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Bad PR Measurement Gets a Smackdown

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whether ROI can be anything other than a quantitative term. [Ed: It was a rollicking chat, more than 250 tweets, around three questions: @CommAMMO Each of us has a personal Bete Noir — mine is “value of a Facebook fan. CommAMMO Q2: ROI is a financial term. alanchumley: value of a Facebook fan. Good grief!].

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The MetricsMan Comes To #measurePR

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Fortunately, Don Bartholomew of Fleishman-Hillard - whom you may know as @donbart on Twitter – will rectify that this coming Tuesday, when he joins us to chat about social media “ROI.&# To use the old saying – the ROI on these sorts of ROI efforts is not good. In fact, I would guess far less than half will.

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MeasurePR: The BrandBuilder Edition

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A couple of months ago, Olivier was quoted in SmartBrief on ROI as saying: “There are dozens upon dozens of ways to ensure that your program can be shown to contribute to either reducing costs or generating revenue. We have smart dogs , with Chico being his Chief Content Strategist and Suzy Q. being my Chief Operating Officer and 2.

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Why Facebook’s New Timeline for Pages Will be More Useful Than You Think

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Like it or not, if you administer at least one Facebook Page, you’re trying to get ready to face the music next Friday. Businesses have been so furious that they will not be given the option to keep the old page design that some threatened, in discussions on posts such as this one , to stop using Facebook entirely.

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MeasurePR, the Don Bartholomew Edition Round II

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We continued our conversation on social media and ROI. Get Shareaholic test Filed under MeasurePR , Measurement , Public Relations , Social Media | Tags: don bartholomew , margaret brady , PR measurement , social media ROI | Comments (2) Site settings comment help? Many new people joined (yay!), pts Settings. pts Settings.

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Monday Roundup: PR Measurement Classics

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The ROI of Social Media: A Retrospective. Why: “The problem with trying to determine ROI for social media is you are trying to put numeric quantities around human interactions and conversations, which are not quantifiable.” Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn Monday Roundup: PR Measurement Classics.

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#measurePR, Die Hard and Squirrels

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… but whatever it was, it led to an extremely fun and engaged conversation. But it was when I asked what Sandra (and others) made of the “value of a Facebook fan” type conversation, that things got really interesting: @ shonali A2. Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn #measurePR, Die Hard and Squirrels.

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