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

Convince & Convert

Of course not. Social media publicly exposes how broken a brand's existing customer service channels are. It's this public documentation of a company's failures and the corresponding brand damage that is making social media into a customer service channel. Customer service?

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Not Tracking Social Media ROI is Your Fault

Convince & Convert

Last week, Susan Etlinger from Altimeter Group published the Social Media ROI Cookbook. It contains significant quantities of solid thinking, and provides a useful framework of six primary ways to measure social media effectiveness. click here to view and download the Social Media ROI Cookbook on Slideshare).

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

Convince & Convert

The debate on Social CRM (sCRM) could easily become a distraction. As marketers, we need to reach our customers where they are and social media’s potential in that regard is unquestionable. The way to do this practically is to borrow a technique from social media and use tagging. and hope for a.02 through a new channel.

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Why Critics of Klout Are Missing the Big Picture

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I’ve seen Klout engage with a large number of bloggers and talking heads openly and honestly (without of course revealing the algorithmic secret sauce). But most social media types aren’t Paul Gillin. It’s one piece of information that needs to be combined with (ideally) several others to do social CRM well.

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102 Compelling Social Media and Online Marketing Stats and Facts for 2012 (and 2013)

Webbiquity SMM

Social CRM is still confusing. Only 16% of companies say they currently have a social CRM system in place. 21% plan to implement such a system in the coming year, but another 17% “don’t know what a social CRM system is and why businesses need it.” iMedia Connection ). eMarketer ).

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What Does Salesforce-Radian6 Deal Mean for Everyone Else?

Net-Savvy Executive

Aquisitions say something about the segmentation of social media analysis. The Radian6 deal says a lot about interest in social CRM, or the integration of social media monitoring and customer relationship management. And, of course, we have regional specialists around the world who can help fill gaps in your coverage.

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UNcanny Insights From UnMarketing | Book Reviews | Social Media.

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(The faux testimonials on the back of the book are priceless, including: “This book is the greatest business book in the world, besides mine.&# - Author who only gives testimonials for people who give him one in return Stratten’s rant against direct marketing – “People still teach courses on how to cold-call better!

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