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Four Ways to Measure Social Media Marketing Results

Webbiquity SMM

Some experts contend that because social media activity is rich in metrics , you can and should be measuring ROI constantly. Still, much of what happens in social media is highly measurable, and these metrics can lead to an least indirect evaluation of the value of different media, activities, topics and tactics. Influence: a.k.a.

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The Social Media ROI Debate

Webbiquity SMM

Executives don’t care about shiny sparkly things or the latest fads or buzzwords; you’d better know what you want to accomplish, be able to quantify both expenses and revenue, and have the analytics in place to track results before even murmuring the words “social media&# in the presence of C-level types.

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The Best Free (or Cheap) Tools for Blogger and Influencer Outreach

Adam Sherk

Social monitoring tools like Radian6 and PR suites like Vocus and Cision offer the greatest range of functionality for research and contact management. You can also use Topsy Analytics to compare profiles, domains or keywords and see what content has received the most links. Related posts: The Best Free Tools for Twitter Analytics.

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Social media metrics, a video review

Jeff Esposito

Home About Archives Press Clips Spark Advisors Suggested Reading Social media metrics, a video review Written on August 3, 2010 by Espo in Book Review This video book review is on Jim Sterne’s Social Media Metrics: How to Measure and Optimize your Marketing Investment. I like Vocus for some things and radian 6 for others.

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The Fight for the Future of Influencer Analytics

Convince & Convert

That is true, and I can look at the analytics from my Buffer and Argyle Social accounts to prove it. The Rise of Channel Influence Analytics. If you believe channel influence is important, there is an emerging and expanding crop of analytics companies that provide excellent insight into the situation. . times the concentration.

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9 Criteria for Selecting a Social Media Monitoring Tool

Webbiquity SMM

Metrics and reporting. more website traffic driven by social media) and 2) actionable analytics (measures that enable you to determine whether you should do more a specific activity, do less, or do it differently). Salesforce.com ), marketing automation tools and web analytics packages. Geographic/language coverage.

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The 8 Wrong Questions PR Firms Are Asking About Social Media | PR.

Convince & Convert

link] Michael Shouldice RT @Vocus: RT @JasonFalls: If your PR firm is asking these questions about social media, they're doing it wrong. There are free and inexpensive tools that do just about the same thing Google Analytics can do, except that GA also shows bounce rate. If only more others felt the same. 'Digital

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