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You could say the social media monitoring industry has been the single fastest-growing niche in the world of technology over the past three years. As more companies engage in social media, participate in conversations and launch social media initiatives, the demand to monitor what is being said and analyze that data is critical for companies to not only read and react, but also fund and staff social initiatives.

Because social media monitoring has been one of my favorite topics here on Social Media Explorer, I’m asked my opinions of the tools regularly. I try hard to review different ones as often as possible without this becoming a blog about social media monitoring exclusively. But the industry seems to be growing, and becoming more competitive, with each passing day.

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The Five Ws of Social Media Listening

August 18, 2009

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Note: The following is a guest post from Chuck Hemann, the research manager at Dix & Eaton, an agency in Cleveland, Ohio. It is the first in what I hope becomes a series of guest posts from social media thinkers working in agencies and firms around the world. Perspective from the [...]

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The Advanced Quick ‘n Dirty Guide to Social Media Monitoring

April 1, 2009

Welcome to the jungle, baby.

If you thought this was going to be lot like the last post in the series, but with more expensive tools, sorry to disappoint you. We’ll still be doing a detailed post comparing all the social media monitoring tools available now. But the comments in particular on the last [...]

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Are Responsive Brands Playing Favorites?

March 2, 2009

Brand responsiveness through social media continues to give companies around the globe high marks and good publicity. From the old standby of Dell to the emerging omnipresence of Ford and GM, big brands are starting to not just listen to conversations about them, but respond as well. But two recent experiences for me, ironically with [...]

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How To Tell When You’re Doing It Wrong

April 24, 2008

Social media marketing is all about businesses having conversations with their customers. In many industries this era is the first in which brands have actually listened rather than trumpeted their hype from the tallest billboards and loudest channels. That listening is opening the eyes of brand managers, CMOs and CEOs everywhere.
Unfortunately, brands sometimes forget to [...]

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