Direct Marketing Observations

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

In 2006, Radian6 was founded by Chris Newton (@ cdnewt ) and Chris Ramsey (@ chrisramsey ) Back then monitoring and listening were a novel concept, but they knew that social wasn’t a fluke. 2 years ago, We stopped blowing on the reflection of our social media selves in the mirror and wanted to get serious about measuring social.

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Data Social Media Radian6 ROI 197

Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 9, 2010

While there are unquestionably many ways that social media marketing results can be measured , the debate rages on as to whether it’s truly possible to quantify the ROI from these activities. Some experts contend that because social media activity is rich in metrics , you can and should be measuring ROI constantly.

SM2 187

SM2 Alterian Vocus Social Media 187

Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Both provide PR and social media professionals with extensive capabilities for tracking and growing media coverage of their organizations or clients. Among their features: • An extensive database of professional journalists and social media influencers, with biographical information. So which is best?

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Vocus Radian6 Tools comScore 185

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 17, 2011

This is a guest post from Marshall Sponder , author of the newly released Social Media Analytics. I picked up Hubbard’s book and it nicely fits into my own framework on analytics tracking I put forward in Social Media Analytics. Most engaging content on August 15th around rain in NYC as rated by Radian6 Analytics.

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Analytics Radian6 Eventful Sentiment 164

Harp Interactive

JANUARY 12, 2010

Online Reputation Monitoring can be as simple as creating alerts on Google or as comprehensive as subscribing to a syndicated monitoring service like Radian6 that gives you a complete platform to listen, measure and engage with your customers across the entire social web. Social Media. Social Mention. UberTwitter.

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Trendrr TweetBeep Radian6 Conversation 267

Convince & Convert

JANUARY 11, 2011

People who say social media isn’t measurable aren’t looking very hard. The truth is that there are at least 25 viable metrics you can use to evaluate the success of your social media efforts. Here are the 6 critically undervalued social media success metrics. Daily Story Feedback. Search Volume.

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Metrics Postrank Social Media Klout 159

Dave Fleet

JULY 5, 2010

In recent months we’ve seen several interesting moves within the social media monitoring/social CRM space. First reported by the Startup North blog , the news was later confirmed by Sysomos, although their blog comment and tweet have both since been deleted. Acquired by. Jive Software. January 2010. February 2010.

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Sysomos Alterian Filtrbox Attensity 334

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

She specializes in social media strategies that lead to actionable plans to achieve real world objectives. I’ve spent a lot of time working with various social media monitoring tools and I’ve whittled my list of favorites down to two or three. • Are you working with a team or collaborating with a client? •

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Social Media Radian6 Strategy SM2 155

Jason Yormark

DECEMBER 28, 2009

I’m not saying that there aren’t any very knowledgeable people on the subject, but this has gotten so out of hand, that it’s hurting the credibility of those that can actually provide real value with social media consulting and marketing services. Social Media is not a new concept.

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Social Media Radian6 Small Business RSS 197

Janet Fouts

OCTOBER 25, 2010

One of the questions people ask in our initial social media strategy sessions is “How will I know if I’m doing it right?&# Rather than go into yet another social media metrics debate let’s pretend for the sake of argument that you’ve already set up one or two social listening tools.

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Social Media Data SM2 Radian6 132

Janet Fouts

APRIL 18, 2011

Listening is the most important part of any social media strategy. Thing is, effective social media listening isn’t as intuitive as it may sound, and some never really get the value of it until I can show them cases. Lots of people sign up for one of the amazing social media listening platforms like Radian6.

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Social Media Attensity SM2 Radian6 136

Direct Marketing Observations

APRIL 26, 2010

That proof comes in comparing what they already know and are familiar with and in a way that they understand like reports and measurements that can compare traditional apples with digital apples (apples to apples). Tags: hashtagsocialmedia social media marc meyer jason breed. If you measure traditional marketing with reach (ie.

Social Media 173

Social Media Radian6 Apple Marketing 173

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 12, 2011

In this post I’m purposely leaving out comprehensive suites like Radian6 or Lithium and focusing on solutions that are specifically (or at least mostly) geared towards Facebook analytics. It is also easy for agencies to white label the reports. Related posts: The Most Popular Summer Blockbuster Movies in Social Media.

Analytics 253

Analytics Tools Lithium Facebook 253

Justin Levy

JUNE 1, 2011

Over the past couple years as social media has continued it’s explosive growth, we have seen so many examples of companies who have experienced a crisis due to an accidental tweet, a campaign gone wrong, a misstatement by a spokesperson or the collapse of an industry. What to report on and how frequently.

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Radian6 Training Team Feed Reader 254

Kikolani

JANUARY 26, 2010

One of my goals for 2010 is to attend some events / seminars / conventions pertaining to blogging and social media, and today was a great start as I attended the Social Media Arizona event in Tempe. Social Media 101. Measuring Social Media Influence. Social Media Strategy.

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ROI SEO Social Media Tips 114

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Yes, social media applies to B2B. In fact, social media can be MORE transformative for a B2B company than a B2C company. Are there differences between B2B and B2C in social media? Creating and calibrating a social media strategy for any company should follow the same process.

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Social Media B2B Strategy Consultant 147

Convince & Convert

MARCH 25, 2010

Advanced social media analytics and ROI calculations often require tying together disparate systems, and looking for causation (or at least correlation) between social media success and business outcome. Or, you could just use Swix, the super slick new social media scoreboard that just works.

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Social Media Strategy Statistics Metrics 117

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Today is the official release date of The NOW Revolution: 7 Shifts to Make Your Business Faster, Smarter & More Social , my new book co-written with my friend Amber Naslund about how companies need to retool from the inside out to meet the real-time business challenges presented by social media. Feb 14 Radian6 Webinar.

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Radian6 Case Study Microsoft Forums 134

Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 5, 2011

On why frame the question this way instead of the other way around (all quotes/notes from Seth): “Social media marketing shares one key goal with media relations and PR: obtaining lots of good earned media. Tools like Radian6, Netbase, etc., It was really interesting. don’t work without analysts.

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Radian6 Marketing Sentiment Sample 177

Justin Levy

JUNE 1, 2011

Over the past couple years as social media has continued it’s explosive growth, we have seen so many examples of companies who have experienced a crisis due to an accidental tweet, a campaign gone wrong, a misstatement by a spokesperson or the collapse of an industry. What to report on and how frequently.

Radian6 145

Radian6 Training Team Feed Reader 145

Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 6, 2014

We use tools like Sysomos and Radian6 to track millions of social media posts. We use social network analysis to determine how messages flow from one person to another. ” are shunned because they won’t impact engagement numbers. Where does it stop? Will it stop? Can we stop? .

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Sysomos Radian6 Data Analysis 134

Buzz Marketing for Technology

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

A recent Forrester report called The Intelligent Approach to Customer Intelligence does a good job outlining the challenges of creating data that can truly be used for driving strategic marketing decisions (what they call Strategic Intelligence). But for most B2B marketers like myself – we tend to optimize by the channel of data that we have.

Data 100

Data Vocus Radian6 B2B 100

Justin Levy

JUNE 1, 2011

Over the past couple years as social media has continued it’s explosive growth, we have seen so many examples of companies who have experienced a crisis due to an accidental tweet, a campaign gone wrong, a misstatement by a spokesperson or the collapse of an industry. What to report on and how frequently.

Radian6 124

Radian6 Training Team Feed Reader 124

Convince & Convert

JULY 12, 2011

He writes the Britopian blog, and wrote the new social business book, Smart Business, Social Business: A Playbook for Social Media in Your Organization (available July 26). A process should be in place that will manage the creation of new social media destination; and escalate these requests to governing body (i.e.

Jive 146

Jive Lithium Social CRM Yammer 146

Buzz Marketing for Technology

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

A recent Forrester report called The Intelligent Approach to Customer Intelligence does a good job outlining the challenges of creating data that can truly be used for driving strategic marketing decisions (what they call Strategic Intelligence). But for most B2B marketers like myself – we tend to optimize by the channel of data that we have.

Data 100

Data Vocus Radian6 StumbleUpon 100

Proactive Report

DECEMBER 18, 2009

Social Media Tools For 2010. If you plan to increase your use of social media in the new year here are 5 tools that can help you be more effective. RSS feeds are the blood vessels of the social web. And there are several good monitoring tools: Radian6, Filtrbox, Trackur, SM2 and eCairn. Check out Veeple.

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Filtrbox Social Media Tools SM2 69

Justin Levy

JUNE 1, 2011

Over the past couple years as social media has continued it’s explosive growth, we have seen so many examples of companies who have experienced a crisis due to an accidental tweet, a campaign gone wrong, a misstatement by a spokesperson or the collapse of an industry. What to report on and how frequently.

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Radian6 Training Team Feed Reader 100

Justin Levy

JUNE 1, 2011

Over the past couple years as social media has continued it’s explosive growth, we have seen so many examples of companies who have experienced a crisis due to an accidental tweet, a campaign gone wrong, a misstatement by a spokesperson or the collapse of an industry. What to report on and how frequently.

Radian6 100

Radian6 Training Team Feed Reader 100

Net-Savvy Executive

APRIL 1, 2011

A couple of CEOs have pointed out how few of the vendors ever featured in Forrester's reports on social media analysis are still independent. The first report in the space was Peter Kim's Forrester Wave: Brand Monitoring (September 2006), which introduced us to seven companies: Biz360 Acquired by Attensity in 2010.

Brand Monitoring 77

Brand Monitoring Cymfony Attensity Alterian 77

Social Media Strategery

AUGUST 8, 2010

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Development Social Media Identify the Right People to Manage Your Social Media Initiatives Mon, Aug 9, 2010 Government 2.0 , Prof. Who leads the social media initiatives then?

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Gov 2.0 Social Media Social Media Management Organization 139

Net-Savvy Executive

APRIL 26, 2011

It's the social media water cooler , where there's always something interesting but rarely anything I can't afford to miss. The first was Social2011 , Radian6's first user conference ( #Social2011 ). Sharing damage reports. Media reports. Our local TV stations are on their social media games.

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Eventful Twitter Radian6 Back channel 93

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 18, 2010

But, under pressure from digital and advertising agencies each looking to be the driver of the social media express, PR firms are sometimes turning over inquisitional rocks that do not portray them as strategic caretakers of brands’ social presences. How can we convince our clients that we’re good at social media?

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Questions Social Media Consultant Education 160

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 11, 2011

Other than signing book deals, the favorite sport of the social media punditry these days seems to be bashing Klout. The most recent example was from B2B social media thinker Paul Gillin who wrote a post unveiling the flaws in Klout’s ranking scheme. But most social media types aren’t Paul Gillin.

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Klout Nielsen Influencer Social CRM 159

Diva Marketing Blog

JUNE 10, 2012

Geoff Livingston: When Gini Dietrich and I focused on multichannel integration, our logic centered on delivering ROI and outcomes for social media. So much of today’s conversation is about how marketers can get results from social. both traditional and social media. Gini may have a different take on that.

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Marketing Radian6 Blogger Hubspot 96

Convince & Convert

APRIL 6, 2010

Taxonomy is incredibly important in social media because it’s the most direct link between the worlds of social and search marketing. You’ll then see a search results page that shows a comprehensive list of places you’ve been mentioned on the social Web. .&#

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Brands Content Social Media Consultant 143

SocMed Sean

FEBRUARY 3, 2013

I get a lot of questions via Facebook , Twitter and my email contact form and many of the items listed below come straight from those questions, my experience in social media strategy, years of researching platforms and best practices and…well…tinkering with social media. Social media takes time and energy.

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Social Media Klout YouTube Foursquare 279

Convince & Convert

MARCH 29, 2012

This is Episode 9 of the Social Pros Podcast : Real People Doing Real Work in Social Media. Read on for insights from Chris, and Eric’s Social Media Stat of the Week (this week: social media as a B2B lead generator!). Explain to the folks at home why your company is called Argyle Social.

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B2B Software Social Media Survey 120