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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

I’m not sure I can build you an ice rink, but I am a qualified consultant at this point. I’m not sure I can build you an ice rink, but I am a qualified consultant at this point. I’m not sure I can build you an ice rink, but I am a qualified consultant at this point. Not true, but thank you. SXSW, perhaps?

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

Convince & Convert

That’s why there’s a built-in calculator where you can input your costs (hard costs + labor costs) for each social media outpost, and the system automatically calculates your ROI. The math isn’t that tough – you could do it yourself – but the ease-of-use and data presentation of Swix is exceptional.

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50 (of the) Best Social Media Guides, Tips and Insights of 2011 (So Far)

Webbiquity SMM

Pam Moore outlines a dozen ways companies can fail at social media marketing, from not understanding the social media “ecosystem&# for their industry or hiring the wrong consultant/agency for help to assuming social media will fix a broken business (it’s won’t–it will expose it) and having unrealistic expectations in general.

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The 8 Wrong Questions PR Firms Are Asking About Social Media | PR.

Convince & Convert

Lauren Fernandez, Radian6 [link] Nikki Stephan Jay – I like that you took this one step further and included the more appropriate questions versus just listing the wrong ones. I think showing the different questions to ask will help PR firms define overall goals much more efficiently.

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Moving From Back Pats to Business, Social CRM Is For Real

Convince & Convert

BILLION dollars on Radian6 , Buddy Media , Vitrue , and Collective Intellect because they thought they could be the long-term kings of custom Facebook tab deployment? Alternatively, you have companies that target the other side of equation, hoping to gain a low cost, low margin foothold in the huge (more than 5 million U.S.

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BrainDump: 101+ Things You MUST Know About Social Media For Business

SocMed Sean

” 12) Before hiring a social media consultant, familiarize yourself with these 10 questions. If your blog gets big, you’ll want to monetize it (even if it’s just to support the costs/time) and you’ll have a harder time with that on Blogger and WordPress.com 44) Blogging takes time and commitment.