Bill Hartzer

MAY 26, 2010

TNS Cymfony – a Kantar Media company, TNS Cymfony provides customers with market influence analytics – some of the best analytics in the industry. Unfortunately many of them also carry a rather hefty price tag, and some do have a rather steep learning curve. These are the top social media monitoring tools out there.

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Net-Savvy Executive

MARCH 30, 2011

The price ($340 million in stock and cash, including retention bonuses for the founders) is larger than expected, but overall, it's a logical deal that surprises no one. The Radian6 deal says a lot about interest in social CRM, or the integration of social media monitoring and customer relationship management.

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Radian6 Cymfony Alterian Jive 85

Buzz Marketing for Technology

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

They offer sentiment analysis, trend comparisons, geographic analysis, theme detection, authority measurement, demographic and, a classification engine similar to Radian6 or Sysomos and the same basic price point of about $500 a month. Also it has one of the nicest interfaces with great looking graphs and wizard like charts.

Crimson Hexagon 275

Crimson Hexagon Analytics Sysomos Radian6 275

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

With gas prices skyrocketing faster than your jet pack, social media and remote working may be more a neccessity than a “nice-to-have.&#. Earlier this week Jim Nail, CEO of Cymfony presented a survey that showed almost 60% of marketing and pr professionals don’t get social media and how it is changing communications.

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