                                             �  Reddit: Reddit is an amazing traffic driver
        �  Facebook: Facebook is the big social media   and has even been known to beat out
           giant that everyone wants to be a part of.   Twitter. However, Reddit is challenging
           However, Facebook is not typically great for   to a lot of people. On Reddit you are not
           adult industry business. In fact, Facebook   allowed to be self-promotional. You can
           is a challenge for most businesses. In   post things you find interesting, but posting
           January of 2018 they announced that they   links or content from your own site is not
           were reducing the amount of visibility of   only frowned upon but most subreddits
           pages on the newsfeed by 20%. They did   won’t allow it. Adult content is permitted
                                               on Reddit in relevant subreddits. This can
 Where To Be On   on the newsfeed but also to get people to   be a challenge to many Redditors on how
           this to reduce the amount of “noise”
                                               to manage your reddit. (Psst... we have a
           buy ads and pay to boost their posts. If you
           are a mainstream business, it is easy to do   strategy that works around this issue, so
                                               email me at lauren@7veils.com, to discuss
 Social Media  available to most adult companies. If you do   Reddit for your brand.) Recommended
           a basic post boost, but this option is not
                                               posting: 1-2 per week. Audience: 25-45 and
           well on Facebook, more power to you, but
           for many people it will be a frustration and a
           disappointment. Recommended posting: 1-2   often more intellectual.
           posts per day.  Audience: Slightly older. The   �  Snapchat: This is a great network for
           55+ is the fastest growing demographic,   performers. Performers can share images
           but the 30-45 is very active.       from their daily lives with fun filters. This is a
                                               good network for authenticity and showing
        �  Instagram:   Though  Instagram  is  off some personality. You can share nudes
           conservative like Facebook, and owned   on it, but don’t do it on the public stories.
           by  Facebook,  it  is  better  for  adult  than   Only share nudes privately, or you risk
           Facebook.  They  are  getting  more  your account being shut down. You can
           conservative in what they allow. They   drive  traffic  from  Snapchat,  and  for  many
           are starting to crack down on sexually   performers it has become a serious money
           suggestive posts, which is more severe   maker. Recommended posting: 3 per day.
           than  previous  when  it  was  just  a  ban  on   Audience: 18-25, younger audience with
           nudity. Though Instagram can be harder to   less buying power, but very popular with
           track ROI because it is more about branding   millennials.
           than clicks, most brands on Instagram feel
           that  the  network  is  a  good  way  to  reach   The strategy you employ depends greatly
           a wide audience and is good for boosting   on your audience and your business needs. It
           brand awareness. Recommended posting:   is a good idea to evaluate your goals with your
           2-5 posts per day.  Audience: 18-40. A bit   social media and identify the social network
           of a younger audience, and very big with   that will be the best to meet those needs. 7
                                             Veils specializes in social media strategy and
           millennials.
                                             management. We would be happy to discuss
                                             your  social  media  options  and  what  the  best
        �  Twitter: This is one of the best networks   direction for your brand would be. Go to
           for  the  adult  industry.  You  are  allowed  to   www.7Veils.com or @7_Veils on Twitter to
           post links to adult content on Twitter, yes,   discuss your social marketing needs.
           even still. Twitter continues to represent
           the majority of traffic to your website from


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