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Why The Term “Social CRM” Is Just STUPID!

SocMed Sean

Social CRM. Does adding Twitter to your CRM process make it more social? SalesForce has really gone eyeballs-deep into the Social CRM space by recently purchasing Radian6 , the leading social monitoring tool on the market. ALL CRM IS SOCIAL. Let me repeat that. Do some research.

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What Does Salesforce-Radian6 Deal Mean for Everyone Else?

Net-Savvy Executive

Every few seconds this morning, TweetDeck brings another comment on today's announcement that Salesforce.com is buying Radian6. The announcement's not exactly a surprise—Radian6 was the obvious acquisition target in social media analysis (SMA), and their platform had supported Salesforce integration since mid-2009.

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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. Sysomos offers three core services: Sysomos MAP – a web-based, enterprise-level social media monitoring tool. Acquired by. Jive Software. January 2010. February 2010. April 2010. April 2010.

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

Convince & Convert

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. What about you?

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The Specialization of Social Media Analysis

Net-Savvy Executive

Judging from the way people are talking about it, social media analysis is segmenting into at least three subspecialties. In 2007, I asked for opinions on a generic term for social media monitoring, analysis, research, etc. Social media analytics Every 15 minutes, someone announces a new tool for measuring social media.

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Is this the end of Choice and Innovation in Social Media Measurement?

Jeff Esposito

Last week, the social media world was rocked about the acquisition of social media monitoring company Radian6 by CRM vendor Salesforce.com to the tune of $326 million. I also see this as the first step for social media to be embraced and measured by the masses.

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The 3 Building Blocks of Social Business Evolution

Convince & Convert

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.

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