Live-Streaming isn’t a new tactic, it’s been around awhile now with companies such as Live Stream and UStream just to name a few. In the past couple years however, live-streaming has become more accessible to the average Joe, making it so that if you have...
When it comes to asking whether or not your brand should be repurposing its influencer-generated content – there’s really no question about it. If you search the internet for “influencer marketing success” it doesn’t take long to find articles like Forbes’ “Love It Or Hate...
Social media is a constantly changing force to be reckoned with. At times the changes can feel overwhelming. It seems that just as you have a grasp on your social media strategy, something comes along that shakes it to its core. At Ignite Social Media,...
Within the last year, you may have noticed an explosion of recipe videos appearing on your Facebook News Feed. The short, simple videos that we drool over on a daily basis started with Tasty, a production of BuzzFeed Video. With 64 million page likes and...
As more media dollars are going to social, platforms such as Facebook and Twitter are constantly rolling out new social media ad formats to meet unique business needs. Here are some proven and upcoming formats that are expected to bring great results for retailers. Facebook Carousel...
Branded content. To some, it's a dirty word. To many, it's the future of advertising. In an era of ad-blockers and hyper-competitive social media, marketing that takes the form of useful and entertaining content as a way of promoting a brand has become de rigueur....
Often times social media content is thought of like speed dating – you make a quick connection, enjoy it while it lasts, and then you move on to the next suiter, only to smile somberly at the memory of that special someone in the weeks...
Carousel ads are quickly becoming the post type of choice for brands trying to showcase their products or services. (If you’re not familiar with these, you can read all about them in this Facebook blog post.) Not only are they thumb-stopping, but here at Ignite...
Within the last year, we’ve seen a bunch of efforts made to increase the engage-ability of social media content. Perhaps most notably among these has been Facebook’s 360 video introduction, which has indisputably raised the bar for what is now considered “hyper-engaging” content. That is,...
With so many social media platforms available for your brand to advertise on, it can be hard to know what works best on each channel and how you should be interacting with your audiences. Here are five quick tips on how to make the most...
UGC, how can I explain it? User-generated content is an authentic, cost-effective way to get branded content that’s really going to resonate with your brand’s audience … because they create it! In a time where we’re seeing more and more over-produced ads continue to creep...
July 4th is right around the corner, and I can almost smell the grilled foods, see the fireworks, and unroll paper towels to clean up after cutting a watermelon. For those of us in the content marketing scene, July 4th is a great time to...