number of other monitoring tools were suggested: Google Alerts , Hootsuite , 1000Heads own tracker (thank you James), Conversocial , Netvibes , Scoutlabs , Whostalkin , Twazzup , BackTweets , Brandwatch , Tweetdeck , Backtype and Trackur. 65% made the most of Tweetdeck to do this (which is my personal favourite), with 47% using Hootsuite , only 8% using Friendfeed and 9% not using this at all. can’t say I’m totally surprised at the results of this first portion, especially because of your customer/community base. I’m delighted with the results. clout. MORE >>

The hash tag (#), which was created by the Twitter community to help bring order to the service’s inherent chaos, has become one of the Internet’s most powerful organizing and amplification tools. Free Twitter clients like TweetDeck and HootSuite do a good job of catching mentions of your brand or products. If the volume of mentions is large, or if you want to filter for sentiment to detect a surgeon negativity, you’ll need a paid listing tool like Radian6, Lithium or Sysomos. The target publication date is late 2012. Twitter is the enigma of social networks. MORE >>

Brass Tack Thinking Make Things Happen Home About Amber Naslund Tamsen McMahon Contact Speaking Amber Naslund Tamsen McMahon Brass Tack Reading Archives 7 Social Media Roles You Haven’t Considered January 14, 2010 | by Amber Naslund View Comments When you think of social media roles, chances are you think of a community manager or the oh-so-generic “social media manager&# , which is usually some function of the marketing department managing strictly social media programs. What I’ve realized is how important our internal community of colleagues and advocates are. MORE >>

Awareness Networks, Social Marketing Hub an enterprise class community platform has launched their own tool that has Facebook, youtube, flickr, Twitter, and of course connect with their own community features. They have partners with Convio, Radian6, Crimson Hexagon, Sysomos, Trackkr, IBM, Porter Novelli, Sierra Club, HomeAway. Spewing corporate content to every known social channel may make your life easier as a marketer, but could cause serious ramifications to the trust of your community. Asian Bridal Makeup Tweetdeck is all you need! like socialoomph too. MORE >>

C: Twitter (Tweetdeck) is my favourite because of its immediacy. My top sites include: www.redcubemarketing.com www.chrisbrogan.com www.treypennington.com www.brasstackthinking.com www.conversationagent.com My days include time in Tweetdeck , Social Mention , Google Reader and visits to LinkedIn and Facebook. C: I’ll try and keep it short: Tweedeck Google Reader iGoogle Addictomatic Technorati Posterous Radian6 G: What are your Top 3 secrets of social media marketing? And thank you, Chris, for putting Radian6 on your list of favorite social media tools! MORE >>