Articles on Social Media

As use of social media has exploded over the last few years, companies and government agencies have struggled to keep pace with the constant flow of information and opinions. Not only are organizations struggling with how to monitor social information, they’re also not sure how to analyze what they are monitoring. As a result we’ve seen a new market called social intelligence take shape. Continue reading

A look at some of the social media monitoring and analysis software companies. Continue reading

Four recent videos discussing various Web marketing topics. Twitter, LinkedIn, and Zynga execs discuss the future of online advertising. AOL Chairman and CEO Tim Armstrong says display advertising will still dominant. Sapient’s Freddie Laker on the future of social media. Lithium’s Paul Greenberg on the state of Social CRM Continue reading

The upcoming release of the Radian6 Engagement Console promises to improve the way companies monitor and engage customers, or their client’s customers, through social media. I have looked at a variety of social media monitoring systems over the past few months – including entry level tools like Trendrr or SocialMention, as well as mid to enterprise level applications like Vocus and Nielsen’s Buzz Metrics. Continue reading