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.

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Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 9, 2010

While there are unquestionably many ways that social media marketing results can be measured , the debate rages on as to whether it’s truly possible to quantify the ROI from these activities. average time spent on site, number of pages viewed, bounce rate) and even conversion (lead or sale) sources. Share this on Mixx.

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Bill Hartzer

MAY 26, 2010

You can also measure and track engagement while determining which conversations in chat rooms, forums, etc. Buzzlogic – As it says on their company page “Welcome to the Conversation&#. As far as making sure your advertising dollars are spent wisely, Trackur can also track your marketing campaign’s effectiveness.

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Cymfony Social Media Tools SM2 152

Net-Savvy Executive

MARCH 30, 2011

Other acquisitions have tied SMA firms to PR/media (Sysomos/Marketwire, Brandtology/Media Monitors), market research (Cymfony/TNS, Umbria/JD Power, Evolve24/Maritz), and marketing management (Techrigy/Alterian). Converseon blurs the lines that divide research, creative marketing, and management consulting services.

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Radian6 Cymfony Alterian Jive 85

Diva Marketing Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

With the rapid increase of digital conversations the importance of not only listening to consumer generated content (CGC) but the analysis of this new data set is finally taking its place at the marketing research table. Toby/Diva Marketing : Let’s take it from the top. In turn, “learning” comes from hearing the unexpected.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

NOVEMBER 12, 2007

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Having been in professional services marketing long enough I thought I would use the classic 2×2 graphic to explain the findings visually. Disclaimer – these are my opinions formed by my conversations with these firms). So lets dig in! They “don’t talk sentiment” they are “applying social strategically to business objectives”.

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Crimson Hexagon Analytics Sysomos Radian6 275