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5 Categories of Social Media Measurement

There have been many, many discussions around social media measurement especially over the last year. For some reason, nailing down the best way to measure has evaded us all. Most of the challenge is a result of having metrics that can be compared from one company to the next. Here are 5 categories of social media measurement that help to bring clarity to the minutia.

Has Social Media Affected Traditional Networking?

Using social media tools you can expand your network with people you know and those you don’t know. I see people connecting with new people all around me online. I wonder if it is increasing or decreasing traditional in-person networking.

IMS09 Takeaways

I came to Boston knowing that I was going to meet amazing social media folks and learn some amazing things. What I didn’t know is that I would also develop amazing friendships that I will carry long past the 2 day summit. And that really is the interesting thing isn’t it. We spent 2 days talking about social media and how people are people are using it to exist and participate in conversations where their customers are. We heard case studies, talked with thought leaders, and a lot of authors as it turns out and at the end of the day it all came down to one thing for me.

Creating A Social Media Value Index

The question of the day is how do you measure social media? It’s the question brimming on every marketers mind as we look at how social media will fit into our current marketing mix. So for those of you who are trying to tackle this daunting task, I’ve put together a few tips and a social media value index model that you can use to guide you in the process.

B2B Marketing| Dynamic Relevant Content will Lead the Way to Web 3.0

As web 2.0 is just starting to take hold I’m envisioning what’s next. We have more information than we ever have about our customers and prospects. How are we going to use it to make each experience unique? What if we could turn those progressive customer profiles we are using marketing automation to create into a tag cloud so that we understood what truly drives THAT customer? What if we could use it to drive the web experience to true one-to-one marketing? What if we could use it to deliver dynamically generated content based on the profile and activities we logged for the customer or prospect. It’s Amazon’s personalized recommendations concept flipped upside down, spun around and thrown at you in a website that changes based on what you say you want, distilled by who you say you are, and refined by the actions you take over time. Get ready for web 3.0, it’s coming faster than you may think!