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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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Energize Your Social Media Agency: Ideas for Experienced Social Media Managers

agora pulse

You’ve had your social media marketing agency for a while. Check out our tips for experienced social media managers who want to energize their agencies. Recently I published a detailed guide on How to Start a Social Media Marketing Agency: Step by Step. But now, it needs a little power boost.

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StumbleUpon Traffic to Magazine and Content Sites Down 27%

Adam Sherk

The news of layoffs at StumbleUpon reminded me that in compiling some year-end social media referral data I’d noticed that a number of sites had experienced declines in StumbleUpon traffic. Many of the sites were also included in the comparisons I did last year on Pinterest traffic and Pinterest links.

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A Decade Filled With Social Media Changes

Ignite Social Media

Back when Ignite started in 2007, social media was a simpler time. Myspace was the top social media site, Facebook was new, and we were fine with it. Ignite has been serving up social media for some of the world’s best brands for 10 years, and we’ve seen a lot of changes.

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3 ways to adapt content for the era of social media entertainment

Sprout Social

In the span of 26 years, social media has transformed from a simple communication tool to a powerful marketing platform. And as a result, so has the role of social media managers. From content creation to community management, the responsibilities of social teams have expanded significantly.

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Paying Homage to the Social Technographics Ladder

Ignite Social Media

If youā€™re an OG in the social media marketing business, thereā€™s little doubt that you don’t remember the Social Technographics Ladder created by Jeremiah Owyang , Josh Bernoff and Charlene Li when they worked at Forrester Research. . Enter the Social Technographics Ladder. Social Technographics Today .

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Pubcon 2007 Recap

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

First, some educational takeaways: Social media is the “new&# medium for businesses to communicate with consumers in a way that is interesting to them. December 9, 2007 at 5:43 pm Great to finally meet you in person, Tamar! Reply Tamar Weinberg December 9, 2007 at 6:17 pm We’re not allowed to talk about it.

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