The first report in the space was Peter Kim's Forrester Wave: Brand Monitoring (September 2006), which introduced us to seven companies: Biz360 Acquired by Attensity in 2010. Back-channel emails are a wonderful thing. couple of CEOs have pointed out how few of the vendors ever featured in Forrester's reports on social media analysis are still independent. So, in the spirit of the filmmaker who's not sure how to end a movie, let's roll the "where are they now?" Brandimensions Folded into its BrandProtect sibling in early 2009. Cymfony is now part of WPP's Kantar Media. Companies MORE >>

We’ve tested Attensity 360 , Brandwatch , Radian6 , Alterian , Scoutlabs , Sysomos , Synthesio , PeerIndex and Social Radar in detail, as well as looking at Visible Technologies ‘ tools. You can register for the event by clicking on the button below: Buzz tracking Customer engagement Jo Stratmann Measurement Social Media Social media agency Social media influencers 2010 Alterian Attensity 360 Brandwatch FreshNetworks online influencers PeerIndex radian 6 Scoutlabs social media influencers social media monitoring Social Radar synthesio sysmos Visible Technologies MORE >>

Scout Labs , Attensity or SM2 with the eager and genuine intent to start listening for their product or brand. I say it wherever I go, whether speaking to a large group or coaching my clients one on one. Listening is the most important part of any social media strategy. Thing is, effective social media listening isn’t as intuitive as it may sound, and some never really get the value of it until I can show them cases. For those that do see the value there’s still a problem, and that’s HOW to listen.  Great. So let’s talk about how to listen regardless of the tools. MORE >>

Our report road tests how well nine of the leading social media monitoring tools – Attensity 360 , Brandwatch , Radian6 , Alterian , Scoutlabs , Sysomos , Synthesio , PeerIndex and Social Radar – can identify  social media influencers. Image courtesy of Jack Monson. With the launch of our social media influencers report this Friday 3rd December, we thought it would be useful to think more about how to engage with influencers online. But once you have identified your influencers, how do you go about engaging them online? Get to know your influencers. MORE >>

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