Ignite Social Media

MARCH 2, 2021

Social media marketers constantly try to balance the proven practices on established social networks with strategic bets on the up and comers. When I started Ignite Social Media in 2007, the battle between MySpace and Facebook still raged and Friendster was hanging on for dear life. You can only join when invited.

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Firebelly

MARCH 18, 2011

It’s no secret that I’m a WordPress advocate, but I’ve just recently discovered one of the project’s most impressive features– running a social network. BuddyPress markets itself as “social networking in a box.&# Before jumping to set up your network, consider a few thoughts.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

OCTOBER 28, 2012

With over half of the Internet’s population on social networks, organizations are scrambling for new ways to build bigger follower bases, generate more hits on videos, garner more positive reviews than their competitors and solicit ‘likes’ on their Facebook pages,” said Jenny Sussin, senior research analyst at Gartner.

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Idaconcpts

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Online social networking sites permit you to get together and bond with new friends. The majority of the popular online social networking sites permit users to bond with new friends from across the world. Using social networking sites is a valuable way to build your own friends circle online.

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Twist Image

JULY 12, 2011

In the end, the buying and selling of Myspace will be a positive business move for News Corp. In June 2006, Myspace became the most popular online social networking site in the United States. Did Facebook's success and the changing landscape of Myspace make it an undesirable business moving forward for News Corp.?

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Kikolani

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

The following is for those who want to be found on social networks, or for the networks on which they want to be found. Social Media Dataflow. Why You Want to Be Found on Social Networks. Think of your profile and activity on social networks as creating brand recognition. Name Branding.

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Mindjumpers

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Compared with other social networks, Facebook users are the most engaged. 52% visit Facebook daily, beating out others for daily visitors, such as Twitter (36%), Myspace (7%) and LinkedIn (6%). According to this, in 2008 the average user was 33 years of age and with more and more people joining Facebook, the average is now 38.

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Stay N' Alive

OCTOBER 27, 2010

It seems like every other day Wall Street Journal is talking about some other Social Networking site that is revealing all your information to 3rd party advertisers. Next, they created, then deleted, then re-created a MySpace story about the same thing that MySpace is doing for their users. Information volunteered by you.

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Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 26, 2014

So the question is–are there things that today’s B2B marketers can learn from history, specifically, the tremendous success of Facebook and the rise, fall and possible resurrection of Myspace? Background on the two social media sites. In 2006, Myspace was the most visited U.S. social web site, surpassing Google in site visits.

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Freelance Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2008

The surging social-networking giant is talking to a number of song-streaming services and music community sites, including Rhapsody.com, iMeem.com, iLike.com and Lala.com, about an outsourcing deal that would more deeply integrate their music experience into Facebook, sources familiar with the situation said, the NY Post reports.

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Firebelly

JULY 8, 2011

When the search giant revealed its attempt at social networking, the news spread through the internet like wildfire. New users to the social networking service will encouraged to use all of Google’s products, from the blogs to photosharing and probably even Google Docs. Everyone has heard about Google+ already.

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Ignite Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2025

Back in 2021, we shared a blog post showcasing the most popular social networks of the time, emphasizing the remarkable evolution of the social media landscape since its inception. In 2025, its clear that social medias influence has only deepened, reshaping how we connect, communicate, and consume content.

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SocMed Sean

APRIL 1, 2012

1) How long have you been engaged in social networking and/or social media channels? Believe it or not, online social networking didn’t start with Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. 4) What social networks do you specialize in? Why are these networks right for my business? Probably not.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Social networks are great for business. It is understandable, then, why business owners are flocking to set up shop on social networks and sometimes forgoing the building their own websites in favor of a social network presence. Guest post by Cal Evans. Is this the smart way to go though?

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Laurel Papworth

JULY 13, 2010

Social Ads are driving down the price of regular online ads: A recent analysis by ComScore shows social networks, primarily Facebook and MySpace, have over the last year drawn an average CPM of only 56 cents, compared to the $2.43 Twitter: Reputation Management in Social Networks (20). Or we can get a kiss.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 2, 2008

Networking. Facebook Vs. MySpace (and LinkedIn). What is LinkedIn? Rate: 1 ratings Sign in to rate. Views: 288. watch in standard quality. watch in high quality. more share options ). fewer share options ). This video will appear on your blog shortly. Thank you for sharing this video! A practical example of how LinkedIn works.

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Atom Thought

FEBRUARY 16, 2009

My new article on Strategies for Social Networking Sites has just been published on ‘DesiCretive’ You can view the article here: [link]. And precisely why this article becomes very relevant for Indian Social Networking Platforms! Online Reputation Management- Part 1 5 Myths about Online Social Marketing!

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Direct Marketing Observations

JUNE 2, 2011

There will come a time where we just won’t want to share, chat, upload, download, friend, follow, or like from a social standpoint, a mobile standpoint, and a mobile social standpoint. social networks) then demand goes down right? When social first came on the scene, the amount of networks were few and far between.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 10, 2024

As consumer and advertiser preferences shift, so do social media networks. Consider this: Early social media was primarily about connecting existing communities through text-based content and personalized profiles—think custom-coded MySpace page or writing on your friend’s Facebook Wall.

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Mindjumpers

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Blog About Clients Cases Tribesourcing Video People & Contact Bloggers « Urban Outfitters Likes Facebook Watch out for Danish start-up – bringing you a social work platform » Will iTunes’ Ping Be a Success? The music network runs within Apple’s latest iTunes 10 version – also in iPhone and iPod Touch.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

The big social players have all rolled out features and functions that position them squarely as media platforms that maintain comments functionality, rather than their original roles as social networks. Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter aren’t the new MySpace, they are the new ABC, NBC and CBS ( tweet this ).

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Branding is a result of many things including your blog, your social network profile, your online resume, and how good you are at reputation management, to name a few. Lesson # 5 Use Social Networks. saw the rise of the social media. social networking. social media. social news.

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Direct Marketing Observations

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Online social networks are redefining our offline relationships both casual and personal. Social networks are not what they used to be. Looking back at MySpace, it almost looks like pre-Y2k web Dev. What drives that redefinition? The barriers for connecting with someone are next to none. doesn’t it?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

5 Ways to Begin Building Your Personal Learning Network 1.0 1-Join a professional social network. technology) and EduBlogger World (for education bloggers) and I launched a social network called iTeach/iLearn (enhancing instruction with tech across the content areas). Join My Social Networks.

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 16, 2011

According to the new Pew Internet study Social Networking Sites and our Lives there are nearly twice as many male LinkedIn users as female. Do men prefer LinkedIn’s brand of simple, stripped down, business-oriented networking? Related posts: Pew Research News Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks and Twitter.

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Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

Pam Dyer outlines five steps for creating a successful blog—from understanding your goals to using marketing tactics to create visibility—then showcases an infographic illustrating 120 blog marketing tactics, from social networks to eBooks to PR to video, contests, “egobait” and forum posting.

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Mindjumpers

DECEMBER 7, 2010

I think it’s a great idea that you can gather all links to your profiles on various social networks at one page in an easy way – especially if you don’t have a personal webpage. Similar Posts: Myspace Integrates Facebook. About.me – Latest Addition to Social Profiling Pages. I find this site very simple to manage.

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SocMed Sean

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Social media and social networking are both about connecting people. Without people and their personal relationship information, social media sites like Facebook and Twitter would be reduced to…well…MySpace. A barren wasteland full of bots and spam.

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Firebelly

JULY 29, 2011

Since you can’t include every social networking website in your sharing, what should you be including? Music-oriented news might find a home on MySpace. As I mentioned, a messy collage of social network buttons aren’t appealing to anyone. More techy crowds will appreciate a Digg button.

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Webbiquity SMM

JULY 18, 2012

The constant changes are a problem for brands not only due to the expense of keeping up to date, but also because the newest (Timeline) layout has reduced tab engagement.But the most appalling shortcoming of the world’s most popular social network may be how un-social it is. And listens.

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Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Data junkies, stats addicts, web trivia buffs rejoice — here are a deluge of social media, search and other marketing research facts and figures from 50 articles and blog posts published so far in 2010. Which social networking site is used by 92% of senior marketing executives? While 28% of U.S.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 27, 2011

Social media is growing up fast. No longer a niche plaything of the digerati, social media is firmly entrenched as a societal game changer of historical importance. For many, social media and social networking are so ubiquitous and pervasive that we presume we have it figured out, that we have a finger firmly on the pulse.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Expo Social Networks are clearly here to stay with almost 50% of the population is using these sites (70% of teens). Social Network have all opened up their platforms which means that brands have cost effective access to more than 500M engaged users (250M of them on just Facebook and MySpace alone!)

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Bill Hartzer

MARCH 22, 2010

If you are like me and you spend quite a bit of time hanging out on social networks and social media websites online, then you know that your friends’ and family members’ birthdays and other special occasions tend to pop up out of nowhere, and you are left to scramble and purchase something online and send it to them.

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Convince & Convert

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Social media is growing up fast. No longer a niche plaything of the digerati, social media is firmly entrenched as a societal game changer of historical importance. For many, social media and social networking are so ubiquitous and pervasive that we presume we have it figured out, that we have a finger firmly on the pulse.

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 17, 2012

As for social networks, you might have heard of a site called MySpace. The most recent industry to see the fall of a leader, though, is perhaps less exciting than luxury cars, social networks and Internet search. was the number one search engine. It’s still number one… in Japan.

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Ari Herzog

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

First of all , Facebook is a social network but it’s only for people to connect with their real friends. Citing a 2007 interview by founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Augie Ray points out : Facebook [has] been quite clear that the social network is for facilitating real and firm relationships and not making soft, virtual ones.

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