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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). Socialmention.com is basically a social search engine, if the business name is unique it can be a good option. I'm currently using SM2 for most of my clients, and like how easy it is to use.

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

SocMed Sean

YouTube 37) YouTube is the second largest search engine on the planet (only second to Google). 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.

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The Top #Nifty50 Women in Technology on Twitter for 2012

Webbiquity SMM

Now a Business Information Analyst at The Mint Partnership, Valerie has an extensive background in the architecture and engineering industry. LeadLife is designed to increase qualified leads while shortening sales cycles and decreasing the cost of sales. ’” Valerie Bianco. valeriemichelle. Elyse DeVries. April Dunford.

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Web Presence Optimization Software Review: gShift Labs

Webbiquity SMM

Radian6 , Alterian SM2 ), or inbound marketing suites (e.g., From a pure competitive research standpoint, gShift isn’t quite as robust as a tool like SEMRush (which provides AdWords keywords and click costs in addition to complete target organic keywords), but it does offer significant integrated functionality nonetheless.

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9 Criteria for Selecting a Social Media Monitoring Tool

Webbiquity SMM

For example, a discussion of the latest developments in aerospace composites is probably more likely to happen on a niche engineering forum than on Facebook. Global monitoring capability adds cost and complexity to a tool, so don’t buy it if you don’t need it, but for multinational businesses, this is essential functionality.

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Monitoring vs Analytics [Infographic]

Buzz Marketing for Technology

A good DIY choice for small brands looking for a no cost option. Clearly the costs of the monitoring space are going to go to zero, it’s just a matter of when. Collective Intellect – They started out as a “listening engine” but they are now positioning themselves as a “text monitoring and analytics leader”.