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Why ROI isn’t everything with social media

Socialmedia.biz

In 2011, 60% of consumers with purchasing intent were using various social media platforms for researching products, learning more about a specific retailer and reading product reviews. Why should you go beyond the conventional ROI metrics of success? How should you define measurements that matter?

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Not Tracking Social Media ROI is Your Fault

Convince & Convert

Last week, Susan Etlinger from Altimeter Group published the Social Media ROI Cookbook. click here to view and download the Social Media ROI Cookbook on Slideshare). If you’re looking to place blame for why you can’t measure social media ROI in your company, grab a mirror. Is social media ROI attainable?

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Bad PR Measurement Gets a Smackdown

Waxing UnLyrical

for the last few days, speaking on measurement at the 2011 Oregon Governor's Conference on Tourism. whether ROI can be anything other than a quantitative term. [Ed: measurepr -12:07 PM Apr 12th, 2011. CommAMMO Q2: ROI is a financial term. CommAMMO Q2: ROI is a financial term. measurepr -12:29 PM Apr 12th, 2011.

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The State of Social Media Marketing– Annual Survey Report

Mindjumpers

The report is based on insights from 320 marketers (social marketing leaders, experienced professionals, novice and dabblers) on social media trends from 2011 and predictions for 2012. The It compares the state of social media in 2011 and expectations from 2012, based on this survey. Monitoring.

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YES YOU CAN Measure Social Media

Akamai Marketing

And because of my strategic side, I’ve been doing a lot of work over the last year on social media analytics and ROI models. No matter what type of measurement you establish, the key is to stick with it and let the metric tell the story. I’m really proud of the ROI model I’ve developed for use with my clients.

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The 6 Step Process for Measuring Social Media

Convince & Convert

For a full and very specific account of how to measure social media in your company, pick up a copy of The Now Revolution , or Social Media ROI (by Olivier Blanchard). However, here are the basics to consider, drawn from my presentation “How to Hug Your Calculator&# last week at Social Media Success Summit 2011. Select Metrics.

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The 6 Step Process for Measuring Social Media

Convince & Convert

I analyzed my Top 6 blog posts for 2011 by total page views, and am re-running them this week as a “greatest hits” compilation. For a full and very specific account of how to measure social media in your company, pick up a copy of The Now Revolution , or Social Media ROI (by Olivier Blanchard). Select Metrics.

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