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New Research Shows Twitter Boosts TV Ratings (sometimes)

Convince & Convert

In another bandwidth-deficient edition of The Baer Facts, I talk with Kyle Lacy of ExactTarget about new research from Nielsen that shows tweets causing actual increases in television ratings. Is Social TV Overrated? Nielsen found that this effect works both ways. but won’t generate net new viewers.

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Brand Monitoring: Where Are They Now?

Net-Savvy Executive

Back-channel emails are a wonderful thing. A couple of CEOs have pointed out how few of the vendors ever featured in Forrester's reports on social media analysis are still independent. Cymfony is now part of WPP's Kantar Media. Factiva Dow Jones bought out Reuters' interest in Factiva in 2007.