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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

based on budget or schedule) Once you’ve answered those questions you can compare major social media monitoring tools. I’ve started a comparison chart, based only on my own experience and opinion, for you to use and update as you see fit. . • How much time will you be able to allocate to this project? Joseph | RepuMetrix Inc.

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MAY 11, 2010

I also like to look at search data, both the searches that people are conducting about your company on Google ( use this free keyword tool ), (insert Google keyword tool screen shot) and the searches conducted on your Web site (assuming you have a search function). Or, you could survey Web site visitors, gathering data in real-time.

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JUNE 3, 2010

link] [link] Jason Never underestimate how far showing a little humanity instead of towing the company line can go towards setting things right. I think the banks/financial institutions should be included in your comparison. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. Fawn Thanks Jay.

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APRIL 15, 2010

Is Your Company in the Content Marketing Industry? What formerly was the sole bastion of the media, is now also a company bailiwick. Consider a company like Kodak. Comparisons with other products in the category. If you purchase a magazine ad to promote your company, that ad might generate a lot of new customers.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Social Media results can’t be measured False. Especially in comparison to many other communication programs like traditional PR, TV advertising, outdoor advertising and others, social media actually offers pretty solid metrics. Social Media is optional It doesn’t matter what the demographics of your customers are.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

There’s a huge gap between the perception of social media as an instant, free, can’t miss marketing opportunity and the reality of social media as a long-term, time-intensive customer loyalty and brand advocacy opportunity. Blogging has reached that point, and now social media is approaching it. Resources deployed.

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MAY 20, 2010

Ready, Fire, Aim There are two schools of thought regarding social media effectiveness tracking. The first is the experimental, dip the toe in the water approach whereby a company begins a modest collection of initiatives to get familiar with the morays and methods of social media. This is the pet naming program.

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JULY 22, 2010

While many businesses are excited about opportunities to reach their customers on the social web, few actually believe they have done so successfully. Lion Brand’s Lion Brand Notebook: Lion Brand is a yarn company that has been in business for over a century. Please let me know by commenting below!

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Social media relies on the premise that we’ll believe what people tell us more readily than if we were told the same thing by a nameless, faceless company. That’s why brands go to great lengths to humanize themselves on the social Web. A survey of 4,875 adults (500 U.S.) Trust gets played with all the time also.

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JULY 8, 2010

Great post and comparison of the media phenomenon, vampires [link] Jane Cooke It is still the most convenient medium for typing out private conversation. Im a tequila-loving, hype-free social media strategy consultant, speaker, and author that works with major corporations and PR firms to harness the awesome power of the social Web.

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JUNE 30, 2010

If we’re not using the available data (made even richer by the coming ubiquity of “like&# ) to boost relevancy of our social and email communication, our fans will gravitate toward companies that are. It’s time to start thinking about social media the same way. Because relevancy = respect.

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APRIL 8, 2010

I have found this to be a poor comparison. Im a tequila-loving, hype-free social media strategy consultant, speaker, and author that works with major corporations and PR firms to harness the awesome power of the social Web. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Nobody forced companies to get involved with their customers in this way. By way of comparison, that’s approximately the same size as the Asian American population, and you certainly don’t see the media coverage, software development, conferences, and general hullabaloo about marketing to Asians. We just did it voluntarily.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

The one downside is Kodak’s built-in video software pales in comparison to Flip’s, forcing me to use iMovie on the Mac, which I can barely tolerate. Google Alerts Like most marketing professionals, I have several Google Alerts set up for my name, my company name, and topics of interest to me.

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APRIL 27, 2010

But what makes Randy exemplary is a simple lesson that every company should reconsider – he relishes the description. We have a new biscotti, terrific with coffee or Bailey’s and coffee, from a company ironically owned by Interbev, the European brewers that purchased Anheuser-Busch, which is based here in St.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2011

I tried to go a layer or two deeper than some of the major analyst firms as well so you get a broader spectrum companies that would include some of the smaller firms that normally don’t get mentioned. Which sounded like Social CRM meets Systems Integration company to me.

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JUNE 28, 2010

You cannot just show up to the party and create your 10 podcasts, and not think about what keywords apply, what the psychology of the people using those keywords is, and how your company can fulfill those needs. If it doesn't look good in comparison to the other ideas on your chart, that's a bad sign.

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