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Why Influence Mining is the Next Gold Rush | social crm | Social.

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Raj Kadam is CEO of Viralheat , a social media listening platform (disclosure: I am a paid customer of Viralheat). Influence mining is primarily being used in two corners of the social Web – for identifying and engaging with categorical or brand authorities; and for adding information to customer service interactions.

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

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Because our behaviors on the social Web leave a noticeable fingerprint, smart companies can modify the way they engage and interact with us, based on our social graph, purchase history, etc. Finding Your Influencers As noted in the study, the notion of true 1:1 marketing via social media is a bit of a fallacy.

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

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Agencies should also be working with clients on using social media as a market research tool, by surveying fans or creating dedicated, invite-only brand communities that serve as a living focus group. Keep Score Social media metrics are widely available, but require effort and integration to be gathered and analyzed successfully.

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6 Lessons Learned From the Demise of MySpace | facebook | Social.

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More from Convince and Convert Why Social CRM Needs to Be Less About the Social and More About the Customers Content Lessons Learned From 25 Popular Blog Posts Is Starbucks the Most Dangerous Competitor to Facebook? The Live Feed and Social Graph is what they are selling marketers on. And its a failure.

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