Ignite Social Media

MARCH 25, 2021

I’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 “ the original social media agency ” because we were the first social media agency created out of whole cloth in the United States.

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The Realtime Report

MAY 30, 2023

Brands Spent a Whopping $673B on Social Media Ads in Five Years By Jastra Kranjec With 75% of Gen Zers and almost half of Millennials making purchasing decisions influenced by social media ads, it`s no wonder brands and companies continue pouring money into this type of advertising.

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Ignite Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

In the lush landscape of social networking sites, advertisers are left asking themselves which platform will reach their target audience while generating desired business results. Despite recent issues, Facebook advertising usage remains steady among digital buyers. adults, according to Pew Research Center.

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The Realtime Report

MAY 5, 2014

Check out this week’s summary of all the latest social media news, including changes and new features for Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Vine and Snapchat: Facebook. Any social media updates that we missed? Let us know in the comments below.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

APRIL 22, 2019

2018 was a year of lasting impacts on the social media industry. Even in an industry marked by fast change, 2018 will go down in history as a big year for social media and all of the marketers who use it to sell their products or services. Social Media Trends of 2019 #1. Here are our top 10 trends for 2019.

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Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

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). We’re now long past the days of having to “sell” business executives on the value of social media for marketing.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Our friends at Salesforce ExactTarget Marketing Cloud (a sponsor of this blog) recently released their boffo Social Advertising Benchmark Report , where they dug deep into the actual results stemming from more than one trillion (TRILLION!) advertising impressions on Facebook, purchased through their platform.

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Hootsuite

OCTOBER 8, 2020

If you’re not sure whether Snapchat is the right social media platform for your business, knowing some Snapchat stats might help. That’s because social media statistics tell marketers how users are interacting with the platform. And users are actively engaging with the platform more than ever.

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agora pulse

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Need a good social media marketing book that fuels your learning and your career? Here’s our list of favorite reads for different aspects of social media. To monitor social media algorithm updates, feature rollouts, and new tactics, you probably read blogs or watch explainer videos.

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Ignite Social Media

JULY 27, 2020

Most social platforms offer a snippet of code advertisers can place on their websites that offer benefits such as enhanced targeting, tracking, and insights. Now without further ado, the LinkedIn Insight Tag ultimately provides several benefits to advertisers. And it’s uniquely business. Lookalike Audience Lists.

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Hootsuite

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

If you’re looking at the most common topics discussed by social media managers today, it’s probably a toss-up between two things: social media advertising and emojis. It feels like every month a social network unveils a new social media advertising tool. That’s no small number.

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Mindjumpers

OCTOBER 22, 2014

With the growing number of social platforms, businesses have numerous ways to communicate with their customers.? Today we are taking a look at the mobile app ‘Snapchat’, that allows for its users to send images that automatically delete themselves a few seconds after being viewed. Snapchat as a marketing tool? .

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The Realtime Report

APRIL 30, 2014

Twitter just announced its first quarter earnings report for 2014, with impressive gains in advertising: total revenue grew 119% year-over-year, with 90% of those earnings coming from advertising. Of that advertising revenue, a huge chunk – 80% – came from mobile. vs. Twitter’s 57 million.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

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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SocMed Sean

MAY 30, 2018

Thanks to James for sharing his insights on the topic of social media recruitment and tips on how to find the right employees using social networks! Social Media Recruitment is a valid—and recommended— strategy to gain new, cutting-edge employees and expand your workforce. By now, we’ve all heard of Social Media.

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Visually SM

OCTOBER 29, 2020

If you have a personal social media account, you probably know that people don’t actually prepare what they post there. However, if your brand is on social media, you have to think differently : it’s essential to plan out what you will do there, as well as think about to whom you’re talking.

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Hootsuite

OCTOBER 27, 2020

More than 4 billion people around the world now use social media each month, and an average of nearly 2 million new users are joining them every day. The world is spending more time on social media too, with the typical user now spending roughly 15 percent of their waking life using social platforms.

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yMarketingMatters

JANUARY 10, 2014

Social media and digital marketing are going to grow even stronger in 2014. With my first hand experience working with so many businesses, I am giving you my most important social media and digital marketing tips that will help you increase your online footprint, exposure and bottom line in 2014 for your business.

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Buffer Social

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Get the need-to-know highlights from the social media industry that happened the week of October 16-20. Keep an eye on this feature's rollout to leverage broader communication channels on Meta's platforms. Keep an eye on this feature's rollout to leverage broader communication channels on Meta's platforms.

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Hootsuite

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Social media intelligence could be the answer. If you’ve been daydreaming of the possibilities that social media intelligence can bring, here’s your guide to what it is and why you need it. Bonus: Download a free guide to learn how to use social media listening to boost sales and conversions today.

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SocMed Sean

JULY 23, 2018

Maria writes for a variety of blogs and today she shares her thoughts on how a variety of emerging technologies could potentially impact our use of social media, including Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Let us look at the few technologies which will shape social media usage in 2018 and beyond.

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SocMed Sean

MARCH 1, 2022

Is YouTube still a good marketing platform for businesses in 2022? Is YouTube Facing Challenges As A Social Network? While YouTube still commands the lion’s share of video-based social media popularity and user base, it is seeing rising competition. Is YouTube Still A Good Marketing Platform? Is YouTube dying?

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Hootsuite

MARCH 16, 2020

With over 800 million monthly active users, businesses can’t ignore TikTok advertising. Here’s your complete guide on how to advertise on TikTok. Download the full Social Trends report to get an in-depth analysis of the data you need to inform your social strategy in 2020. Who should advertise on TikTok? .

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The Realtime Report

APRIL 9, 2014

Mobile is accounting for a huge portion of social networking use; for newer platforms like Instagram, Snapchat and Vine, use is “almost exclusively mobile.” LinkedIn and Tumblr are the only two social networks seeing more desktop use than mobile. Are advertising dollars following this shift?

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Hootsuite

JANUARY 30, 2020

billion people using social media today—more people than there were on the entire planet in 1971. This figure comes from the Digital 2020 report from Hootsuite and We Are Social , which tracks digital and social media trends across the globe. billion social media users (an increase of 9%) in 2020.

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Keyhole.co

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Their advertising campaigns are iconic without being superfluous. In this blog, we will explore Apple’s social media strategy and what makes them click with their vast audience. Today, Apple’s social media presence is quite fascinating — they are either very active on a particular platform or not at all.

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Hootsuite

MARCH 27, 2024

The language of digital advertising can be confusing: ROI, UTMs, CTRs… One particularly common question is: what exactly is the difference between a boosted post vs ad on social platforms? It’s a bit of a tricky one to answer because boosted posts are technically a form of social advertising. What’s a social ad?

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yMarketingMatters

OCTOBER 22, 2014

SOCIAL MEDIA is no longer a novelty , but a strong marketing tool for small and medium business owners. Businesses have definitely realized and experienced the power and importance of social media. Social media has leveled the playing field for small and medium businesses. . Social media is not a fad.

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Pam Moore

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

By tapping into the power of mobile marketing, social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Pinterest you can really turn up the volume in sales and business over the holidays with your online platform, website and blog. 9 Tips to help you succeed overall with an integrated platform.

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Ignite Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The world of social media began over 20 years ago, but the social networks that reign today are vastly different than those that helped the phenomenon emerge. But which social networks are the most popular today? SOCIAL NETWORK STATS OF 2021. million men on social platforms. Facebook boasts 179.5

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Keyhole.co

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

But the star player is Samsung Electronics, producer of their industry-leading TVs, smart gadgets, and mobile phones, most well known among which are the Samsung Galaxy phones and tablets. This blog inspects how Samsung’s social media strategy furthers its dynamic marketing. million Samsung Mobile on Instagram: 1.4

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Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 24, 2021

70% of YouTube video views are on mobile devices. Those are just a few of the social network-specific findings from the recently-released Digital 2021 Global Overview Report , compiled by We Are Social and Hootsuite. Facebook advertising reaches 2.18 Facebook advertising reaches 190 million people in the U.S.,

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agora pulse

DECEMBER 16, 2019

New to the world of social media marketing or just need to ensure you’ve got the basics down? Here’s your informative walk-through of social media marketing. Social media can be overwhelming at times. Each social media platform feels like it requires its own strategies, too.

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The Realtime Report

APRIL 21, 2014

Check out this week’s summary of all the latest social media news, including changes and new features for Facebook, Twitter and Google+: Facebook. Any social media updates that we missed? Let us know in the comments below.

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Convince & Convert

JANUARY 11, 2018

“She does social media,” is the go-to introduction my friends bestow on me at parties. Currently, I don’t directly manage any brand’s social media channels, though I have in the past. As the resident social media expert person, I blurted out, “Of course! We already use “social” in isolation.

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The Realtime Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Check out this week’s summary of all the latest social media news, including changes and new features for Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn: LinkedIn opens its publishing platform to all members. Facebook tests mobile “Highlights”, a cheat sheet to your friends’ lives – last week Facebook released its 7.0

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Hootsuite

MARCH 11, 2020

LinkedIn is the biggest social platform that caters directly to business professionals. It doesn’t matter if you’re looking to share great content for your brand, looking for talent, or reaching a new audience—it’s a powerful platform. 57% of LinkedIn users access the site using mobile devices. LinkedIn age demographic.

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