So, you want to create successful social media content? It’s not as easy as it seems. Social isn’t the place to take your brand’s 15 second TV spot and post it on Instagram, but too often, it happens. Social has its own rhythm, it has...
Quick question – is your social media team taking the necessary steps to ensure your social content is accessible to all audiences, including those with sensory disabilities? Today, there are 466 million persons in the world with disabling hearing loss and 2.2 billion people that have...
2020 has created many challenges for the average person, but it may have created even more challenges for social media community managers across the nation. As stay-at-home orders went into effect, consumers took to social media to express themselves and engage with others in their...
Curating an Instagram aesthetic that stops users in their tracks is #goals for any brand, but with the rise of Instagram stories, having a recognizable look and feel that extends beyond your channel is more important than ever. Read on to discover how to design...
Creating food-related social content can seem like a huge undertaking, but with a little preparation and strategic thinking, you can cook up a successful food shoot in no time! Follow these five quick tips to planning the perfect food shoot before you dig into creating...
With the fast-paced, ever-changing nature of social media, it can feel next to impossible to keep a pulse on what’s trending, never mind the hundreds of challenges and crazes that seem to take the internet by storm. Luckily for you, we’ve narrowed down the five...
New Year’s Eve is traditionally the night to make a statement, and that extends to social as well. Whether you’re capping off the year with a big brand moment, or you’re keeping it casual on your journey towards the midnight hour, you’ll want to make...
Whether on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter – we all have our go-to people who we love to see what they’ll create next. Here we’ve curated a small list of Instagram content creators from a wide-range of industries that inspire us daily and hopefully they’ll inspire you,...
You don't always need a fancy digital camera for photography. These days, some smartphones can be just as useful. Newer smartphones come equipped with cameras that can capture high-quality photos that stand out on the newsfeeds. This means that shooting social content on your smartphone is something that content...
Cultivating user-generated content (UGC) for your brand not only saves you time, energy, and resources, but helps create brand advocacy by making it easy for your customers to share what they love about your brand to the world. Why UGC Works 75% of users say...
One question we’re frequently asked is how many hashtags to use on different social media channels. So, we thought we’d put together this handy blog with hashtag best practices by channel! Go ahead and bookmark it so you can reference it whenever you’re writing copy...
Ignite Social Media received the Audience Honor at the Shorty Awards for both of the categories we applied for: Retail & E-commerce and Large Media Buying Strategy. There were some great submissions by top brands in each of the categories. Shorty Award Audience Honor: Retail &...