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Nine Social Media Marketing Stats You Can Use

Webbiquity SMM

According to Google Trends, social media marketing as a topic if search interest recently turned nine years old (or is about to turn 11 years old, depending on when you place its origin). Twitter emerged at the SXSW conference in March 2007. Buyers appreciate business social media use. MarketingSherpa ).

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The Story of Ignite Social Media, The Original Social Media Agency

Ignite Social Media

Iā€™m Jim Tobin, the founder of social media agency Ignite Social Media (2007) and influencer marketing agency Carusele (2015). Ignite Social Media is known as ā€œ the original social media agency ā€ because we were the first social media agency created out of whole cloth in the United States.

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Why Social Media Will Challenge Marketers in 2019

Direct Marketing Observations

In 2007 when I joined Twitter, those were not front of mind questions for those of us using the social network for the first time. In 2007, when I joined Facebook, it was all about the one degree of separation between you, and who you knew. Now let’s say a promoter takes over, or marketing steps up and in.

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Ignite Social Media to Hold ā€œAsk Me Anythingā€ Webinar Series on Best-in-Class Social Media Marketing

Ignite Social Media

Ignite Social Media, the original social media agencyĀ® , announced today that it will be hosting a series of ā€œAsk Me Anythingā€ webinars on critical social media marketing topics. Marketers can register for the webinar of their choice and pre-submit questions by visiting the following page: [link].

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A Realistic Look at Digital Marketing ROI

Ignite Social Media

Iā€™ve been working on nothing but social media marketing for brands since 2007 and one thing hasnā€™t changed. Brands are still typically in search of digital marketing ROI. Many brands want to know that if they invest, for example, $20,000 in a marketing program, they are going to drive more than $20,000 in sales.

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Top B2B Brands on Social Media

Social Media Strategies Summit

With its ability to get in front of a wide array of consumers, social media may be the darling of retail and B2C brands, but it is increasingly difficult for ANY business to ignore the power of social media marketing. This is likely due to the fact that decision makers across industries are active on social media.

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The Evolution of Social Media, and of Likeable

Likeable

It was the summer of 2007, and Facebook had recently opened up beyond college students, to welcome everyone to its platform. We had an assignment for Verizon FiOS, then a new cable TV alternative, to find influencers (yes, in 2007!) We quickly refocused on social media as word of mouth. (It It needed to evolve.