Dave Fleet

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Video: Thoughts on Social CRM for Small Businesses

Dave Fleet

Social CRM is a hot topic right now. As companies’ use of social media tools begins to mature from a pure marketing focus to more of a social business focus, the various use cases of social CRM are gaining more attention from practitioners.

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Book Review: The Social Customer

Dave Fleet

The Social Customer is one of the best books I’ve read on practical uses and implementations of social media marketing. The author, Adam Metz , takes the reader through a straightforward, easy-to-read summary of the concept and potential for social CRM, but that’s really only part of this book.

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My 2012 Reading Challenge: 36 Books

Dave Fleet

Game-Based Marketing. The Social Customer: How Brands Can Use Social CRM to Acquire, Monetize, and Retain Fans, Friends, and Followers ( here’s my review ). Stand-out books for me last year included: Fiction: The Hound of the Baskervilles. A Game of Thrones Series (4-Book Set). The Book of Lost Things.

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Sysomos Acquired By Marketwire

Dave Fleet

In recent months we’ve seen several interesting moves within the social media monitoring/social CRM space. Heartbeat – a web-based social media monitoring and engagement dashboard (see my review of Sysomos MAP and Heartbeat ). Acquired by. Jive Software. January 2010. February 2010. April 2010. April 2010.

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Eight Tips for Scaling Social Customer Support

Dave Fleet

People who are pressed for time and just want to get the answer with no frills may prefer quick step-by-step how-tos, for example, while others look for more social interaction and conversation. You’ll have seasonality; you’ll have spikes driven by announcements and launches; you’ll have marketing promotions.

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