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What’s the ROI of Social Media Silence?

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Regardless of the measurement opportunities, we still hear the same questions over and over again, “what’s the ROI of a social media?” What is the ROI of silence? Of ignoring conversations? But to be part of the conversation, you do have to be a participant. ” What’s the ROI of THAT message?

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9 social media trends to keep your eye on in 2012

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Social ROI: The social media sphere will have more pressure on it to create programs that suit business objectives and then show the ROI. By the end of 2012, we’ll start to see some beginnings of what makes up social ROI. We’ll see more and more video as the content type of choice.

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Social Media Strategic Plan Template

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Is it possible to really measure social media and determine ROI? ” Determining ROI starts with a Social Media Strategic Plan.There are 3 phases to this planning. .” ” Determining ROI starts with a Social Media Strategic Plan.There are 3 phases to this planning. Well, its certainly not impossible.

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5 metrics to track on Twitter

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I generally encourage my clients to measure engagement : defined as taking action such as conversation and information sharing. PostRank will help balance out the information from Google Analytics, including RSS feed tracking and conversation on Twitter surrounding a particular link.

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5 things to measure in social media ROI

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As evidenced by this video created by the Unmarketing Team of Scott Stratton, which tickled the funny bone of lots of social media peeps last week: Social Media ROI by UnMarketing. Social Media Metrics and ROI for You. Because social media ROI is really a combination of many different types of valuations.

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Why Social Media Inactives Have No Impact on Social Business Value

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The conversations have centered around three schools of thought: 1) investors are getting ripped off 2) social advertisers are getting ripped off 3) businesses using social media are getting ripped off. It’s differentiating feature: it’s a form of conversation. There you have the value of the conversation.

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The Social Media Train – is it too late to catch it?

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I’ve recently had some conversations with people who are feeling that because they didn’t get integrate social media right away, that they’ve already been left behind. What’s the ROI of Nothing? . This simply isn’t the case. . View more presentations from Tara Coomans.

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