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Social Media In 2012: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly (5 Must-Reads)

Firebelly

From the Nielsen Social Media Report for 2012. 100 Fascinating Social Media Statistics and Figures From 2012. By Brian Honigman Here are 100 of the most fascinating social media statistics and figures from 2012 that can help you better understand Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and Google Plus for the coming year.

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Facebook for Marketing Research: Political Polls #auspol

Laurel Papworth

I read an article on Wendy Harmer’s Hoopla Polls Fake Story by @gabriellechan that got me thinking about Nielsen polls, sentiment analysis and focus groups. Nielsen, Gallop, Newspoll, I don’t care, you all suck. Polls are about declared, conscious statements: Big Data is about undeclared analysis.

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The 5 Reasons Most Companies Aren’t Measuring Social Media

Convince & Convert

Our abhorrence for calculation enables us to mutually agree on statistically dubious metrics with nary a shrug or arched eyebrow. Consider Nielsen ratings, which are used to determine the popularity of all TV shows and, consequently, how the dozens of billions of dollars in TV advertising is apportioned. That’s not math; that’s folly.

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PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Analyzing Information. The analysis of information is fundamental to the process of converting information into knowledge (Avery, et.al, 2001). Analysis builds on the organization of information, but goes beyond it in its emphasis on the importance of frameworks, models, and theories grounded in the standards of public communities.

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Social Media Research: Interview with Joel Rubinson of ARF - Part I

Diva Marketing Blog

With the rapid increase of digital conversations the importance of not only listening to consumer generated content (CGC) but the analysis of this new data set is finally taking its place at the marketing research table.   I have an MBA in statistics and economics from the University of Chicago. 

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Mapping the Social Internet – what part of the world is the most.

Mindjumpers

Posted by Jonas Klit Nielsen Aug 9th, 2010 Tweet In the latest (July – August) issue of Harvard Business Review, I found a very interesting article by Mikolaj Jan Piskorski and Tommy McCall – mapping out the social internet around the globe. Click to view large image Source: Harvard Business Review, 88, 7/8, July-August 2010, issue.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Competitive analysis: How does your brand stack up to the competition? • Note that although various tools might measure this data, it’s inclusion is dependent on the data being available on each mention so in most cases only a subset of the total mentions are counted in this type of analysis. First – What are the objectives?