Social media is always evolving and constantly changing. Every week Ignite Social Media keeps you up to date on the latest trends and features with Social You Should Know. Here are some highlights from March. Have You Heard of Vero? There’s a new(ish) social networking app on...
The social media industry changes rapidly and if you don’t keep up with the latest trends, you may be left in the dust by your competitors. At the start of the year, we wrote about the four trends social media marketers should expect in 2017....
A year in social media marketing feels like 10 years in traditional marketing. Things change at light speed and as marketers, it’s our jobs to stay on top of it all. While it’s impossible to remember all the changes that happened, we can help you...
While the rest of the world is packing into the gym and baking kale chips, marketers and social media pros are focusing on strategies, finalizing budgets, and laying out promotions for the upcoming year. While thinking big and thinking ahead is key to success, try...
We hope you had time to catch our team's August webinar on Staffing for Social Success! (And if you didn't you can find the recorded webinar here.) One point we drove home during the webinar is that resource allocations for social media teams are constantly changing....
Facebook recently launched a new offers section, YouTube is rolling out some new non-video features and Instagram Stories is Snapchat’s new rival, all in this week’s Social You Should Know. Now It’s Easier for Brands to Distribute Coupons on Facebook Yesterday, Facebook launched its revamped Offers section....
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...
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,...
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...
You probably remember a time not too long ago when you could easily spot QR codes all over the place – on store windows, print ads, and social media. These codes became a way for marketers to give users quick access (QR stands for Quick...
There’s no doubt that Facebook is doing well these days. The company ended the third quarter of 2016 with 1.65 billion monthly active users, $5.2 billion in advertising revenue, and an overall 53 percent revenue increase, according to The Motley Fool. One issue remains for Facebook,...
If your brand is still taking static photos on Snapchat, then you’re probably behind the curve. Snapchat adoption is on the up and up, according to a study by Piper Jaffrey, and it’s no surprise. There are always new features to test out, thanks to...