Social media sites: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram

1. Direct Messages

1.1. The maximum number of people that a Business / User can send direct messages to, per day is 250. So this is good to know because the business might want to make a discount/ special offer to 250 followers in a day and so by using the direct messages option they could contact their folowers.

2. Twitter' video length

2.1. Businesses can upload videos up to 512MB, however you will be prompted to edit videos to 2 minutes and 20 seconds or less in length.

3. Twitter's text length

3.1. Twitter's text length is very short with a limitation of only 140 characters. So the tweets that a business wants to post be direct and short so that they can have the important/ relevant info withinh the limit.

4. Facebook's photo limit size

4.1. if a business is to upload an image on facebook in order to promote itself the image must at least 180px by 180px.

5. Facebook's message length limit

5.1. For instant messaging, there is a 5000 character limit. Regular messaging provides also 5000 character limit. A Facebook status is another area that has a character limit as well. The limit for the status has been raised to 63,206 characters.

6. Instagram's file size limit

6.1. If a company wants to post a picture on isnatgram the picture must have the size of 1080px by 1080px to keep up with Retina and other high resolution displays available on smartphones, tablets and laptops.

7. Instagram's bio character limit

7.1. if your business is on istagram, you must have a bio so that people know what your business does and what it is about. The character limit on a user's bio is 150 characters so you will need to explain those things about your business directly and give a brief overview that appeals to people so that they will want to follow you.