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What Does Salesforce-Radian6 Deal Mean for Everyone Else?

Net-Savvy Executive

Every few seconds this morning, TweetDeck brings another comment on today's announcement that Salesforce.com is buying Radian6. The announcement's not exactly a surprise—Radian6 was the obvious acquisition target in social media analysis (SMA), and their platform had supported Salesforce integration since mid-2009.

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Social Media and Your Ever-Expanding Brand

Socialized

David Ogilvy, generally regarded as the father of modern advertising, defined a brand as “the intangible sum of a product’s attributes: its name, packaging, and price, its history, its reputation, and the way it’s advertised,&# which is much closer to how we think of a brand today. Consider PCs.

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The Gamification of Social Media

Social Media Marketing

You can earn money (their currency is "Eaves") by buying other people and you can see your own worth rise by getting other people to invest in you. and invest in them, regardless of price; Search the "Recent Arrivals" for people you know who fit the description in #1 and heavily invest in them before their price rises.

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

Convince & Convert

This is because B2B has a smaller potential customer base, a higher average price point, and a customer decision funnel that is more influenced by word of mouth and reputation. To add full to your fire, we at ITSMA did a survey that found that 55% of IT buyers now use social media in the buying process. Up 50% over last year.

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9 Criteria for Selecting a Social Media Monitoring Tool

Webbiquity SMM

With almost 200 social monitoring tools (and new entrants still coming to market), available at a range of price levels from free to if-you-have-to-ask-you-can’t-afford-it, how does an organization select the right social monitoring tool for its needs? But how do you choose one? Integration with other applications.

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What Bubba Gump Shrimp Can Teach You About Social Media

Convince & Convert

Are we thinking about social media marketing in the context of influencing buying decisions? ” The classic one, and Marcus Sheridan talks about this a lot in his presentations, is the reluctance to put pricing on your website. Jay : We don’t want to put pricing, because it’ll disqualify us. Eric : Yes, oh yes.