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Understanding the Value of Social Media Data

Buzz Marketing for Technology

There is a big difference between data and insights. Technology may have given us access now to endless amounts of data from every corner of the world. But the real challenge is making sense of all this seemingly disconnected data. When it comes to Social Media data the same holds up to a point!

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The Evolution of Our Data Fixation in Social Media

Direct Marketing Observations

In 2006, Radian6 was founded by Chris Newton (@ cdnewt ) and Chris Ramsey (@ chrisramsey ) Back then monitoring and listening were a novel concept, but they knew that social wasn’t a fluke. 2 years ago, We stopped blowing on the reflection of our social media selves in the mirror and wanted to get serious about measuring social.

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3 Ways Social Media can Boost Sales Success

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Facebook Lead Generation Lead Nurturing People Sales Social Business Intelligence Social Media Social Networking Strategy Thought Leadership Twitter. Social media provides great way to connect with potential buyers. Social media provides a platform to collaborate with potential buyers.

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nBA Pulse: a new social analytics tool

Sherrilynne Starkie

In a classic case of poacher turned gamekeeper, I was recently invited by an American PR agency to have a personal briefing about the launch of a new social media product. Spike alerts and live annotations will allow brands to make fast, informed, data-driven decisions. Big data: seeing the forest and the trees.

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What are You Supposed to Measure in Social Media?

Direct Marketing Observations

My graph is not totally untrue for those of you that play in the space, but I was reading a post by Tom Webster today titled, The Uneasy Relationship between Twitter and Social Media Measurement and I knew exactly where he was going with it. If the answer is yes, this troubles me.

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Social Media Monitoring & Engagement: One Size Does Not Fit All

Jason Yormark

I’m about 9 months into my role at Strategies 360 running their social media outfit, and we’ve just about hit critical mass where we are exploring and upgrading our social media tools around monitoring and engagement. Related posts: Pitching Social Media: Key Takeaways I’ve Learned In 6 Months.

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Executive Series: Listening on Social Media is about Insight Management and Analyzing Data

Mindjumpers

Listen to the right conversation, gather data, analyze the data and get insights of high value for your company. Last week, I wrote a about the importance of data. A lot of people have been stating the importance of listening to conversations in social media. Listening for me is not the same as monitoring.

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