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The Evolution of Our Data Fixation in Social Media

Direct Marketing Observations

In 2006, Radian6 was founded by Chris Newton (@ cdnewt ) and Chris Ramsey (@ chrisramsey ) Back then monitoring and listening were a novel concept, but they knew that social wasn’t a fluke. Clearly,social networking is not a fad but rather an activity that is being woven into the very fabric of the global Internet.

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You Become What You Measure

Social Media Strategery

As soon as managers pick a numerical metric as a way to measure whether they’re achieving their desired outcome, everybody starts maximizing that metrics rather than doing the rest of their job – just as Campbell’s law predicts.” We use tools like Sysomos and Radian6 to track millions of social media posts.

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Sysomos Audience Moves Towards Measuring Social Media ROI

Dave Fleet

At first glance it seems similar to Google Analytics in nature – in fact, I previously under the incorrect impression it simply connected social media traffic to web analytics. It does so by examining peoples’ previous web activity, including competitors’ websites, blogs, social networks and so on.

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You Are Not A Social Media Guru, Ninja, Expert, Master, (Enter.

Jason Yormark

I’ve talked with many small businesses that are so out of the loop, that I could easily see them being “wowed&# by anyone armed with just basic knowledge of how to get around the major social network channels. Social media marketing certainly could use some certification to start with. Thank you for the shout out!

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

Convince & Convert

Advanced social media analytics and ROI calculations often require tying together disparate systems, and looking for causation (or at least correlation) between social media success and business outcome. Or, you could just use Swix, the super slick new social media scoreboard that just works.

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

Convince & Convert

To be fair, I’ve only included those I’ve actually used (Radian6, Sysomos, Spiral 16) or tested (Meltwater, SM2). And of course thanks for including Radian6. davidalston Radian6 [link] David Alston Katie, great post on outlining a process to selecting the right tool. And of course thanks for including Radian6.

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Social Pros 9 – Christopher S. Penn, WhatCounts

Convince & Convert

I get into lots of conversations with clients and perspective clients who say, I’m paraphrasing but not so much, “We need to get good at social media measurement. So we need to buy Radian6 or Argyle Social or Involver.” That’s where things like Google Analytics come into play. It is a cipher.

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