Direct Marketing Observations

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Sure I love the conversation but…

Direct Marketing Observations

Well yesterdays news of the Salesforce aquisition of Radian6 is a game changer. But adding strong measuremaent and analytics to social media engagement as it pertains to customer service and sales and lead generation, does just that. It’s a watershed moment. Justifying it’s relevance. Educating the masses.

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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. Six years ago, we were talking about the growth of blogging and MySpace. Look at how long it has taken us to get over big numbers!

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