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5 metrics to track on Twitter

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Laser focused and sincere the question came: “How many followers should I have on Twitter?&# A prime example is this article on Aston Kutcher who is wildly admired for his Twitter fan base. Keep in mind, that a little over 95% of Twitter users have less than 500 followers and only.05% That’s the artform of Twitter.

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Why I’m not writing about Google+ yet.

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Its not that I don’t like Google+, I do. I think its a brilliant integration of Google’s products. I think there are both useful and fun elements to Google+. I suspect it will, but that depends on what Google’s end goal is with Google+. So, you see, Google+ is already a game changer.

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3 new social media resolutions for 2012 and a couple from 2011 that still need attention.

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Distinguish my social media profiles: I’ve been using Facebook and Twitter for years and with the introduction of Google+ (which I am enjoying) I’ll be defining what information you’ll see where. Along those lines, I’ll be making better use of my businesses Facebook page and Google+Page.

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Tool Tuesday: PostRank Analytics

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Most obvious of these is Google Analytics. It also breaks down where engagement events are occurring for the time period (comments, Digg, Twitter). While most of this isn’t a surprise if you are monitoring your social media efforts, it is helpful to see it so cleanly laid out and including other sources besides Twitter.

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The REAL Lesson in the NRA Twitter Post

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The Real Social Media Lesson Behind the NRA Twitter Post After the Aurora Shooting. Also, use Google Alerts. You can set Google Alerts to let you know immediately when news breaks. Of course, they could have also done a Twitter search to see WHY Aurora was trending. Happy Friday! Weekend plans?

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Tool Tuesday: Sprout Social Update

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This feature allows you to see Twitter conversations with a particular contact, from this dashboard you can add them to lists, add additional contact info, see @mentions. She and I do 90% of our communication with one another via Twitter. Twitter Comparison: Ever wonder how you compare to your biggest competitor? And it shows.

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5 things to measure in social media ROI

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Within WOM valuation, we include things like Facebook comments and shares on Twitter from an influencer or from the company itself. The new Google Ripples , which is used for Google+ postings, is going to be able to give some exciting graphical evidence to WOM valuation.

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