article thumbnail

What’s the Best Social Media Monitoring Tool? It Depends

Webbiquity SMM

The explosion of social media has led to a corresponding need for more sophisticated monitoring tools that can crawl the hundreds of social networking and bookmarking sites and millions of blogs across the globe. Social Mention. blogs, microblogging sites, social networks, etc.). Social Media Monitoring.

SM2 202
article thumbnail

An Open Letter To Conference Organizers

Twist Image

As prices to attend these events go up, it seems like all of the goodies that used to go along with that price have all but disappeared. At the Radian6 User Conference, Social 2011 , last week in Boston, the website had live links to each speaker's Twitter profile. networking. online social network.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The Gamification of Social Media

Social Media Marketing

It sits squarely in the social networking space, but it has a different twist - one from which I think businesses may be able to gain valuable insights, all while allowing people to enjoy themselves. But like the other sites, it's also a social network itself. Empire Avenue is the new game in town. What is it?

article thumbnail

Sysomos Audience Moves Towards Measuring Social Media ROI

Dave Fleet

It does so by examining peoples’ previous web activity, including competitors’ websites, blogs, social networks and so on. Audience tracks visitors to your site alongside their previous web activity, and helps to determine whether each person is a real lead or is just browsing.

Sysomos 273
article thumbnail

Why Critics of Klout Are Missing the Big Picture

Convince & Convert

The most recent example was from B2B social media thinker Paul Gillin who wrote a post unveiling the flaws in Klout’s ranking scheme. While we’re on the topic of crimes against math, let’s examine Nielsen ratings, which are used to set prices for billions of dollars of television advertising in this country.

Klout 159
article thumbnail

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). And of course thanks for including Radian6. davidalston Radian6 [link] David Alston Katie, great post on outlining a process to selecting the right tool. And of course thanks for including Radian6.

article thumbnail

50 (of the) Best Social Media Guides, Tips and Insights of 2011 (So Far)

Webbiquity SMM

9 Social Networks Your Business Should Be Using by Likeable Media. Beyond the obvious (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube), Cara Friedman makes the case for adding social networks like Flickr , Tumblr and Meetup to your social media marketing mix. Social Media and SEO. Indeed it is.