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Using Data to Rank 2011′s Top 20 Internet, Social Media and SEO blogs
For three years now, the folks at Cision have ranked the Top 100 blogs in our category by looking at specific data points. These data points are designed to reward actual site performance versus popularity or “Internet fame.” Last year, Ignite Social Media was ranked second, only to the blog powerhouse Mashable. This year, Cision [...]
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2011 Social Network Analysis Report – Geographic – Demographic and Traffic Data Revealed
2010 was a rocky year in the social network space and many sites closed their doors including Propeller.com and Team Sugar, to name a few. Quite a few others continued their decline into yesterday’s news as we see more social network users consolidating their social profiles. Undoubtedly, Facebook’s continued growth worldwide has led to this [...]
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Ignite Social Media named one of “World’s Top Social Media Marketing Firms for 2011″
The International Business Times came out with their list of 5 agencies they describe as “The World’s Top Social Media Marketing Firms for 2011” and Ignite Social Media is one of the five selected. We’re honestly not sure of the criteria, but we’re flattered to be included in such a small group of firms on [...]
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26 Facebook Fan Page Examples in Detail
Since the conclusion of our previous series “26 Social Media Marketing Examples in Detail” and with the start of the new year, I have been inspired yet again to evaluate what other brands are doing in the space. However, instead of covering what a brand is doing across multiple platforms, in this series we will uncover specifically what the top brands on Facebook are doing on their pages to engage with their fans.
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Social Media Trends
What’s new in the world of social media? What’s hot right now in the blogosphere or the Twitterverse? Find out all the need-to-know trends from your friends at Ignite Social Media.
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Our Evolving Relationship with Technology and Social Media
Ryan Sweeney | May 21, 2012 | View Comments
Back in August, I wrote a blog post which alluded to a shift from mobile phones to augmented reality vision. Since then, Google announced they are working on just that with “Project Glass.” This new technology is well on its way to not only change how we interact with each other, but our relationship with technology [...]
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FOMO: How Social Media Can Lead to Regret
Settie Amini | April 04, 2012 | View Comments
I can’t believe I thought I was the only one who felt this way. It turns out there is a common reaction among people in which seeing and hearing about your peers’ activities can make your own social calendar, and even your life choices, seem inadequate. It’s known as the fear of missing out, or [...]
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Can You Tweet That? – Social Media and the Law [SXSW Speaker]
Craig Carter | March 10, 2012 | View Comments
Will the law protect you if you tweet unfriendly comments about a public figure? Can a company make you take down a blog post if you use an image taken by their photographer? Where do you draw the line between rights and terms of service? Below you can find answers to those questions and more [...]
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Five Not-Too-Distant Technologies that Might Change Social Media
Ryan Sweeney | August 24, 2011 | View Comments
It is no secret that technology is evolving at an ever-increasing pace and producing some really cool products. It really wasn’t that long ago that I was slowly connecting to the Internet using AOL to chat with my friends on Instant Messenger. Now, I can stream movies to my television instantly (a feat that would [...]
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Global Trends of Facebook
Megan Carriker | December 15, 2010 | View Comments
Yesterday Facebook revealed the Top Status Trends of the Year for 2010. While there were a lot of youthful trends such as the acronym HMU (“hit me up”) and generalizations (movies and games), the list shows more than just what was popular in 2010: it shows the importance of Facebook and social networking sites across the globe.
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2011 Predictions: Virtual Meets Tangible
Jeremy S. Griffin | December 08, 2010 | View Comments
I’ve recently come across some really cool concepts that herald the dawn of a new era in technology. I’m billing these as a peek into what we may see a lot more of in 2011, so get used to it. The following concepts are quite simply ways of utilizing virtual technology to affect “real world” objects, and vice versa.
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2010 Blogging Trends: There’s Only Enough Room in the Blogosphere for the 144 Million of Us
Autumn Morris | August 05, 2010 | View Comments
I was recently scouring the web for bloggers for a client campaign. As I was searching, I ran across many posts in which a blogger dramatically confessed to loyal readers that he/she was taking a vacation from the blogging world. Others simply left blogs neglected without posting in a month or more. At first I [...]
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Gian Fulgoni Discusses Trends in Social Media
Kevin Briody | February 08, 2010 | View Comments
I’m here at Internet Summit 09……Ok, so maybe I was there in November but let’s pretend for a moment we’re there now. I attended a panel session that spotlighted Gian Fulgoni, comScore co-founder, where he discussed the “State of the Internet: Key Trends in the Digital World.” During this session, he highlighted the top online consumer trends from 2009.
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4 Ways Social Media Budgets will Move in 2010
Lisa Braziel | January 06, 2010 | View Comments
As we move into a new year, we also are experiencing a shift in budgets towards social media, as well as how they are allocated in the social space. This is evident in Pepsi’s decision to choose social media over Super Bowl ads, but it is also evident in our experiences with our own clients [...]
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Top 10 WTF Social Media Moments of 2009
Jeremy S. Griffin | December 23, 2009 | View Comments
As the year draws to a close, I’d like to take a moment to reflect on some of the moments in social media and social media marketing that left me saying “uhhhhh… WTF?” Here are my top 10, though I’m sure there were plenty more.
