During the Internet Summit in Raleigh, I interviewed CEO and Co-Founder of Arkadium, Kenny Rosenblatt, about social gaming. I asked him about the rise in popularity of social games, the potential existing gaming companies have in this emerging market, and how Facebook affects their development....
Last week marked the kickoff of our social design discussion on creating an engaging Facebook fan page as we took a closer look at the top three branded pages. This week, we continue examining the pages of Facebook, YouTube and Starbucks, adding one more...
The new social network Path launched this past Monday. It's designed to be exclusive, allowing only your closest friends to be involved. The Ignite team had a few days to use it. Here is our initial review....
The Social Sphere is a buzz (pun somewhat intended) about the imminent release of Twitter Analytics. We've only been waiting over two years for Twitter Analytics so it better be up to snuff. The best thing about Twitter Analytics will be data straight from the...
Earlier this month Ignite Social Media's fearless leader Jim Tobin put together a post of the Top 50 Branded Facebook Fan Pages for October 2010 that listed Facebook, YouTube and Starbucks as the top three most popular corporate destinations for users. After spending some time...
I am just getting back from speaking at another successful Pubcon and I can say that the conference was a hit. Lots of tracks, lots of content, lots to share. In typical fashion I dont attempt to beef up my session notes in any format...
One of the coolest things about working with Facebook is that the platform is constantly evolving, which means that what we create for Facebook can evolve, too. As an agency, we're always visualizing new ways of presenting content for brands that is engaging, interactive, and...
For any Jimmy Kimmel fans out there, you may or may not have heard about the newest national holiday that he established last Wednesday on his show. November 17th is now National Un-Friend day. ...
Last week several of us tried out the new Deals feature on Facebook Places. Several of us wrote about it on this blog. To some of you, this may seem like overkill on a single topic. However, it's partly because we're passionate about staying up...
In preparing a social media strategy last week, I stumbled on the Engagement DB report prepared by Wetpaint and Altimeter group in 2009, and I must say, the report still has nuggets of insights that are helpful ammunition for most social media marketers....
When Facebook announced last week the launch of Deals - in effect, the missing business component of their Places location-based check-in functionality - almost lost in all the buzz about mobile coupons and loyalty programs was talk of what I think may be one of...
Did you know that heart disease is the leading cause of death for American women? To be honest, I didn't know that either, until we started working on a collaboration between Nature Made and WomenHeart called 100,000 Heartbeats For Women. ...