TweetSocial media has grown from a curiosity to an integral piece of corporate strategy in the space of only a few years. Nearly overnight, companies have brought on whole teams of specialists to craft effective social media strategies and manage multiplying numbers of social media accounts. Strategy Hootsuite Media Media Management public relations Social Media Social Media Management Social Media Strategy Social Media Tools Twitter Your Social Media MORE >>

Funny enough, as I seem to relate everything to work lately, I realized how narrow a difference there actually was between Social Media Management (what I do every day) and the basics on how to ‘Keep a man&# ! Respect is a huge word in Social Media too, a lot of Social Media Management has to do with common sense, mutual respect, don’t do onto others as you would have them do to you. Yes this is the basis of all good relationships and so it is for Social Media too. Find me on Twitter , Facebook & Google+. MORE >>

There are lots of tools emerging that appear to give us wonderful statistics and data about Twitter , but it’s hard to know which data we actually want and how we want to receive it. As Twitter’s API has been undergoing a few changes recently, we thought it would be useful to give you an overview of the information that you can still get from the platform itself, as well as providing some guidance on the best way to measure the data. The four main data types on Twitter are: User data – relates to the user who posted the message. Tweet This! MORE >>

I’ve noticed a rise in social media professionals pushing services for social media management. Over the course of the next five years, this will just become part of the computer literate office manager. This is pretty much the same fate as the social media purists.  If you really want to be able to work in social media, you’d better be prepared to bring a multi-disciplinary approach to the table, including: data visualization/infographics. Online reputation management. ( credit ). User experience. Sales. MORE >>

Following on from our social media management tools wiki we thought it would be nice to catch up with our friend Joshua March , CEO and co-founder of Conversocial about his tool, social media management and the value to brands and businesses. What do you feel is the most accurate definition of a social media management tool? Social media management covers quite a wide area. We call Conversocial a social-media-management-system. Secondly, the nature of social channels is two way. MORE >>