"Stability" was largely the word of the month for the very largest branded Facebook fan pages, at least compared to last month's rankings. The only change in the Top 10 was Converse growing 11% to leapfrog Skittles, which grew at a more typical (for this...

29 April, 2011

If you can't make fun of social media language and social media marketers, you're just not trying very hard. We use words and phrases like "tweet-a-thon" and "link bait," often with a straight face. In recognition of that, we put together our first "Stickerbook" for distribution at...

18 April, 2011

We’ve all got our vices, some more than others, for better or worse.  Mine comes in the form of an irresistible citrus-lemon flavored soft drink known as Mountain Dew (just check out Ignite’s recycling bin and you’ll quickly see the depths of my vice). While...

15 April, 2011

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,...

14 April, 2011

Paul Greenberg, an expert on CRM, took time out to keynote the Radian6 user conference, Social 2011 (where I get my turn to speak this afternoon). After writing 800 pages on Social CRM, Greenberg's not yet sure if it's for real, which is similar to...

08 April, 2011

A little more excitement in the Top 50 company fan pages of March 2011, when compared to February, which was a fairly quiet month. These branded Facebook pages are the largest in the business and we saw many grow more than 10% in the last 30...

29 March, 2011

Before the debut of his breakthrough television show, Daniel Tosh had been carving a name for himself like most stand-up comics; working the club circuits hoping to catch a break. After building some momentum as an up and coming comedian, Tosh landed a performance on...

24 March, 2011

A couple weeks ago, we sponsored a SXSW party with Jason Falls at two bars: Dogwood and Molotov.  As many tweets indicated - we weren't the only ones having a blast with our sticker books and meeting up with new and old friends. In case you...

21 March, 2011

Dear SXSW Interactive: Remember MySpace? In July 2007, MySpace delivered 12% of all Internet traffic. It was the place and everyone wanted to be there. Today, MySpace still delivers more traffic than Twitter, but nobody cares. If you're not careful, the same could happen to you. Clearly,...

15 March, 2011