This week, our very own Director of Analytics, Ryan Sweeney was featured in Adweek, Facebook continues to test image recognition capabilities, and Snapchat’s ad revenue forecast is lowered. All that and more in this week’s Social You Should Know. What Works for Brands (and What Doesn’t) on...
A new study shows just how much negative reviews matter, Twitter invests big on video, Facebook tests new features, and our sister company wins a Shorty Award for Small Agency of the Year all in this week’s edition of Social You Should Know. WHY NEGATIVE REVIEWS...
Facebook held their F8 Conference last week which is a live broadcast of all the updates and innovations to their platform. After listening to the announcements and processing what we believe this may mean for marketers like us in the social space, we've distilled it...
Snapchat and Instagram have recently released new features, while YouTube expands live broadcasting to channels with 1K subscribers. All that and more in this week’s Social You Should Know. Snapchat Snap to Store, New Lenses Snapchat recently released a new feature called Snap to Store. The feature...
Although we all thought Facebook organic reach to be near dead, we’re starting to see the first signs of improvement in years. Additionally, Pinterest is once again putting pressure on Google when it comes to discoverability and search, and in case you think all...
At the start of a new year, many marketers are starting to develop or finalize budgets and plans for the year ahead. From a holistic marketing perspective, you may be deciding how much to allocate towards your social media marketing budget in the new year. After...
This week we see Facebook challenging the likes of review sites, YouTube adding community-oriented features to drive engagement and minimize trolls & inappropriate comments, and social media sites threaten Google in terms of product research, all of this, in this week’s Social You Should Know. Facebook Takes On...
This week we see Facebook release a brand new social network aimed at white-collar enterprise workers, proof that Messenger bots are going to be the latest rage (whether we need them or not), and data showing us how many users are viewing Instagram Stories. All...
This week is all abuzz about the Instagram Stories release (and how similar it feels to Snapchat) and the NFL’s multi-year partnership with Snapchat which marks a major move in support of the platform. Meanwhile, we just found out that we’re a finalist for the 2016...
In case you've been wondering why we're drinking Mimosa's at 9am on a Tuesday (or why our COO is dancing on Snapchat), it's because we've recently been awarded Social Agency of the Year by Incite Group's Corporate Social Media Awards. This accolade recognizes our relentless passion for helping...
Over the nearly 9 years I've been here at Ignite Social Media I have been fortunate enough to have hands on experience working with brands to develop an overarching social media strategy that meets their business and marketing objectives. On the heels of many of these experiences, I've written...
This week we see Pinterest testing new features to help recommend even more relevant products to pinners, and new Instagram research shows over 2,500 branded profiles are dropping in follower and engagement rates, all in this week’s Social You Should Know. Pinterest Adds New Search Functionality Pinterest...