My dad used to tell me the main reason most relationships don't work out is that one or both of the people involved is looking for the other person as the solution to their problems. His notion was that if you were happy by...

07 August, 2008

Ignite Social Media is excited to announce the launch of the Follow Me Wordpress plugin. The Follow Me plugin allows you to easily manage and store your social profiles, right inside the wordpress backend, eliminating the need to continue to manipulate coding inside your theme....

07 August, 2008

There are so many different ways to use social media in this newly connected internet world, and as a social media agency it's our job to make sure all of our clients understand how to best utilize the space. Yesterday, I stumbled upon a...

06 August, 2008

Facebook finally released the new site re-design to the masses. The re-design has actually been accessible for over a month by logging into Facebook at www.new.facebook.com. Now, the new design is accessible to everyone. Log-in to Facebook in the normal manner, and a small bar...

04 August, 2008

Except for a trillion negative Cuil reviews, this week was a slow one in the social media blog world. Not sure whether it's the end of the month or the end of the summer that's slowing down your excitement, but we managed to...

01 August, 2008

Face it, there is a new language evolving as a result of Web 2.0, and you'd better learn it if you want to be a part of the future. If you want to be on the bleeding edge of Social Media Marketing, you have to...

31 July, 2008

According to Forrester's Social Technographics Ladder, only 13% of the U.S. adult population are social media "creators". That means that only 13% actively publish or upload to blogs, web pages, or sites like YouTube. But as social media marketers, it's our job to encourage people...

30 July, 2008

Widgetbait gone bad sparked intense controversy about the utilization of anchor text within widgets. Google has expressed concern with blatant attempts at manipulative anchor text insertion inside the widget itself. Here is Matt Cutts latest quote:...

29 July, 2008

Hi all! Just wanted to pass the word around to those of you who may read this that are looking to get into the field of social media marketing, or who know some college students who need to make something of their lives – that...

29 July, 2008

All we do here at Ignite Social Media is social media marketing. So we watch it carefully, looking for trends, what's coming next, what's likely to bubble up. And it's got me thinking. I believe that social media is in its infancy....

28 July, 2008