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. And the software companies themselves make it worse by not being specific about their capabilities and areas of focus. There are WAY more companies than this.

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. Visible Technologies Still doing what they do. For a really entertaining angle, ask the same question, but focus on the people at each company this time.

Brand Monitoring 77

Brand Monitoring Cymfony Attensity Alterian 77

Net-Savvy Executive

MARCH 30, 2011

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. Radian6 was already the company most likely to be mentioned in any discussion of social media monitoring (note the careful use of the term).

Radian6 85

Radian6 Cymfony Alterian Jive 85

Bill Hartzer

MAY 26, 2010

This social media monitoring tool is not only for hotels, you can track and monitor your brand, your company, and you reviews about your company and your company’s products. Visible Technologies – This social media tool focuses mostly on putting into action effective social media strategies.

Cymfony 152

Cymfony Social Media Tools SM2 152

Razor Social

MARCH 30, 2016

There’s no perfect solution for tracking all activity for a campaign but you can do it based on a combination of a number of factors, for example: Hashtag – Hashtags will not be used for all mentions and for all platforms but it’s a great way of isolating traffic. You may want to track and respond. Price: Alerts are free.

Attensity 77

Attensity Crimson Hexagon Social Media Sentiment 77

Buzz Marketing for Technology

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

I tried to go a layer or two deeper than some of the major analyst firms as well so you get a broader spectrum companies that would include some of the smaller firms that normally don’t get mentioned. Which sounded like Social CRM meets Systems Integration company to me. They don’t take a “credit card approach to monitoring”.

Crimson Hexagon 275

Crimson Hexagon Analytics Sysomos Radian6 275