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Are you trying to expand your small business to more social media platforms? How can you advertise on Tumblr and gain a new audience?
Tumblr’s not as big as some of the other platforms, but your brand should still advertise on Tumblr. It has several features that distinguish it from other social media platforms such as a customizable homepage and it has a young, urban audience.
Keep reading to learn how to advertise on Tumblr.
How to Best Advertise on Tumblr
Note: The information in this article is from the book Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook by Gary Vaynerchuk. The book was published in 2013 and some statistics and information may be out of date but the advice is still valuable.
Unlike the other platforms like Facebook or Instagram, Tumblr wasn’t originally a social media platform, but a blogging platform. In January 2012, Tumblr redesigned its dashboard to become more social. This made it much easier to advertise on Tumblr.
The audience: Tumblr has 132 million monthly users as of June 2013 and every day, 60 million new posts go up. Tumblr’s not as big as some of the other platforms, but your brand should still advertise on Tumblr.
Who uses it: Tumblr is mainly used by 18-to-34-year-olds. Slightly more women than men use it, and many artists use it. The tone is urban, ironic, and hipster.
Why they use it: Tumblr is more a publishing platform than a consuming one, but people do consume media on it, and quickly.
Notable Features
Tumblr has several features that distinguish it from other social media platforms:
- Customizable homepage. Unlike Twitter or Facebook, you can choose your art, logo placement, color, format, and font, which allows you to better express your brand’s identity and advertise on Tumblr.
- Interest-based connections. Connections are made based on interest, not who you already know. If you post content people are interested in and tag it appropriately, they’ll find it, whether or not they follow you.
- GIF support. GIFs are soundless videos that play on a loop without having to be clicked. They can be either animated or live-action and often captioned. (Note: In 2013, when Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook was published, Tumblr was the only platform that supported GIFs. Today, most of the platforms listed in this summary support them too.)
- Relatively new. Fewer businesses are on Tumblr than other platforms, so you have a chance to corner the market before your competitors arrive to advertise on Tumblr.
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