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Your End-of-Year Social Media Checklist

Plus a rumor I am hearing about TikTok, five post formats to try this week, and more.

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Rachel Karten
Dec 03, 2024
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Hellooooo! I have gift guide fatigue and it’s only December 3rd. I need a guide to the gift guides. There are simply too many of them! Last night Styles editor of The New York Times Stella Bugbee posted a similar sentiment on her Instagram Story.

Still, I wouldn’t be surprised if we see even more brands pitch Substack writers to get on their gift guides next year. Jess Graves, who writes

THE LOVE LIST
, told
Emily Sundberg
that she’ll make over $100K from gifts guides and Black Friday sale reporting—and that’s just from brand sponsors, not affiliate revenue. She said, “The interest in Substack has been crescendoing since the beginning of the year, and the brands are starting to wise up.”

Speaking of affiliate marketing, I enjoyed this breakdown from

Emilia Petrarca
on how affiliate links work. I really hate that small businesses lose out with this model. When a big retailer like Net-a-Porter, for example, offers a whopping 13 percent commission on a dress from a small brand that isn’t in the affiliate network, which site do you think the creator is going to link to? For what it’s worth, my favorite small business to gift from is Toiro Kitchen. Shop smart this season, everyone!

i love my beautiful donabe from toiro kitchen!

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