Snapchat can’t catch a break and Facebook cops to another measuring mishap. All that and more in this week’s Social You Should Know! More Signs of Trouble at Snapchat It was only a matter of time. Instagram continues to mimic elements of Snapchat that make made, the...
Established marketing platforms like TV, print, email, and digital have a standard way of measuring success. In many cases, these platforms have dedicated companies to measure performance like Nielsen for TV and BPA Worldwide for print. Social; however, is an entirely different story, and you’re...
Tough competition for Twitter and Facebook’s latest moves to remove flaws in data. That and more in this week’s Social You Should Know. Sina Weibo Creeping Up on Twitter After China blocked Twitter in 2009, a clone emerged in the form of Sina Wiebo. The platform...
More often than not Facebook plays a significant role in a brand’s social strategy. As such, brands rely on the community built around their pages. Back in 2014, everyone from brand marketers to local musicians started freaking out about the decreasing reach posts received following...
Listening to what your customers are saying about your brand and product(s) is an important part of any social media strategy. Tools that provide monitoring services are doorways into a world of product feedback, customer complaints & praise, competitor announcements, industry trends and much, much...
Full disclosure, this blog post was fueled entirely by a pro-dog agenda. My wife and I have a bit of a menagerie: 1 dog, 2 permanent cats (1 foster cat), and 3 chickens. As a result, the cute faces of our animals end up on...
New social networks pop up every now and then, leading the marketing and tech blogging world to collectively proclaim it as the next big thing. Some transcend fad and end up in our hearts like Pinterest, while others caused a freak-out for a few weeks...
If you are like the members of the analytics team here at Ignite Social Media, you've been anticipating the release of an official Instagram analytics platform ever since Facebook purchased the platform for a nice, round $1 billion. It's taken four years for a native...
We’re already a month into 2016 and there many of us in a panic to set our social goals set for the year’s end. This is no small feat as social media’s place in the marketing sphere is still evolving. That said, 2015 was a...
The podcast bug seems to have really infected everyone. It only took a decade or so. And Serial. And a dude in a garage who interviewed the President of the United States. But it’s here. Since it’s here, we wanted to share a few favorites...