1. Social Media Measurement Tools
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2. Social Media Measurement Tool Options
Option Description
Source Tools Example: Metrics on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube
Analytics over individual accounts
Best for: Small businesses, Personal use
Aggregators Example: Socialmention, Samepoint
Overview of multiple social media sources
Best for: Small businesses, Serious amateurs
Professional Example: Radian6.com; starts at $600, based on volume
Deep dive into significant amounts of data
Best for: Dedicated social media professional
Radian6:
One of the market leaders
in social media measurement.
Steep learning curve.
Expensive.
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3. Source Tool: Facebook: Overview
Topic Description
Purpose Analytics for Facebook page administrators (business use)
Functionality Fans: Total fans; New and removed fans
Subscribers: Unsubscribers and resubscribers
Demographics: Age; Gender; Top Countries
Media: Photo; Video; Audio
Interactions: Total number of comments; Wall posts; Quality
Engagement: Click-through rates; Discussion posts
Advantages Free; Fairly powerful
Disadvantages Limited to Facebook
facebook.com
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4. Source Tool: LinkedIn: Overview
Topic Description
Purpose Limited metrics for LinkedIn pages
Functionality Personal account: Profile views; Inclusions in search results
“Business Plus”: Traffic sources for “My Profile” views
Functionality LinkedIn Groups
Members: Total members; New members
Discussions: Total discussions; New discussions
Updates: New postings for past 7 days
Advantages Free
Disadvantages Limited functionality
linkedin.com
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5. Source Tool: Twitter: Overview
Topic Description
Purpose Limited metrics for Twitter accounts
Functionality Twitter Account: # of Followers; # of Followings; # of Tweets
Twitter Search: Not automatic; Must proactively use
Twitter Grader: Measure power and reach on Twitter
Third Party Tweet Deck: Track mentions replies)
Advantages Free
Disadvantages Limited to Twitter
twitter.com
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6. Source Tool: Twitter Search: Overview
Topic Description
Purpose Search Twitter postings
Functionality Shows all tweets relevant to keyterm
Provides real-time news stream
Advanced search available
Targets keyterms, people, places, and so on
Advantages Free; Direct source measurement
Disadvantages Limited to Twitter only
search.twitter.com
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7. Source Tool: Twitter Search: Screenshots
Stream of
Tweets
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8. Source Tool: Twitter Search: Screenshots
Advanced Search
Refine search
based on selection
of keyterms to
include, as well as
not to include
“Places” searches
can be useful when
running events
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9. Source Tool: YouTube: Overview
Topic Description
Purpose Statistics over user channel and each channel
Functionality YouTube Insight
Views: Total views; Unique viewers
Popularity: Relative popularity; Top videos by % of total views
Demographics: Age; Gender; Geographic area
Engagement: Total # of ratings; Comments; Favorites
Discovery: Breakdown of sources of views for each video
Hot Spots: Viewership compared to other same-length videos
Advantages Free; Fairly powerful
Disadvantages Limited to YouTube
youtube.com
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10. Aggregator: Socialmention.com: Overview
Topic Description
Purpose Real-time social media search and analysis tool
Functionality User-selected sources: Twitter, Facebook, and so on
Strength: Mentions in past 24 hrs / Total possible mentions
Sentiment: Positive mentions / Negative mentions
Passion: # Authors discussing brand repeatedly
Reach: # Unique authors mentioning brand / Total mentions
Advantages Free; Fairly powerful
Disadvantages Slow; Collects data in real-time
socialmention.com
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11. Aggregator: Socialmention.com: Screenshots
Enter search term
Select sources
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12. Aggregator: Socialmention.com: Screenshots
Mentions: Many pages; Twitter, Facebook, and so on
Scores:
-Strength
-Sentiment
-Passion
-Reach
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13. Aggregator: Socialmention.com: Screenshots
#Hashtags:
Good for Twitter
Sentiment:
- Positive
- Neutral
- Negative
Keywords:
Good for SEO
Sources:
Shows breadth of app
Top Users:
Find Key Influencers
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14. Professional: Cision & Radian6 Dashboards
Topic Description
Purpose Comprehensive coverage of social media
Functionality Dashboard: Real-time monitoring of social media
Console: Highly scalable social web client
Integrates with Salesforce.com and Webtrends.com
Twitter, YouTube, MySpace, LinkedIn Answers, and more
Advantages Comprehensive; Logical layout; Powerful; Market-leading
Disadvantages Cision: $595 per topic per month (Radian6 technology)
Radian6: $600 per month, based on volume
Cision, PR-focused variant of Radian6
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15. Cision.com: Screenshots
Main Dashboard Page
Metrics per user:
Following, Followers, Updates, Sentiment
Total # of posts
# Posts over time
“River of News”
Posts by source:
-Facebook
-Twitter
-Blogs
-Company site
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16. Cision.com: Screenshots
Actions for post
- Assign company
personnel to follow up
- Assign status
(reviewed, resolved,...)
- Assign priority
(low, medium, high)
- Classify posting
(complaint, sales lead,…)
- Add notes
(provide detail)
- Analyze sentiment
(positive, negative)
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17. Cision.com: Screenshots
Set up IM-based alerts
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18. Cision.com: Screenshots
Setting up New Topic
Add profile name
Add brand tracking
Add competitors
Add industry, keywords, …
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19. Cision.com: Screenshots
Set up Dashboard Widgets
-Basic Widgets
-Social Media Metrics
-Twitter Analysis
-Brand Analysis
-Competitive & Industry Intelligence & Analysis
-Workflow & Engagement
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20. Cision.com: Screenshots
Basic Widgets: 5 Total
Widget #1:
River of News
Widget #2:
Keyword Cloud
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21. Cision.com: Screenshots
Basic Widgets: 5 Total
Widget #3:
Topic Analysis
by Mediatype
(blogs, forums, other)
Widget #4:
Topic Trend
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22. Cision.com: Screenshots
Basic Widgets: 5 Total
Widget #5:
Influencer
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23. Cision.com: Screenshots
Social Media Metrics: Showing 6 of 12 Total
Metric #1:
Trend Topic
by Media Type
Metric #2:
Topic by Language
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24. Cision.com: Screenshots
Social Media Metrics: Showing 6 of 12 Total
Metric #3:
Topic by Region
Metric #4:
Top Viewed Videos
and Images
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25. Cision.com: Screenshots
Social Media Metrics: Showing 6 of 12 Total
Metric #5:
Topic Sentiment Trends
Metric #6:
Volume Comparison
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26. Cision.com: Screenshots
Brand Analysis Metrics: Showing 2 of 7 Total
Metric #1:
My Brand
River of News
Metric #5:
Brand Trends
by Sentiment
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