Ignite had the benefit of interviewing Greg Jarboe recently and wanted to share his thoughts for our readers. Greg gave some really good advice for companies looking to engage in YouTube marketing  in 2012. You can find Greg speaking at this year's SES NY and hear him speaking specifically on the...

01 February, 2012

PowerVoice Pays Users To Post Ads On Twitter, Facebook PowerVoice, a new social media marketing company, launched last week. The service compensates users for sharing brands' messages on social networks in a somewhat similar fashion to Adly. However, unlike Adly, it's not focused solely on enabling celebrities and...

30 January, 2012

Unless you’re living under a rock, or started boycotting the internet when SOPA was first introduced last year, you’ve heard Pinterest is growing. But just how much traffic is Pinterest getting these days? According to ComScore, Pinterest has over 4 million users and is rapidly growing....

24 January, 2012

YouTube Launches Online Film Festival Last week, YouTube continued its efforts to become a more serious media platform announcing the Your Film Festival, a competition for aspiring film makers. The festival is a collaboration between Youtube, famed director and producer Ridley Scott, Scott Free London, the Venice Film...

23 January, 2012

So, if you are in anyway familiar with the Internet, you're likely aware of the SOPA and PIPA protests that consumed the net on Wednesday. Don't worry. I'm not about to go on a diatribe about the issue. However, I do intend to share a...

20 January, 2012

Are you on Google+? If so, add Ignite Social Media's Google+ page to your circles. An interesting nugget or two about Google+, how many people are using it and how long they stick around was hidden in a recent eMarketer newsletter on niche social networks growing...

12 January, 2012

Continuing with the Facebook Fan Page series, I will be reviewing PlayStation's efforts on Facebook. Overall, PlayStation's strategy on this channel is focused more on driving awareness of new PlayStation game releases than trying to raise awareness of the console itself. Is...

12 January, 2012

Facebook recently announced they are beginning to slowly roll out a new ad type, allowing advertiser's to reach users in the actual newsfeed. These new units are now named "Featured Stories", a move Facebook is trying to make to distinguish these units from "Sponsored...

11 January, 2012

Yesterday Google announced some significant changes to its search engine in an attempt to move it from a search engine that "understands not only content, but personal relationships". In a blog post entitled, "Search, Plus Your World", Google outlined 3 changes they are making...

11 January, 2012