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What’s the Best Social Media Monitoring Tool? It Depends

Webbiquity SMM

A simple tool like Google Alerts would pick up most stray citations. The explosion of social media has led to a corresponding need for more sophisticated monitoring tools that can crawl the hundreds of social networking and bookmarking sites and millions of blogs across the globe. Budget: $0 (I have no budget, I need something free!).

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Four Ways to Measure Social Media Marketing Results

Webbiquity SMM

While there are unquestionably many ways that social media marketing results can be measured , the debate rages on as to whether it’s truly possible to quantify the ROI from these activities. Activity: Most web analytics tools, such as Google Analytics, can be used to track the number of visits, traffic quality (e.g.

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12 (of the) Best Social PR Guides, Tips and Techniques of 2011

Webbiquity SMM

One part of the confusion stems from the fact that in PR, as in many other crafts, the tools change and advance but the fundamental skills required remain the same. How can PR pros optimize their use of social media tools? What brand marketers can learn from PR by iMedia Connection. Social Media Marketing Social PR.

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How (and Why) to Map Your Company’s Digital Landscape

Webbiquity SMM

Many organizations, having now realized that the “build it and they will come” model doesn’t work in social media and that it isn’t just another channel for promoting news releases and marketing brochures, are stepping back and retooling their social media strategies. Identify the key influencers in your market.

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The Social Media ROI Debate

Webbiquity SMM

Can the financial return on expenditures for social media business activities– in marketing, PR, customer support, HR, product development or other areas — be accurately measured? You wouldn’t buy a new machine tool or enterprise software application without an ROI analysis, so why should social media be any different?

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Clearing Clouds of Confusion – the 5 Categories of Social Media Software

Convince & Convert

The truth is, many marketing professionals do not know what this software can do, much less what specific companies’ versions can do. This is especially true of the marketing management guys like Buddy, Involver, Vitrue, Wildfire, et al who all hope to be end-to-end solutions. investor), Vocus.

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15 Call to Action Samples for Rocking Blog Posts that Convert

Writtent Blog

Blogging is a highly effective medium for reaching a wide array of marketing goals. One of the most effective ways to use your blog posts as a community-building tool is to invite your readers to leave a comment. Example: Do you agree that direct mail marketing is dead forever? Facilitate Comments. Share why (or why not!)

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