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Why Critics of Klout Are Missing the Big Picture

Convince & Convert

You think Southwest Airlines would have liked a data feed that automatically appended Klout scores to passenger manifests before they kicked Kevin Smith off a flight? It’s one piece of information that needs to be combined with (ideally) several others to do social CRM well. Damn right they would.

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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. And of course thanks for including Radian6. And of course thanks for including Radian6.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Unfortunately, Facebook keeps its data close to the vest for now, which is why Swix can't pull it out (and why companies like Radian6 can't monitor Facebook status updates from afar). I'd like your thoughts [link] [link] Lacy Quinlan RT @allanschoenberg: Anyone trying out SWIX for social media metrics and evaluation?

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Meanwhile, however, I do very much like Facebook Lite , which strips down a lot of the shiny distractions, and gives you a threaded News Feed, birthdays, and events – and that’s about it. Use WWSGD to include a little message before or after each of your posts, asking readers to subscribe to your RSS feed (or buy you a drink).

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Twitter’s role as a conduit for the Zeitgeist is unrivaled, and it has almost single-handedly ushered in the era of real-time search, and social CRM. The only people who seem to take up the feed now are those tweeps making conversations– almost like a Twitter party without branding it as such. I love Twitter.

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78 (of the) Best Social Media Marketing Tips, Guides, Tools and Strategies of 2010 (So Far)

Webbiquity SMM

Despite the widespread use of the phrase “social media marketing,&# marketing is not the only business use of social media, as John Jantsch reminds us. Here he outlines five ways that sales can use these tools as well, from social CRM to teaching prospects how to solve business issues.