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APRIL 6, 2010

(This is especially important now that Google and Bing are incorporating social content into real-time search results). On the left hand side, you’ll see a keywords chart that lists common terms associated with your name in social media. Consider adding some of these to your list if they differ from your analytics results.

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APRIL 28, 2010

Finding Your Influencers As noted in the study, the notion of true 1:1 marketing via social media is a bit of a fallacy. It’s really only possible in a reactive sense via social CRM, where individual complaints or questions can indeed be handled.

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MAY 11, 2010

You can study your Web analytics, and see which pages get the most traffic, and what questions are likely to be in prospects’ minds when they are on those pages. Not in a “here’s our FAQ&# way, but in a vigorous, social media way. Or, you could survey Web site visitors, gathering data in real-time.

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MARCH 23, 2010

And many of us in the social media space are guilty of that particular sin. We've been talking about what “our community&# looks to our blog for, and a quick peek at the blog analytics showed me that over 60% of visitors are first timers and not long time readers. link] Adine Jay, This was timely and a great help for me.

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MAY 26, 2010

The metrics available on Facebook are in many ways better than you can get from Google Analytics. Make sure you’re tying together your email program and your social media program. YouTube is the second largest search engine in the world, and yet video content continues to be under-leveraged. Now for more coffee.

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JUNE 2, 2010

In addition to their desire to be the hub of the Web, and create the greatest analytics-driven advertising platform imaginable, Facebook wants to enable our relationships to curate the world for us. There are something like 150 million blogs. 500+ TV channels. 2 million tweets per hour.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

I believe Twitter will ultimately be the way that we interact with brands, and will power the social CRM movement. I sat in on today's webinar and took some mental notes about what was most surprising (I may have even tweeted out a few). Tom agrees, and included that concept in the Executive Summary. Our lists were similar.

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AUGUST 18, 2010

But there are still plenty of PR firms (and companies, for that matter) looking at social media purely as a distribution vehicle. There are free and inexpensive tools that do just about the same thing Google Analytics can do, except that GA also shows bounce rate. What do you think?

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

At one point we discussed headline writing and what draws clicks within the social media content universe. I mined my Google Analytics and put together a list of the 25 most popular posts that have ever appeared on this blog , ranked by total number of page views. What content lessons do you take away from these results?

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AUGUST 26, 2010

Because the RowFeeder team is very welcoming to custom report requests, it’s a good solution for agencies looking to put their own stamp on analytics, especially those without an Excel ninja on staff. link] Komputery Sometimes I think, that people doesn`t work, but still analysing statistic, google analytics etc.

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MAY 20, 2010

They are tracking all of that, and by Christmas, Facebook will be a formidable competitor to Google Analytics. Hilarious, useful post [link] [link] Your Analytics Site Yes, I am taking the link bait. link] [link] Grow Socially RT @jaybaer: Is your social media strategy based on pet names, or baby names?

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I'm sounding like a physician but in a real sense that's essentially what you're doing to arrive at a proper regimen to ensure social media's contribution to B2B or B2C marketing and ultimately the business' health. RT @jaybaer: Not sure which social media tools to use? Pricing: Your pricing is incorrect.

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JULY 13, 2010

Then, define a social and thought leadership strategy to get them there. Instead of writing web copy for your client, see if they’ll let you assess their current site analytics: If you are a keeper of data, you have access to the quantitative insights we’ve always longed for as a profession.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Tracking Google Analytics No surprise, this is my primary statistical source for Convince & Convert. Despite being free, Google keeps adding functionality to Google Analytics. The dominant URL shortener is also the best – in my opinion – at tracking and analytics. I implement bit.ly Try it yourself.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

I believe Kurrently has the potential to make Facebook a much larger player in the social CRM world, as companies can now instantly see just how much they are being mentioned on that platform. Either way, the implications for Kurrently and the real-time Web are profound. As Gilbert pointed out, our own intersection is a good example.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

Also, Facebook’s enhancements to its Insights analytics product aim to give companies information about their visitors that far exceeds the data available from Google Analytics (another reason Google is freaking out). Billable work that will make us look awesomely smart to our clients, but hey! Anyone else?

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AUGUST 3, 2010

Also, Facebook’s enhancements to its Insights analytics product aim to give companies information about their visitors that far exceeds the data available from Google Analytics (another reason Google is freaking out). Billable work that will make us look awesomely smart to our clients, but hey! Anyone else?

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MARCH 2, 2010

The social media community is starving for a viable way to track customer behavior throughout all social outposts (as evidenced by the massive number of retweets for this post I mentioned recently about a new way to tie Google Analytics to your Facebook fan page ).

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APRIL 7, 2010

Let me hear about it: View Comments | Subscribe To This Blog | Sign Up For Our Newsletter Share This Post: Similar Posts That You Might Enjoy: 14 Things I Think I Think About Social Media Is Starbucks the Most Dangerous Competitor to Facebook? create their own badges etc?) Point 2 I think is slightly more tricky.

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