Dave Fleet

JULY 5, 2010

Audience – a sales- and marketing-focused tool to help measure ROI and optimize marketing and community engagement. 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.

Sysomos 334

Sysomos Alterian Filtrbox Cymfony 334

Convince & Convert

MAY 20, 2012

The truth is, many marketing professionals do not know what this software can do, much less what specific companies’ versions can do. This is especially true of the marketing management guys like Buddy, Involver, Vitrue, Wildfire, et al who all hope to be end-to-end solutions. Further, every company has analytics at some level.

Crimson Hexagon 140

Crimson Hexagon Software Social Media Attensity 140

Net-Savvy Executive

APRIL 1, 2011

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. So, in the spirit of the filmmaker who's not sure how to end a movie, let's roll the "where are they now?" Cymfony is now part of WPP's Kantar Media.

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Brand Monitoring Cymfony Attensity Alterian 77