The Realtime Report

AUGUST 17, 2012

Other favorite social channels included YouTube, Flickr, Digg, Stumbleupon and Tumblr. 57% listed poorly define success metrics and key performance indicators. However, when asked which channels they use most often, B2B marketers named LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter almost equally.

Social Networking 184

Social Networking B2B LinkedIn Tumblr 184

Viper Chill

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

You are here: ViperChill » ViperChill » ViperChill Monthly Report 11 ViperChill Monthly Report 11 Written by Glen, this post has 77 Comments We’re getting close to the point where there will be no more monthly reports. Excuse my naivety but are you no longer reporting after next month?

Report 70

Report Software Case Study Directory 70

Convince & Convert

JANUARY 18, 2011

That metric is called “open rate&# (post-modern email marketers call this the “render rate&# and use a slightly different method of calculation). But we have that metric in Facebook, where it’s called “impressions&# , and on YouTube, where it’s called “views&#. That’s a lot of similarities.

Social Media 119

Social Media Badge Metrics Foursquare 119

Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 23, 2010

The “no&# group will counter that the metrics and tools haven’t yet matured, or that social media is too amorphous to even be measurable, or that it is rapidly becoming simply part of the plumbing or wiring of a modern organization, making ROI immaterial. . Socialnomics: What Social Media Success Looks Like by Fuel Lines.

ROI 193

ROI Social Media Vocus Metrics 193

Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 21, 2010

From a pure lead generation / ROI standpoint, this skepticism isn’t entirely unjustified; research from earlier this year showed that branding metrics (increased brand exposure, webs traffic, email subscribers partnerships)—not strict revenue or ROI measures—topped the list of benefits that b2b marketers realized from social media activities.

Social Media 191

Social Media Research ROI Technorati 191

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 24, 2011

A realtime social search engine that pulls current and recent results for any term from Twitter, Facebook, Google Buzz, Digg and Delicious. Lithium also includes response assignment and reporting tools. A free service for setting up, promoting and hosting Twitter chats. Social and Alternative Search Engines. A free trial is available.

Tools 206

Tools Social Media Lithium Sysomos 206

Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Jeremy Porter writes a thoughtful piece on what hasn’t changed in PR (the need to communicate to and manage relationships with various audiences) and what has (dialog rather than monologue, metrics and measurement technology, the media landscape, etc.), and what PR pros need to do differently to succeed in this new environment.

Press Release 200

Press Release Tips HootSuite Alltop 200

Convince & Convert

JULY 20, 2012

Read on for insights from Eric Boss & DJ Waldow’s Social Media Stat of the Week ( This week : The Wall Street Journal reports more people are turning to YouTube as their news source). Digg died this week, basically, I guess Digg died several weeks ago but like it officially died this week. Listen Now. Why did it fail?

Digg 113

Digg Communities MySpace YouTube 113

Bill Hartzer

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Reporting options in Visual Website Optimizer. A great thing about this tool is that conversion reports are realtime so you can see which variations are performing best. For example, if I have two versions of a landing page: A and B, the tool can report that version A has conversion rate of 5% while version B has conversion rate of 7%.

Tools 100

Tools Technorati Sample Samples 100

Bill Hartzer

JUNE 15, 2010

Conductor Searchlight enables your team to be strategic thinkers and SEO strategists, and leaves ranking reports, monitoring competitors, and auditing your pages for technical issues to the power of automation. Since when did being an SEO Expert mean that you had to be an Excel Jockey? Subscribe to the comments for this post?

Engineering 102

Engineering System Vimeo SEO 102

Bill Hartzer

MAY 26, 2010

Sentiment Metrics – founded in 2005, Sentiment Metrics has helped businesses listen to the growing world of social media. The tools provided by Sentiment Metrics enables customers and clients alike the ability to measure, and monitor the different aspects of social media while gaining valuable intel about the buying public.

Cymfony 152

Cymfony Social Media Tools SM2 152

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 20, 2009

reports from its search page are not very complete or accurate (you get better data on URLs you’ve personally shortened in your history when signed into bit.ly). so that the metrics will be open and verified by a third party. Unfortunately I discovered that the “total clicks” figures bit.ly

Press Release 145

Press Release Twitter URL RSS 145

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 25, 2009

This is to be expected, and it’s one reason why year-over-year metrics have more value than month-to-month. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now!

Engineering 102

Engineering Hitwise Health Care Press Release 102

Proactive Report

OCTOBER 31, 2009

A list of social interaction metrics / KPIs. Report spam / abuse. Social media sharing / participation (activity on key social media sites, e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Digg, etc). Social media sharing / participation (activity on key social media sites, e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Digg, relevant design forums, blogs etc).

Engagement 65

Engagement Widget Metadata Digg 65

Firebelly

JANUARY 29, 2010

Report: Facebooks Twitterfication May Have Stunted Twitter Growth By Bilal Hameed RJ Metrics research analysis has stopped short of pinpointing the reasons behind the gradual decline in activity over at Twitter. However, we believe that one of the major reasons for this decline is Facebook’s gradual Twitterfication.

Marketing 100

Marketing Feed Reader Paid Search SMS 100

Proactive Report

OCTOBER 31, 2009

A list of social interaction metrics / KPIs. Report spam / abuse. Social media sharing / participation (activity on key social media sites, e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Digg, etc). Social media sharing / participation (activity on key social media sites, e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Digg, relevant design forums, blogs etc).

Engagement 49

Engagement Widget Metadata Digg 49

The Marketing Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

With a few simple yet effective methods, you can measure the level of interactivity of your Fans on the Facebook page: #1 Using Facebook Insights A little while back Facebook had announced the improved version of Facebook insight s which provides better metrics for Facebook developers and page administrators. visit me.

Facebook 185

Facebook Web 2.0 Startup Applications 185

ProBlogger

JANUARY 1, 2013

Digg Digg for social engagement. Social Metrics for a quick look at your social engagement from your Dashboard. You will have other features such as contact forms, tracking, reporting, and an email signup box to build your email list. Setting up your plugins. Social media. Disqus or CommentLuv for comments. SEO plugins.

WordPress 45

WordPress Findability SEO Digg 45

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

Content cannot be measured with a single metric , because no one data point can successfully or satisfactorily tell you whether your program is working. Instead, you need to create an array of metrics that are selected from four primary buckets: 1. Consumption Metrics. The key is to not stop your metrics train at this depot.

Metrics 155

Metrics Types Postrank Content 155

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 27, 2008

In order to provide an assessment of the quality of traffic driven by each network, four site metrics were analyzed: Average page views Time on site Bounce rate Percentage of returning visitors Let’s see what the figures reveal. Steven reports that the average user from one niche forum stays for more than 7 and 1/2 minutes!

Social Media 100

Social Media StumbleUpon SEO ROI 100

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Comments Digg This. 2008 Annual Google Communications Intelligence Report. IT Service Management: Metrics That Matter. Industry Switch. Background. IT Organization. Offshoring. Succession Planning. Performance Review. Leadership. Innovation. Project Management. Enterprise. Requirements. Consumer IT. Risk Management. (If

Company 122

Company How To Case Study Mobile 122

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 7, 2008

Drive a strategy development process that results in a project vision, objectives, roadmap and success metrics. Online Community Report. Each workshop is its own learning process. Emergence Marketing. Jake McKee. Jason @ Social Media Explorer. Jeremiah Owyang. Joe Barnes. Jonathon Carson. Lisa Whelan. Microsoft Communities. Paul Dunay.

Communities 117

Communities Groups Groups Social Media 117

Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 2, 2010

Though Facebook is generally more effective for b2c marketers than on the b2b side (as even this report notes), there are nevertheless b2b companies standing out from the crowd by getting results through Facebook. Don’t create a business Facebook page without checking out this report. How are they doing it?

Report 174

Report Social Media B2B GPS 174

Webbiquity SMM

MARCH 23, 2011

Virtually every social media monitoring tool worthy of the label covers the big social networks (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter), social bookmarking sites (Digg, Reddit) and content sharing sites (YouTube, Flickr). Metrics and reporting. What kind of reporting capabilities does the tool provide? Range of coverage.

Tools 193

Tools Social Media Sysomos Vocus 193

Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Forrester recently released a report by Laura Ramos and Augie Ray on How to Assess the Impact of Social Media in B2B Tech Marketing. As the report notes, “these social pioneers now ponder whether this new social activity will pay off in business results, and when. Make sure that social media efforts are sustainable.

B2B 175

B2B Social Media Marketing Microblogging 175

Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Erica Swallow reports on research from social media guru Jeremiah Owyang summarized into seven key tips for building a successful, strategic social media program including being proactive rather than reactive (“You cannot wait for the company to catch up to you. Social Media Metrics and ROI. Social Media Tools.

Social Media 198

Social Media Tools Tips ROI 198

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Especially in comparison to many other communication programs like traditional PR, TV advertising, outdoor advertising and others, social media actually offers pretty solid metrics. Many social media software packages (great ebook analysis of them here) can provide highly detailed reports on the impact of social media programs.

Social Media 151

Social Media Strategy Consultant Web 2.0 151

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

Creating Your Social Media Plan (Outspoken Media): This good primer talks about securing your brand, setting metrics, knowing who you are, setting a presence, engaging, and assessing success. Social Media Metrics: What We Need to Track Sales (Samir Balwani): Samir Balwani writes a great post on some of the ways you get ROI from social media.

Marketing 265

Marketing SEO Journal Engineering 265

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

Also, one story on the Digg home page does not an expert make. By that I mean not only the social voting sites like Digg, Reddit, etc, but also on the social networks (Facebook, MySpace, etc), social communication tools (Twitter, Pownce, Seesmic, etc.), For example, what plays well on Digg versus what plays well on Propeller.

Social Media 163

Social Media Marketing Consultant Communities 163

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

Thank you for the post and for the shout out to our recent report. We share many of the same struggles, especially in the areas of metrics and tracking, proving ROI, and generally justifying our existence. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca It means a lot coming from you.

Communities 237

Communities Twitter Web 2.0 ROI 237

Kikolani

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Entrepreneurs: blogging requires committment – are you ready to dedicate time to content, distribution, interaction, and metrics to have a successful blog. One killer tactic to boost your Facebook Ad performance – discover the responder demographics report. Blogging / Writing. A look at four Facebook success stories.

Mashup 121

Mashup Resources Engineering Communities 121

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 3, 2011

Sarah Hofstetter offers 25 outstanding tips for developing, maintaining and promoting a successful corporate blog, from creating an editorial calendar and incorporating visuals to setting up email distribution and tracking actionable metrics. Blogs are Becoming the New Front Door for Prospects: Is Yours Open? by MarketingSherpa.

Tips 176

Tips Sysomos SEO WordPress 176

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

Social Media Sites: General The Big Boys of Social Bookmarking: The Top 20 Sites (10e20): Chris Winfield ranks the top 20 social bookmarking sites by their Alexa rankings and gives a short description of what each does — in case you haven’t ventured beyond Digg.

Marketing 144

Marketing StumbleUpon SEO Reputation 144

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Digg this Slashdot Reddit. Its collaboration like never before and every CEO in IBMs recent survey of 765 global CEOs reported the lack of collaboration as a core problem holding back the growth of their companies. Report as spam. This blog reports on interesting new applications of technology and the people behind them.

Wireless 100

Wireless RFP Web 2.0 Microsoft 100

Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Reports, surveys, studies and infographics are among the most popular content posted and shared across social networks. Find the answers to these questions and many more here in more than 40 of the best reports, studies, videos and other sources of social media, search, and other marketing facts and statistics of the past year.

Statistics 190

Statistics Research Social Media B2B 190

ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 9, 2013

Other than driving traffic, social signals have a direct affect on your site’s Google Authority, as Google started measuring these metrics in its algorithm. Assuming you both have social bookmarking profiles, use Reddit, Digg and StumbleUpon to bookmark each other’s posts. Are you a graphic designer? You know solid SEO?

Blogger 41

Blogger Google Blogosphere Posterous 41

Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

A national survey of reporters and editors revealed that 89% use blogs for story research, 65% turn to social media sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn, and 52% utilize microblogging services such as Twitter. Digg is the most technical; 12% of its outbound traffic goes to technology sites, vs. 10% from Twitter and 7% from Facebook.

Research 191

Research Social Media B2B Statistics 191