One of the key advantages social media has over other marketing channels is the ability to get feedback from consumers in real-time. For more traditional marketing channels, like television, print, etc., it can take weeks or months gather insights from a campaign and then even...
Established marketing platforms like TV, print, email, and digital have a standard way of measuring success. In many cases, these platforms have dedicated companies to measure performance like Nielsen for TV and BPA Worldwide for print. Social; however, is an entirely different story, and you’re...
A new study shows just how much negative reviews matter, Twitter invests big on video, Facebook tests new features, and our sister company wins a Shorty Award for Small Agency of the Year all in this week’s edition of Social You Should Know. WHY NEGATIVE REVIEWS...
Every so often a new social media platform arises and one cold day while I was sitting in the Toronto airport, Mastodon came to my attention. Since my co-workers had flown out earlier than I and I had some time to kill, I decided why...
Less than a year after Ignite Social Media was named Social Media Agency of the Year worldwide, our sister company, Carusele, received top honors at the 2017 Shorty Awards, where they were honored as Small Agency of the Year. The award was given after the influencer-generated...
We’re just about one month away from Memorial Day, the unofficial start of summer. It’s natural to get excited about sitting by the pool, having friends and family over for a cookout, or heading to the beach for a long weekend. However, it’s incredibly important...
While Pinterest embraces its search engine reality, the FTC proves it knows how social networks work and Twitter starts to grow again, all in this week’s edition of Social You Should Know. Pinterest is Officially Embracing Its ‘Discovery Engine’ Status With the launch of their first advertising...
Facebook held their F8 Conference last week which is a live broadcast of all the updates and innovations to their platform. After listening to the announcements and processing what we believe this may mean for marketers like us in the social space, we've distilled it...
The BIG Ignite Mystery Trip has finally come and gone, and I've been tasked to somehow summarize this amazing trip. Where to start? With so many memories behind me, this is something that is not easily achieved. So, as I sit here on the plane...
Summer: Longer days, warmer weather, and busier workdays. Between personal travel and brand initiatives, it can be tough to stay afloat. However, this time of year isn’t one to lose focus. Consumer habits show that warmer weather inspires shopping, especially on food, drink, entertainment, and...
As content creators, it’s natural for us to want more out of the content we create for our client’s. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a definite weight off the shoulders when clients provide you with assets to optimize for their social media channels, but after...
Snapchat and Instagram have recently released new features, while YouTube expands live broadcasting to channels with 1K subscribers. All that and more in this week’s Social You Should Know. Snapchat Snap to Store, New Lenses Snapchat recently released a new feature called Snap to Store. The feature...