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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 Networks
Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Flickr, Tumblr, oh my! With all the social networks out there, it’s hard to keep track. Luckily, we are ahead of the curve and know what’s what. Here are our thoughts on social networks.
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Pinterest Demographic Data: The Marketers Guide to People Who Pin
Erin Ledbetter | January 24, 2012 | View Comments
Unless you’re living under a rock, or started boycotting the internet when SOPA was first introduced last year, you’ve heard Pinterest is growing. But just how much traffic is Pinterest getting these days?
According to ComScore, Pinterest has over 4 million users and is rapidly growing. Data from Google Ad Planner below shows nearly 1.5 million unique users are visiting Pinterest daily, and spending an astounding 14+ minutes on the site. While this is pocket change compared to behemoth Facebook’s ~500 million daily uniques and 23 minute visits (yes, I’ve heard other numbers, but need to compare apples to apples here…) this rapid growth , coupled with Pinterest’s focus on discovery suggests the growing network is not to be taken lightly by brands.
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Pinterest & Harnessing The Power of Discoverability
Olivia Hayes | October 12, 2011 | View Comments
If you haven’t heard of Pinterest yet, you should take a minute and kick around on their site. Give Pinterest a review. Inevitably, a minute will turn into half an hour as you click from one thing to the eye-catching next. And really, that’s the whole point. Pinterest is a virtual pinboard, a place for users [...]
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8 ifttt Recipes That Might Change The Way You Work On The Web
Brian Chappell | September 12, 2011 | View Comments
My fellow Social Media Practitioners will find the new social API connectiveness tool If This Then That (ifttt.com) an amazing way to streamline your content and your social media accounts. They tout themselves as a tool that alleviates the need to code, just think about things in “if, then, that” scenarios. Many web applications today that [...]
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Global Social Network Site Spotlight Series: Badoo
Megan Carriker | August 10, 2011 | View Comments
At the end of 2010, I wrote about the global trends of Facebook and promised future posts on the options besides Facebook in different countries. A lot of things have changed since the end of 2010, especially with the recent launch of Google+. And while 70% of Facebook users are outside of the U.S. and [...]
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Social Networks 2011: Winners and Losers as Shown via Search Volume: INFOGRAPHIC
Brian Chappell | April 12, 2011 | View Comments
In the U.S., Facebook reigns supreme in the social network space (it is the only one with a movie made about it, after all) but in today’s global economy, there are over 50 social networks all vying for niche markets. Here’s the infographic we provided to Mashable for their news coverage this morning. Ever wonder [...]
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Path Social Network First Impressions
Craig Carter | November 22, 2010 | View Comments
The new social network Path launched this past Monday. It’s designed to be exclusive, allowing only your closest friends to be involved. The Ignite team had a few days to use it. Here is our initial review.
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6 Things “The Social Network” Can Teach Social Media Marketers
Jim Tobin | October 04, 2010 | View Comments
When you run a social media agency, you pretty much have to see “The Social Network” the day it comes out. Now I’m not sure what in the movie was truth and what was fiction, but it’s a good film. After I saw it, I was wondering what messages, if any, could be applied to social media marketing. So, without further adieu, here are six lessons the movie teaches. No real spoiler alerts, unless you’re unaware that a kid from Harvard programmed a social network that got popular, then other people sued him for “stealing” the idea.
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The Rise of StumbleUpon and the Necessity of Kittens
Megan Hannay | June 23, 2010 | View Comments
Digg.com is so 2008. Also, here’s a picture of two kittens. Stay tuned for another. This post was originally going to be about why our favorite (or maybe not-so-favorite) social bookmarking sites seem to be falling to Facebook and Twitter shares, but when I did my research, I found something interesting. While Reddit remains not-so-well-read [...]
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How Digg dealt with Facebook, according to Digg
Jim Tobin | January 19, 2010 | View Comments
Today I’m sharing a video of a talk I had with Digg’s Matt Van Horn. In it, we chatted about how Digg took the “threat” of Facebook and made it an opportunity, which I found interesting. Similary, when Twitter turned the world’s attention to real-time information sharing, Digg reacted with Digg Trends and even used Twitter to promote it with its own Twitter account. Take a look at how Matt describes it:
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Blast Into The Past – What 16 Top Social Networks Used To Look Like
Brian Chappell | June 08, 2009 | View Comments
It is not uncommon for websites to go through revamps on an ongoing basis. Some of your favorite social networks such as Facebook, MySpace, and Digg to name a few are much different looking nowadays then they once were. Below I have compiled screenshots of 16 top social networks outlining the drastic changes some of them have made since first launching.