Bill Hartzer

MAY 26, 2010

From gathered data targeted to a specific demographic group, clients can then maximize their marketing performance from various social media sources. TNS Cymfony – a Kantar Media company, TNS Cymfony provides customers with market influence analytics – some of the best analytics in the industry.

Cymfony 152

Cymfony Social Media Tools SM2 152

Net-Savvy Executive

APRIL 1, 2011

To complete our set of steak knives Wave reports, we have Zach Hofer-Shall's July 2010 update on Listening Platforms , which added four companies to Forrester's coverage: Alterian Entered the market through its 2009 acquisition of Techrigy. Collective Intellect Still doing what they do. Converseon Still doing what they do.

Brand Monitoring 77

Brand Monitoring Cymfony Attensity Alterian 77

Mindjumpers

AUGUST 27, 2010

Like Mindjumpers, he is associated with Social Marketing Forum. You can connect with him on Twitter @Conversionation Alterian has launched a series of white papers earlier this year under the name ‘social Media ROI’. The first one is called “ Four ways to take your Search Marketing to a new level with Social Media Monitoring ”.

Engineering 113

Engineering Social Media Alterian Tag Cloud 113

Mindjumpers

AUGUST 27, 2010

Like Mindjumpers, he is associated with Social Marketing Forum. You can connect with him on Twitter @Conversionation Alterian has launched a series of white papers earlier this year under the name ‘social Media ROI’. The first one is called “ Four ways to take your Search Marketing to a new level with Social Media Monitoring ”.

Engineering 113

Engineering Social Media Alterian Tag Cloud 113

Proactive Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

According to the Alterian “Annual Survey 2009” report Are You Ready to Engage? the maturity of digital and social media requires integration of marketing strategies. Marketers must move from a focus on siloed campaigns to an emphasis on listening to, and communicating with, consumers. The Marketer’s View.

Engagement 45

Engagement Alterian ROI Loyalty 45

Webbiquity SMM

MAY 3, 2011

The answer may come from the email marketing field. Many of these were other B2B marketers, but others were social media experts, journalists, PR professionals, or just plain fascinating personalities. This list will be posted on Cheryl Burgess’ Blue Focus Marketing Blog. What is it? Jennifer Aaker. Allison Mooney. allimooney.

Twitter 279

Twitter Pharmaceuticals B2B Biotechnology 279

Proactive Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

According to the Alterian “Annual Survey 2009” report Are You Ready to Engage? the maturity of digital and social media requires integration of marketing strategies. Marketers must move from a focus on siloed campaigns to an emphasis on listening to, and communicating with, consumers. The Marketer’s View.

Engagement 40

Engagement Alterian ROI Loyalty 40

Koka Sexton

MAY 2, 2011

I’ve been using a social monitoring tool called Alterian SM2. It makes it better that the Marketing team is full of rockstars too. There are a few other great plans in the works to make InsideView even more “social&# but I’ll save those for another set of posts. It’s like the BMW of social monitoring.

SM2 72

SM2 Alterian Metrics Training 72

Net-Savvy Executive

MARCH 30, 2011

Other acquisitions have tied SMA firms to PR/media (Sysomos/Marketwire, Brandtology/Media Monitors), market research (Cymfony/TNS, Umbria/JD Power, Evolve24/Maritz), and marketing management (Techrigy/Alterian). Converseon blurs the lines that divide research, creative marketing, and management consulting services.

Radian6 85

Radian6 Cymfony Alterian Jive 85

SocMed Sean

FEBRUARY 3, 2013

General Insights About Social Media 1) If you’re going to engage in social media, focus on building relationships not spamming the social-sphere with your marketing message 2) What you put into it is proportional to what you will get out of it. These should align with your overall company or brand marketing and customer service plan.

Social Media 279

Social Media Klout YouTube Foursquare 279

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

there’s a schism coming in social media between companies using it for marketing, and companies using it for customer service and CRM. Is your social media program about asking, … [link] #marketing [link] Evo Terra Is Your Social Strategy Proactive or Reactive? Like Sonny divorcing Cher (or was it the other way around?)

Social Media 117

Social Media Strategy Social CRM Company 117

Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Social media marketing has gone well beyond the hype stage and is now mainstream business practice. Brian Carroll talks with MECLABS Director of Research Sergio Balegno about the disconnect between social media activity and results in the B2B environment, and concludes that “marketers are expecting way too much too soon.&#

Social Media 257

Social Media Trendrr SM2 Alterian 257

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 18, 2010

Better question: How can we find the existing customers that are already passionate about our client, and turn them into a volunteer marketing army? In my local area, most PR firms are still firmly entrenched in the old paradigm of marketing. How can we find the most influential bloggers and get them to write about our client?

Questions 160

Questions Social Media Consultant Education 160

Social Email Marketing

APRIL 22, 2011

Email and social are not competing channels, so email marketing and social media marketing work well together too. Email and social simply are among the many channels which consumers now travel in. They share a fundamental power to bring people together in communities and nurture and grow those.

Social Networking 40

Social Networking Compete Travel Communities 40

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

More from Convince and Convert The Key to Social Media Success is Just 2 Letters Should Facebook Dominate Your Social Media Strategy 3 Ways Facebook is Killing Your Website Convince and Convert Recommends How to Introduce Social Media to Your Business (Danny Brown) Social Media Marketing… Simplified (The Arkayne Blog) Alexandra Kirsch and the Perfect (..)

Social Media 155

Social Media Radian6 Strategy SM2 155

Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

This year, we’re pleased to honor 50 women (below) and 50 men (in an upcoming post on the Blue Focus Marketing Blog ) who are among the top social media connectors and engagers in the technology world, representing technology vendors as well as related venture capital (VC), advisory and analyst firms. Cindy Bates. Cindy_Bates.

Twitter 257

Twitter Bazaarvoice B2B Microsoft 257

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 19, 2012

Radian6 , Alterian SM2 ), or inbound marketing suites (e.g., gShift enables marketers or agencies to track unlimited websites, web pages, social media accounts, external pages (e.g. gShift Labs co-founders Krista LaRiviere and Chris Adams come from a digital marketing and software development background. Background.

Software 140

Software Review SM2 Alterian 140

Webbiquity SMM

MARCH 23, 2011

With almost 200 social monitoring tools (and new entrants still coming to market), available at a range of price levels from free to if-you-have-to-ask-you-can’t-afford-it, how does an organization select the right social monitoring tool for its needs? Salesforce.com ), marketing automation tools and web analytics packages.

Tools 193

Tools Social Media Sysomos Vocus 193

Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 16, 2010

With the amount of helpful content about social media marketing growing faster than Facebook’s user base or Lindsay Lohan’s court appearances, it’s tough to keep up. Social Media Marketing Tips, Tactics and Guides. Social media has dramatically altered the buying process as well as marketing practices.

Social Media 200

Social Media Tools Strategy Tips 200

Buzz Marketing for Technology

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Having been in professional services marketing long enough I thought I would use the classic 2×2 graphic to explain the findings visually. Sysomos – which is now owned by MarketWire is different than Radian6 or Alterian since it also indexes more traditional news (a nice touch). They offer 2 products: Heartbeat and MAP.

Crimson Hexagon 275

Crimson Hexagon Analytics Sysomos Radian6 275