Kerry Flynn says, “Once upon a time, Facebook was just a website for college students to connect. If Facebook gets its way, it’ll be the go-to solution for all companies, especially small businesses, to run their operations.

“If you think about over the last 13 years, we’ve been making progress on our mission of making the world more open and connected,” said Katherine Shappley, Facebook’s director of small business in North America. “Other people and businesses that they care about, and, of course, communities are at the heart of that.”

Facebook announced Monday that 5 million active advertisers are using its platform. The company reported 4 million advertisers in September 2016, 3 million in March 2016 and 2 million in February 2015. Instagram announced 1 million of its own advertisers earlier this year. More important than sheer numbers and scale to Facebook — so Facebook says — are the tools they are creating to empower these 5 million businesses”.

Facebook has 5 million advertisers – and it wants a lot more

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