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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. As Ray Wang suggests , expect to see more of this kind of activity in the coming months with other companies such as Alterian , BuzzGain , Cymfony , Radian6 , Viralheat and Visible Technologies.

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The Specialization of Social Media Analysis

Net-Savvy Executive

The response might come from a customer service or PR function, but the basic idea is what Radian6 calls "the social phone:" social media represent a new customer-service touchpoint, and companies need to respond to every mention that merits or requires a response. But wait, there's more!

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

Convince & Convert

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. link] jaybaer Yes indeed. Eventually, I hope.

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

Convince & Convert

To be fair, I’ve only included those I’ve actually used (Radian6, Sysomos, Spiral 16) or tested (Meltwater, SM2). And of course thanks for including Radian6. davidalston Radian6 [link] David Alston Katie, great post on outlining a process to selecting the right tool. And of course thanks for including Radian6.

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Build Your Brand a Social Content Ladder in 5 Steps | Blogging and.

Convince & Convert

(This is especially important now that Google and Bing are incorporating social content into real-time search results). Social Mention (or a paid social media listening package like Radian6 , if you have one) Go to www.socialmention.com and search for your company or product name (in quotes), and set the pull-down to “all.&#

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The 8 Wrong Questions PR Firms Are Asking About Social Media | PR.

Convince & Convert

But there are still plenty of PR firms (and companies, for that matter) looking at social media purely as a distribution vehicle. Lauren Fernandez, Radian6 [link] Nikki Stephan Jay – I like that you took this one step further and included the more appropriate questions versus just listing the wrong ones. What do you think?

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