Bill Hartzer

APRIL 17, 2024

In a dynamic overview of the social media landscape, Dash Hudson has just released its latest Cross-Channel Social Media Benchmark Report, revealing key opportunities for brands aiming to refine their digital strategies.

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Hootsuite

JANUARY 18, 2024

It’s time to take your first steps into social media marketing. billion people are social media users. Worldwide, social users spend almost two and a half hours on social platforms each day. Find more eye-popping stats about social media here !) Your mind is ready. Your body is ready.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The internet is littered with examples of brands receiving backlash after failing to read the room. But for every high-profile failure, there are countless instances where brands got it exactly right when hopping on social media trends. That made Twitter’s rebranding a real open goal for marketers.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

MARCH 1, 2024

Video is no longer optional for marketing teams, with 91% of businesses using it as a marketing tool and 88% describing video as an important part of their marketing strategy. If you’re going to see success from video marketing, you need to know what works (and what doesn’t ) — and the landscape changes fast.

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Ignite Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2024

In the fast-paced world of social media marketing, it’s essential to stay up to date with the latest trends and terminology. As marketing professionals, you’ll want to be in the know about the buzzwords that are shaping the landscape in 2024. This is User-Generated Content, the holy grail of social media.

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Ignite Social Media

APRIL 1, 2024

Liquid Death, the canned water brand taking the beverage industry by storm, has captured attention through brilliantly bizarre and entertaining social media marketing. You have to shatter conventions and create a cohesive brand identity that truly stands out. The full conversation is above.

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Ignite Social Media

MARCH 18, 2024

million followers across major social platforms, Duke Men’s Basketball has the largest following of any college sports team – even bigger than Duke University itself. Their social media presence is truly in a league of its own. So how have they built such a commanding social media empire? With over 5.4

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Ignite Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Brands know by now that their presence on social media is more important than ever — 2022 proves that fact. The social media landscape is seen as an ever-changing field, not to mention a growing market of $221.29 Social Media Copyright and Fair Use Rules . Walkthrough to Video Marketing .

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Convince & Convert

JANUARY 31, 2024

Managing multiple marketing projects on social media can be challenging. You have to manage various projects, harmonizing content creation, engagement strategies, and analytics. But how do you manage all these tasks across multiple social media platforms without compromising your content quality, consistency, and sanity?

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Ignite Social Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

No company feels like they have enough resources for what social media requires. Whether you have a large team at a large corporation or a small team at a start-up, you’ll probably find insufficient resources allocated for social media management.

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Sprout Social

MARCH 12, 2024

The 2024 US presidential election is several months away, but social media is already politically charged. According to Sprout Social Listening data , from January 1 to March 6, 2024 there were almost 7.6 In a typical year, running social media for a brand account is complex. Will brands sit this one out?

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Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

In marketing, brand awareness is a significant focus—in fact, it’s likely one of your main goals. This is where customer marketing comes in. Customer marketing is one of the most powerful ways you can forge and feed connections with your current audience base. What is customer marketing?

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Convince & Convert

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Invigorate your strategy with insights from marketers at TikTok, Glossier, Zillow, lululemon, and more Convince & Convert started the Social Pros Podcast back in 2012 as a way to get to know the “real people doing real things” in social media. What other brands peak their interests? to get through.

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The Realtime Report

AUGUST 25, 2020

Small Business Social Media. Marketing Strategies. Marketing your small business on Social Media is key to becoming successful. In this article we will discuss why small businesses need social media and tips and tricks to market your business. Why do Small Businesses need Social Media?

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Oktopost

MAY 23, 2023

But anyone who has been involved in content creation for more than 5 minutes will no doubt be a little cautious around the copy-paste routine. Content is king, but only if it’s original – only if it finds a way to offer some unique, never-seen-before vantage point on a subject that interests the widest audience possible, right?

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Ignite Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2023

Ignite Social Media has been a social media agency for 16 years (the first in the United States, in fact). Therefore, you’d probably expect us to have a bias that every brand should hire a social media agency. In that case, you may want to engage a social media marketing agency.

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Ignite Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The holidays are a time when brands have an opportunity to engage with their customers in meaningful ways and boost sales. Here are some tactics to consider to get the most out of social media marketing during this special time of year. Focus on Relevant Content. Create a Social Media Countdown.

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Ignite Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Creating standout social media content can be a challenge, but looking at what other brands are doing well can provide some valuable inspiration. This is a clever way to reimagine evergreen content to capture audience interest. The falling star shape of the product is also on-brand for Dole’s sunny persona.

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Ignite Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Deciding which social media platforms to be on can be overwhelming for brands today. Watch as SVPs Lisa Braziel and Misi McClelland talk about key factors in choosing social platforms with Senior Community Manager, John Wylie. As Lisa, a SVP at Ignite, predicts, “I think a lot of brands are going to jump ship.”

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Quintly

JULY 22, 2022

Social media marketing has become integral to digital marketing and is used to promote brands through powerful and engaging content. Social media channels are a powerful marketing tool that quickly reaches a targeted audience and converts them into customers.

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Ignite Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Looking for some inspiring content ideas for social media to help liven up your brand channels? We know first-hand how difficult it can be to create social-first content that checks all the boxes. When creating content for the news feed, it’s all about thumb-stopping content. Fake Them Out.

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Ignite Social Media

APRIL 2, 2021

And social media has become a less friendly place along the way. That’s why it’s important to check in on your team that is working hard to make social media management seem effortless. At Ignite Social Media , we do nothing but social media marketing. Have Backup Resources.

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Ignite Social Media

JUNE 1, 2022

For today’s blog, let’s walk you through how you can leverage social media marketing for events, especially when hosting them virtually. Social Media Marketing Tactics to Increase Event Attendance . While 58% of marketers use social media to promote before, during, and after the event.

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Ignite Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2022

Are you looking to take your social media marketing strategy up a notch? Social media marketing is one of the most important aspects of a business, and it can be difficult to create and constantly refine an effective strategy. Being the first social media agency in the US , we have seen it all.

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Oktopost

MARCH 10, 2022

B2B Growth Marketing, Demand Generation, Field Marketing—however you badge it, it’s a numbers game. Yet, organic social media is one channel that still delivers consistent results. Many marketers shy away from social media because they don’t understand how to measure social media return on investment (ROI).

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Ignite Social Media

JUNE 17, 2021

So, you want to create successful social media content? Social isn’t the place to take your brand’s 15 second TV spot and post it on Instagram, but too often, it happens. Does that mean every piece of content that’s published on your brand’s social channels is created only for social?

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Ignite Social Media

MAY 26, 2022

Social media marketing is always changing, but one thing is for sure — it’s here to stay. As a startup or as any brand for that matter, ensuring that the wave of change doesn’t pull you under is more crucial for your business. Adopting a future-proof social media strategy will help you stay ahead of the curve.

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Sprout Social

MAY 3, 2022

The cannabis industry is booming, which means more brands are leveraging social media as a channel to promote their products, share educational information about cannabis use, and advocate for decriminalization, social justice and destigmatization. The challenges of cannabis social media marketing.

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Ignite Social Media

JUNE 8, 2023

Getting your content shared on social media is one of the most challenging parts of being a marketer. But what's really the formula for creating shareable content? Crafting engaging and shareable content is the key to unlocking greater reach and interaction on social media platforms.

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Sprout Social

DECEMBER 6, 2023

There lies the magic of B2B influencer marketing. Influencer marketing has long been a staple for business-to-consumer (B2C) brands looking to cultivate more authentic connections with their audience. It’s time for B2B brands to embrace the power of influencers. What is B2B influencer marketing?

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Oktopost

MARCH 19, 2024

With a passion for AI, Etien Yanev walks us through all the ways businesses can leverage AI for a successful marketing strategy. With a solid marketing background, Etien shares all the expertise he’s picked up along the way. His book “Digital Marketing Compass” helps startups take their first steps in online marketing.

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Ignite Social Media

APRIL 15, 2024

In the ever-evolving world of retail marketing, it’s often the unexpected brands that deliver the most inspiring and effective influencer campaigns. Full disclosure : Big Lots is an Ignite Social Media client and we work together on the influencer program. Watch the video below.

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Writtent Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Building a small business content strategy is hard work, but it’s probably about to get much harder. Many subject matter experts believe that our current state of content overload is just the calm before the storm. If you’ve got room to infuse humor or unusual concepts into your marketing, run with it.

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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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Buffer Social

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Thanks to ever-changing social media algorithms and the ever-growing list of platforms that make them, it’s easier than ever to become a creator. What is realistic, is niching down – that is, pick a topic (or set of topics) and build your content around them. With content pillars. What is a content pillar?

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Hootsuite

MARCH 2, 2022

Let’s talk about why it’s important to understand social media marketing for retail brands. Nearly three-quarters ( 74.8% ) of the world’s population over the age of 12 use social media. Those people are engaging with retail brands on social. Treat social media as part of your sales funnel.

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Ignite Social Media

JULY 13, 2021

Social media is meant to be one thing and one thing only – and that’s social, right? This may not be surprising if you work in social media since this trend with needing customer service on social has been growing very quickly, especially over the past year.

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