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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Social Media Strategies Summit

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

It’s a good time to take stock of your social media marketing strategies to assess what’s working and where you have room to improve. There is a lot of chatter about emerging social media sites, and where brands should make investments in 2019. So how is a social media marketer to decide?

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Social Media Strategies Summit

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The Influencer Summit team had the chance to sit down with Jim Tobin, president and founder of Carusele , the leading influencer marketing company for consumer brands and retailers. What draws you to it, and specifically, Influencer marketing? Now, with influencer marketing, there are similarities. Why do you love it?

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Your Escape From 9 to 5

APRIL 8, 2023

As a social media influencer, I understand the importance of having a large following on TikTok. It not only increases your reach but also boosts your credibility as an influencer.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

MARCH 1, 2024

more engaging than longer videos, while 66% agree that short-form video is the most engaging of all in-feed social media content formats. Actions for Marketers If you’re new to AI video tech, now’s the time to familiarize yourself with tools to streamline the video content creation process.

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Oktopost

APRIL 28, 2024

Social media marketing managers and sales executives are no longer sitting on opposite ends of the strategy table. To close more deals, sales executives are starting to take social media for sales seriously. What’s the difference between thought leadership on social media vs. a cold email with similar content?

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Social Media Strategies Summit

APRIL 15, 2021

Maybe it is an ongoing process and an infinite loop. They use your products, follow you on social media, engage with your branded content, and tell their friends about your brand. This could be something as simple as reposting their social media posts where they tagged your brand. Social Media.

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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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Sprout Social

MARCH 20, 2023

The fast growth of TikTok has influenced nearly every other social media platform to become short-form video platforms themselves. And this shift is putting pressure on social media practitioners to put on their movie director hats. And that, in turn, can help avoid lengthy approval times and missing trends.

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Sprout Social

AUGUST 10, 2022

Influencer marketing is getting bigger in 2022. A recent report shows 76% of brands are planning to increase their influencer marketing budgets this year. If your brand’s not working with influencers on marketing campaigns, you’re missing out big time. Influencer marketing tools for social listening.

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Social Media Marketing

APRIL 27, 2021

Having a massive following on Instagram can boost your account, something you can do when you buy real Instagram followers. However, the organic process of building your follower count on the platform can be tedious. With that said, it can be tempting to buy real Instagram followers to boost your account.

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Razor Social

MAY 15, 2019

If you are building out an influencer program, or already have one in place, and you are working (or intend to) work with social media influencers, you need to read this guide. There’s a very good reason why Google trends shows massive growth in search traffic for influencer marketing. The influencers found them!

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 6, 2022

By now, you’ve likely heard of influencer marketing and the strategy of working with influencers or digital creators to help market or promote your business. But did you know that influencers and content creators are not the same? What do influencers do? Digital creators vs influencers.

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Oktopost

JANUARY 25, 2024

Social media is not just about creating a buzz; it can be a powerful tool for strategically influencing your customers at every stage of the sales funnel. While many businesses recognize the importance of maintaining a social media presence, the full potential of these platforms in driving B2B revenue often goes overlooked.

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Ignite Social Media

MARCH 23, 2020

One week ago today, we wrote a blog post on how to think about social media marketing during the COVID-19 outbreak around the globe. Social Media Use, Engagement and Paid Efficiency are Way Up. Revisiting influencer content: We’ve seen very high engagement on influencer content that recognizes the situation tastefully.

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Sprout Social

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Several years of research has gone into optimizing the ecommerce checkout process. Social commerce , on the other hand, is the next frontier. We surveyed 1,000 US consumers to better understand what’s driving perceptions and behaviors around social commerce (i.e., did TikTok really make me buy it?).

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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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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 6, 2016

Influencer marketing is more than just a buzzword. According to a 2015 report by Augure , marketers are increasingly achieving positive results with influencer marketing campaigns. Marketers who participated in the survey said that influencer engagement was effective in building brand awareness, generating leads and nurturing loyalty.

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Sprout Social

JULY 22, 2021

Social media usage is on the up and up. Our Sprout Social Index™ 2021: UK & Ireland Edition report found 76% of consumers have used social media more in the past year, and 63% have bought from it. Brands caught on to this upward trend and are engaging social media users to drive awareness, clicks and sales.

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Sprout Social

MARCH 8, 2017

If you hang around a social media marketer long enough, you’re bound to hear the term social media influencers tossed around in conversation. Social media influencers are the bread and butter to marketing strategies and help brands build valuable relationships on social media platforms.

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Oktopost

AUGUST 10, 2023

This is where the strategic utilization of social media comes into play. While some businesses still put social media in the categories of brand awareness or community management exclusively, research claims that 75% of B2B buyers use social media to make buying decisions.

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Keyhole.co

MARCH 7, 2024

Instagram influencers get paid to channel their creativity and post beautiful photos. Not to mention the free goodies and extra perks that come with holding an influential status on social media. Before you dive in, however, keep in mind that becoming a social media influencer isn’t as easy as it looks from a distance.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 31, 2019

Social media success isn’t nearly as random as it can seem. Though it’s a challenge, there’s no magical force keeping you from reaching your social media goals. Though it’s a challenge, there’s no magical force keeping you from reaching your social media goals.

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Keyhole.co

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Social media is constantly evolving, making it challenging to keep up with the latest analytics and metrics worth tracking. As a social media manager, it’s easy to lose sleep over knowing what data is truly important. This blog post aims to help you understand how to measure social media success in 2024.

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Keyhole.co

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Influencer marketing is a powerful tool for businesses to connect with their target audience. Micro-influencers particularly, are known for their highly-engaged following and niche-specific audience. However, the success of an influencer marketing campaign hinges on one crucial element: the influencer outreach email.

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agora pulse

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Are you using a process that works? Here’s a look at why you need a process, the benefits, and how to create a process everyone on your team will love. Check social media. Check social media again. Why You Need Social Media Processes. What is a process? Have a shower.

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Keyhole.co

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Social media is constantly evolving, making it challenging to keep up with the latest analytics and metrics worth tracking. As a social media manager, it’s easy to lose sleep over knowing what data is truly important. This blog post aims to help you understand how to measure social media success in 2024.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

hours on social media. Gucci x The North Face Go Beyond Traditional Influencer Marketing. Influencers are a great fit for telling a brand story because they’re real people. The lager brand could have simply said: “Put down your laptop and buy a beer.” Image source. Enter brand storytelling.

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Hootsuite

MAY 31, 2023

Are you ready to tap into ChatGPT social media success? Social media managers have suffered too long with tedious, manual tasks. Luckily, ChatGPT, a conversational artificial intelligence (AI) tool that generates human-like content, promises to make social media success more attainable.

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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. For retail brands, social commerce opens up a new pathway to purchase.

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Hootsuite

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Online referral marketing predates modern social media by more than a decade and a half. But social media affiliate marketing takes this old concept to a new level. Bonus: Get the influencer marketing strategy template to easily plan your next campaign and choose the best social media influencer to work with.

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Oktopost

JUNE 19, 2023

This is never truer than it is on social media. These platforms grant easy access to some of the most valuable audiences any B2B enterprise could hope to find – provided you know how to find them, and how to use social media publishing to your advantage. Social media is overflowing with market insights.

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Keyhole.co

MARCH 28, 2023

Influencer marketing is that new kid on the block who has become extremely popular and for all the right reasons. With content marketing as its father and social media marketing as its mother, influencer marketing turns out to be a game-changer. billion in 2022. billion in 2022.

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Keyhole.co

MARCH 4, 2023

It can be difficult to link your marketing spend back to calculating influencer marketing ROI. Put simply, influencer marketing is a form of marketing where a content creator with a sizeable follower base endorses a product or a brand in exchange for some form of compensation.

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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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agora pulse

JULY 31, 2020

Have you decided to turn to a social media marketing agency for all your social media needs? You’ve reached the point now that your brand can no longer manage your social media channels in house. Either way, it’s time to look for a social media marketing agency to handle your requirements.

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Sprout Social

JUNE 14, 2022

Our devices are getting a tinge of silver from a seemingly unlikely source: senior influencers. A growing set of Baby Boomers are dominating platforms from Instagram to TikTok, proving that social stardom has no age limit. Why we love senior influencers. Part of the appeal of senior influencer content is the surprise factor.

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