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The Social Media ROI Debate

Webbiquity SMM

You wouldn’t buy a new machine tool or enterprise software application without an ROI analysis, so why should social media be any different? In other words, the statement “ROI is challenging to measure accurately&# shouldn’t be confused with “don’t bother trying measure anything.&#.

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Google Analytics Unveils a Set of Social Reports

Mindjumpers

Therefore, Google has recently released a new set of Social Reports within Google Analytics. The new Social Reports will be available from a new “social” tab, when you log in to Google Analytics. The State of Social Media Marketing– Annual Survey Report.

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You Can’t Manage What You Can’t Measure! Social Media Analytics

Harp Interactive

Social media sharing / participation (activity on key social media sites, e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Digg, etc). Here are some tools to measure these with: Google Analytics: (Set up advanced segments, events and reporting) to get key visitor, referral and viewership statistics. Invite / Refer (a friend). Facebook Wall Interaction.

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How Marketers are Using Social Media for Business: New Report

Webbiquity SMM

Whatever questions you may have about social media marketing, you’ll probably find the answers in the 2010 Social Media Marketing Industry Report from white paper guru Michael Stelzner. A year ago, the top questions most marketers had about social media related to tactics, with ROI second. Exposure vs. ROI.

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How Social Media ROI is like Santa Claus

Saying It Social

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials How Social Media ROI is like Santa Claus I entered this contest where I had to post “sweet&# advice about social marketing. eMarketer reports that consumers force retailers to adopt social strategy. if yes, please explain.

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Gleanster Market Research Report on Social Media Marketing

Bill Hartzer

The “Gleansight&# benchmark reports include an analysis of all the related technology solution providers. You can actually download the reports for free after you register for the service. Reports are provided in PDF, Adobe Acrobat, format. – But the ROI on this effort is still squishy at best. Well, almost.

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Search Engine Optimization THEN Blogging THEN Social Media Marketing

Webbiquity SMM

I could certainly see passive IT candidates exploring their options and downloading a market or salary report, attending a webinar on a topic of interest, or entering a programming contest. However, if each of these online marketing activities are done in a silo, they’re a lot less likely to produce an exponential ROI.