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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. 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.

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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). Or, are they planning to use social CRM and weave it into their sales and marketing initiatives? Building a business is easy.

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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). I’ve started a comparison chart, based only on my own experience and opinion, for you to use and update as you see fit. The main pitfall to avoid is flashy graphics for the sake of flashy graphics.

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Why Critics of Klout Are Missing the Big Picture

Convince & Convert

Yet we’re not writing blog posts about Nielsen being an abomination. It’s one piece of information that needs to be combined with (ideally) several others to do social CRM well. The research I did for The NOW Revolution found that in 2009 there were 1,147,910 households with a TV in metropolitan Charlotte.

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

Convince & Convert

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.&# What do you think? Worth a try?

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

Convince & Convert

First, marketers of all stripes seem to have accepted (for now) that social media in large measure = Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, YouTube and blogs. This is a bit disheartening and dangerous, as social media is and can be a lot more than just your company’s presence on these sites. Esteban Kolsky´s last blog.