2013 was a big year for social media with programs like Snapchat, Vine and more! And for 2014, it isn’t just a trend ready to disappear— in fact, it’s starting the year with a bang and becoming an essential part of business’ strategies and people’s everyday lives! Check out these 9 Mind-Blowing Social Media Facts…
Why 2014 is the Year of the SME in Online Marketing
The writing is on the wall. It is clearly stated by Google, Facebook and other top marketing sites. Subject matter experts will be more at the heart of social media, SEO and organic inbound marketing in 2014 than ever before. In 2014, people will realize that it is no longer enough to have an inexperienced…
Facebook Adding “Sympathize” Button in Near Future
Don’t expect Facebook to jump on the ‘Dislike’ button anytime soon, but Facebook may be taking a different route— a potential ‘Sympathize’ button on posts. Facebook is taking social media to the next level again. Straying away from Facebook’s menu of 40 emoticons, the “Sympathize” button would be used when someone creates a post that…
The Battle for the User in 2014: What Microsoft, Google and Facebook are Fighting For
At this point, Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Apple, Facebook, Twitter and more all understand what is at stake. It is really control over the heart of the user and how they interact with technology. In 2014, it will be a race to see who can deliver it first, in an intuitive and heavily adopted way. What…
Why Will Social Media Be Important in 2014 – Industry Expert Survey
Social media is exploding. But will it be as important next year? In this post, 16 industry experts weight in why social media will be important in 2014. Google is Social Media “Search engine algorithms have long been gamed and social media signals are a way for the engines to add another quality signal to…
Huge Privacy Changes on Social Media Platforms, Google + and Facebook
Anonymity just got a little bit more difficult for social media users. Facebook and Google+ have rolled out new privacy changes in their terms of service. However, there are still ways to protect your privacy on these social media platforms! Facebook Privacy Changes: Facebook will be removing a privacy setting that allowed people to hide…
Internet Marketing Changes in September – Hummingbird, Blocked Keywords, Facebook!
There were some major updates in September in SEO, AdWords, Analytics and Social Media! Some of the updates include the Google Hummingbird update (and another Penguin Update), Cross Device Conversion Estimated in AdWords, Google blocking all organic keyword data in Google Analytics, Facebook introducing penalties, Facebook changing their contest rules and Pinterest and Instagram launching…
Pinterest Ads Go Live, Promoted Pins to Rock Social Media Marketing
Busy week for social media advertising… Yesterday, Instagram announced that they would be delivering ads and today Pinterest finally pushed their long anticipated ad platform live. Promoted Pins, as they call them, are much like Twitter’s promoted Tweets and Facebook’s Promoted Posts. Each of these services ensures greater visibility for pieces of content on the…
Advertisements Come to Instagram
Social advertising is booming. Ignite Visibility has been at the forefront of this revolution over the last year, offering social media advertising as one of our core services. For this reason, we are incredibly excited to see that ads have finally come to Instagram. According to Mashable, “Instagram announced on Thursday that the company will…
Facebook Shared Photo Albums: How Will Internet Marketers Use Them?
Facebook has now launched the ability to contribute to shared photo albums. How cool, right? Now you and all of your friends can upload pictures to the same place. This make a lot of sense. Personally, I just got married and I would have loved the ability to let guests upload all their photos to…