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

SXSW Interactive, which is also known as Spring Break for Geeks, is absolutely packed this year. Unlike last year, conferences are spread among 10 "campuses" instead of being located solely at the Austin Convention Center. Thus I find myself at the Hyatt, across the river,...

11 March, 2011

February was a fairly quiet month for the largest branded Facebook fan pages in the world. Unlike prior months where we saw explosive growth, growth was largely in the single digits during February, with only one fan page in the Top 50 (MTV) growing at a...

01 March, 2011

(UPDATE 2/21): The first 1,000 tickets sold out quickly. But we just released 500 more. Get em while they last.) Anyone who has been to South by Southwest knows that the parties are nearly as important as the sessions. The networking opportunities, the fun, your Twitter stream...

17 February, 2011

One of the questions we get from serious brand marketers is exactly how does a company develop a social media strategy that drives business results. In December, I had a chance to consult with 7 companies throughout Australia over a fun-filled, but hectic line-up...

21 January, 2011

As more and more companies look for help with social media marketing strategies, more and more agencies are following the money, professing to be experts in the space. And, since agencies are full of marketers, it's sometimes difficult to tell the difference between the best...

18 January, 2011

Ignite Social Media is a social media consultancy that works with companies to advise them on how to leverage social media (both social networking like Facebook and social media like blogs, vlogs, podcasts, etc.) for marketing benefits, including increased customer engagement and search engine optimization....

12 January, 2011