So I guess I've been somewhat of a slacker the past month because I have compiled all of these great articles but haven't shared them with anybody! Here are some of the best social media blog posts from the past few weeks. Enjoy :) ...

We are currently in the thick of "National Camp Out In Front of Your Local Apple Store" Week. Offices are empty, streets have been abandoned… In preparation for tomorrow's unveiling of Jobs's gift to us all (iPhone 3G), here are a couple of random doodads....

If Google can have its say, advertising inside Social Networks is about to change. Google has put off the social advertising realm for long enough. You have heard of PageRank, well now there is Google FriendRank....

I just read an interesting article over at TrendSpotting covering Coke's latest foray into social media marketing that I thought was interesting enough to share. In this effort, Coke decided to use social media as its primary vehicle to market its latest Brazilian product i9: Hidrotonico...

What is the definition of Social Media Marketing? Well, Techipedia author Tamar Weinberg asked that very question of several online marketers, social media strategists, and writers. The responses were varied, but overall, the answers seemed to grasp on to the idea of listening, conversation,...

Today is the one year birthday of Ignite Social Media. At least according to our Google Analytics account, which shows one visitor – just one – to this site on July 2, 2007. A lot has happened since we first set out that day to...

At Ignite, we do a lot of research on the Social Media Language tools out there, and some are certainly more effective than others. I've dug up these 5 tools that you don't not know about, and can be great sources to get your...

As a social media agency, we get inquires every day from companies who are trying to figure out how social media marketing will impact their current marketing and business models. As you can imagine, the primary reasons these companies reach out to us is because...

Social media engagement by definition is any attempt at reaching out to another individual on the web. Traditionally this has taken the form of a PR pitch, but times are changing. There are many more avenues in which to engage a user, and the tactics...