Nathan Gilliatt
About: I track the companies of social media analysis (over 100 companies worldwide) and publish a buyers guide to the industry. I also post industry news to my blog, The Net-Savvy Executive, on Fridays.
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links for 2008-09-06
--Finding a $250K contract on LinkedIn Answers ROI example--answering questions on LinkedIn leads to new business opportunities for Ruder Finn PR. (t...
links for 2008-09-05
--Michael Dell 'Friends' his customers Fortune's Jon Fortt wraps the Dell case study up with a bow. Mentions BuzzLogic, Radian6, Visible Technologies...
links for 2008-09-05
--Michael Dell 'Friends' his customers Fortune's Jon Fortt wraps the Dell case study up with a bow. Mentions BuzzLogic, Radian6, Visible Technologies...
Social Media Analysis News, 5 September 2008
--News from the companies of social media analysis. The calendar may say September, but the level of activity says, "it's August—come back in S...
links for 2008-09-03
--project smile feature: TNS Cymfony CMO Jim Nail Jon Burg kicks off a series of interviews with social media analysis vendors. Should be interesting...
links for 2008-09-03
--project smile feature: TNS Cymfony CMO Jim Nail Jon Burg kicks off a series of interviews with social media analysis vendors. Should be interesting...
BackType Tracks Blog Comments
--Add BackType to the list of useful, free tools for monitoring social media (via IntelFusion). BackType, which launched this week, is a search engin...
links for 2008-08-28
--A Comparison of Blog Search Engines for Brand Monitoring: Part 1 Interesting comparison test points out a major limitation of using public search e...
links for 2008-08-28
--A Comparison of Blog Search Engines for Brand Monitoring: Part 1 Interesting comparison test points out a major limitation of using public search e...
Social Media Analysis News, 29 August 2008
--News from the companies of social media analysis. Companies and services 14 August - Leximancer announced the Customer Insight Portal, a web-based ...
Cross-Pollinating Analytics
--With the big project completed, I finally have time to start catching up on my reading pile, and the first book was a winner: Super Crunchers, by Y...
links for 2008-08-26
--perspctv Interesting election dashboard with basic media volume comparisons, electoral map and feeds from twitter, blogs and news media. (tags: ele...
links for 2008-08-26
--perspctv Interesting election dashboard with basic media volume comparisons, electoral map and feeds from twitter, blogs and news media. (tags: ele...
Initial Response to the Guide
--When Delicious rolled out version 2.0, the part of the system that generates my link posts forgot the password. Before I fixed that, I found some p...
links for 2008-08-21
--Data Fusion: The Ups and Downs of All-Encompassing Digital Profiles Scientific American article on machine interpretation of data. Key takeaway: sy...
links for 2008-08-21
--Data Fusion: The Ups and Downs of All-Encompassing Digital Profiles Scientific American article on machine interpretation of data. Key takeaway: sy...
Social Media Analysis News, 22 August 2008
--News from the companies of social media analysis. Companies and services 12 August - KDPaine & Partners announced MarketFramer, a tool for anal...
links for 2008-08-15
--It'??s not Big Brother, It'??s public and recorded What's the old advice about not writing anything in email that you wouldn't want to appear on th...
Social Media Analysis News, 15 August 2008
--News from the companies of social media analysis. Companies and services 28 June - StartPR entered public beta.New research and papers 4 August - E...
Measuring Olympic Social Media
--Major events create prime opportunities for social media analysis companies to show their stuff. The election coverage continues, but this week eve...
Listening: Which Social Media Do You Follow?
--A key component of listening to social media involves knowing where to listen. Monitoring blogs is an important step, but what if the real action a...
Guide to Social Media Analysis, 2nd edition
--The second edition of the Guide to Social Media Analysis is finished and available on the Social Target web site. The new edition weighs in at 145 ...
Social Media Analysis for Workgroups
--If you're building an in-house social media capability—whether in an agency or corporate environment—your needs for social media monito...
Social Media Analysis News, 8 August 2008
--News from the companies of social media analysis. Companies and services 5 August - SkyGrid announced the close of $11 million in Series B funding ...
RSS Tricks for Non-Programmers
--BarCampRDU was Saturday, and as usual, it was great for meeting bright and interesting people who don't live so far away (and yes, I wore the tweet...
Social Media Analysis News, 1 August 2008
--News from the companies of social media analysis. Things are quiet in public—everyone's either on vacation or working on something big. Compa...
links for 2008-07-31
--Ad slowdown crushes some, leaves others unscathed. What gives? Advertising is up, down or flat, depending on which part of it you're in. (tags: adv...
links for 2008-07-30
--Monitor110 learnings: the good, the bad, and the really bad Required reading, part two. (tags: startup entrepreneurship)...
links for 2008-07-29
--Disclosure Best Practices Toolkit The Blog Council's guidelines on disclosure for corporate blogs. (tags: blogging policy ethics) 50 steps to estab...
Infonic, Lexalytics Merge Text Analytics Businesses
--Infonic and Lexalytics have announced the merger of their text analytics businesses (press release, PDF) to create Lexalytics Limited. While not as...
Social Media Analysis News, 25 July 2008
--News from the companies of social media analysis. New research and papers CIC released IWOM Watch half year review: January–June, 2008 (also ...
links for 2008-07-24
--35+ examples of corporate social media in action You need examples? (tags: socialmedia casestudy)...
links for 2008-07-23
--IdeaBar: The retired social media marketing example list Rohit lists examples that have been used in too many presentations and should be retired (...
links for 2008-07-19
--Monitor110: A post mortem In-depth, inside view of what went wrong. Wow. (tags: companies entrepreneurship)...
links for 2008-07-18
--Telltale signs your brand is NOT ready for social media Raise your hand if you've heard all of these from real companies (not hypothetically). Yep,...
Monitor110 Exits
--Monitor110 is over. The company web site displays the company's statement on the decision to cease operations and shut down the company in the wake...
RSS Emphasizes Deleted Sections
--Here's a dilemma for the bloggers: Let's say you post something that could use a little, um, refinement. After reading your post, you realize you s...
RSS Emphasizes Deleted Sections
--Here's a dilemma for the bloggers: Let's say you post something that could use a little, um, refinement. After reading your post, you rea...
Social Media Analysis News, 11 July 2008
--News from the companies of social media analysis. Companies and services Elsevier announced a new version of illumin8, adding an authors and invent...
Social Media Analysis News, 11 July 2008
--News from the companies of social media analysis. Companies and services Elsevier announced a new version of illumin8, adding an authors and invent...
links for 2008-07-09
--Scrabble gets a turn against Scrabulous It's always nice to be quoted. Chicago Tribune article on Facebook & Scrabble. (tags: facebook ego)...
links for 2008-07-09
--Scrabble gets a turn against Scrabulous It's always nice to be quoted. Chicago Tribune article on Facebook & Scrabble. (tags: facebook ego...
links for 2008-07-09
--Scrabble gets a turn against Scrabulous It's always nice to be quoted. Chicago Tribune article on Facebook & Scrabble. (tags: facebook ego...
Social Media Analysis News, 4 July 2008
--News from the companies of social media analysis. Companies and services 30 June - Filtrbox announced (PDF) their public release. Accounts range fr...
Social Media Analysis News, 4 July 2008
--News from the companies of social media analysis. Companies and services 30 June - Filtrbox announced (PDF) their public release. Accounts range fr...
Little Web Tips
--It's been quiet here lately, because behind the scenes, I'm in the final steps of updating the Guide to Social Media Analysis. If I'...
links for 2008-07-02
--10 important considerations when selecting a social media measurement vendor Useful points to consider and a positive review for the Guide to Socia...
links for 2008-07-02
--10 important considerations when selecting a social media measurement vendor Useful points to consider and a positive review for the Guide to Socia...
Social Media Analysis News, 27 June 2008
--News from the companies of social media analysis. Companies and services 23 June - CustomScoop announced a free, entry-level account. 24 June - Hen...
Social Media Analysis News, 27 June 2008
--News from the companies of social media analysis. Companies and services 23 June - CustomScoop announced a free, entry-level account. 24 June - Hen...
Europe Media Monitor - Global News and Alerts
--I've heard a lot about text analytics since I started tracking the companies who monitor and analyze social media. I've been particularly...
Europe Media Monitor - Global News and Alerts
--I've heard a lot about text analytics since I started tracking the companies who monitor and analyze social media. I've been particularly...
links for 2008-06-26
--Intel forming "The Insiders" social media advisory team Interesting way to collect ideas and opinions on how they're doing. (tags: e...
links for 2008-06-26
--Intel forming "The Insiders" social media advisory team Interesting way to collect ideas and opinions on how they're doing. (tags: e...
links for 2008-06-25
--Social network analysis and evaluation: a list (tags: socialnetworkanalysis) Wordle Generate word clouds from any text or tag clouds from any del.i...
links for 2008-06-25
--Social network analysis and evaluation: a list (tags: socialnetworkanalysis) Wordle Generate word clouds from any text or tag clouds from any del.i...
links for 2008-06-25
--Social network analysis and evaluation: a list (tags: socialnetworkanalysis) Wordle Generate word clouds from any text or tag clouds from any del.i...
What's the purpose of complaining?
--Bloggers who complain about their bad experiences with airlines: outspoken but unrepresentative, or the tip of the iceberg? When one blogger detail...
What's the purpose of complaining?
--Bloggers who complain about their bad experiences with airlines: outspoken but unrepresentative, or the tip of the iceberg? When one blogger detail...
links for 2008-06-19
--EFF: Bloggers Legal resources for bloggers. (tags: legal blogging)...
links for 2008-06-19
--EFF: Bloggers Legal resources for bloggers. (tags: legal blogging)...
links for 2008-06-19
--EFF: Bloggers Legal resources for bloggers. (tags: legal blogging)...
links for 2008-06-18
--Blogging and Investor Relations Obstacles to corporate IR blogs. (tags: blogging corporate regulation)...
links for 2008-06-18
--Blogging and Investor Relations Obstacles to corporate IR blogs. (tags: blogging corporate regulation)...
links for 2008-06-18
--Blogging and Investor Relations Obstacles to corporate IR blogs. (tags: blogging corporate regulation)...
Listening, engaging and ethics in China
--An article in this week's BusinessWeek is stirring up a good discussion about social media and ethics in China. People aren't thrilled wi...
Listening, engaging and ethics in China
--An article in this week's BusinessWeek is stirring up a good discussion about social media and ethics in China. People aren't thrilled wi...
AP Blocks Links from Its Own Site
--Quickly fixed, but this was funny. As I was writing my previous post about the AP mess, I went to their web site and clicked on the stories highlig...
AP Blocks Links from Its Own Site
--Quickly fixed, but this was funny. As I was writing my previous post about the AP mess, I went to their web site and clicked on the stories highlig...
Associated Press Outsources Strategy to Legal Dept.
--Copyright is a funny business. When taking words, music or film to market required expensive manufacturing and distribution operations, it was easy...
Associated Press Outsources Strategy to Legal Dept.
--Copyright is a funny business. When taking words, music or film to market required expensive manufacturing and distribution operations, it was easy...
links for 2008-06-16
--Inside the War Against China's Blogs Social media monitoring, community outreach and pay per post in China. (tags: china socialmediaanalysis)...
links for 2008-06-16
--Inside the War Against China's Blogs Social media monitoring, community outreach and pay per post in China. (tags: china socialmediaanalysis)...
links for 2008-06-16
--Inside the War Against China's Blogs Social media monitoring, community outreach and pay per post in China. (tags: china socialmediaanalysis)...
links for 2008-06-15
--YouTube might not be best place for corporate social media Interesting thoughts on the collateral risks of posting your video to free video-sharing...
links for 2008-06-15
--YouTube might not be best place for corporate social media Interesting thoughts on the collateral risks of posting your video to free video-sharing...
links for 2008-06-15
--YouTube might not be best place for corporate social media Interesting thoughts on the collateral risks of posting your video to free video-sharing...
links for 2008-06-14
--State of the Chinese Blogosphere (tags: socialmedia china)...
links for 2008-06-14
--State of the Chinese Blogosphere (tags: socialmedia china)...
links for 2008-06-14
--State of the Chinese Blogosphere (tags: socialmedia china)...
Social Media Analysis News, 13 June 2008
--News from the companies of social media analysis. Companies and services 12 June - Blog search engine Twingly exited beta.New research and papers 4...
Social Media Analysis News, 13 June 2008
--News from the companies of social media analysis. Companies and services 12 June - Blog search engine Twingly exited beta.New research and papers 4...
links for 2008-06-07
--Searching Twitter better Fred has a good idea that goes beyond Twitter: if shortened URLs appear in a search archive, the archive should store post...
links for 2008-06-07
--Searching Twitter better Fred has a good idea that goes beyond Twitter: if shortened URLs appear in a search archive, the archive should store post...
links for 2008-06-07
--Searching Twitter better Fred has a good idea that goes beyond Twitter: if shortened URLs appear in a search archive, the archive should store post...
Social Media Analysis News, 6 June 2008
--News from the companies of social media analysis. Companies and services 3 June - Radian6 and video search engine Blinkx announced a partnership th...
TNS, GfK Announce Merger Agreement
--TNS and GfK have announced details of their planned merger of equals to form GfK-TNS plc. The resulting company would have its headquarters in Lond...
links for 2008-05-31
--Global Catastrophic Risks Conference this July Oh, now, *there's* a cheerful program... (tags: conferences) Press Release Grader Automated ana...
links for 2008-05-31
--Global Catastrophic Risks Conference this July Oh, now, *there's* a cheerful program... (tags: conferences) Press Release Grader Automated ana...
Loved It, Hated It, Tweeted It
--Have you watched a movie in the last 15 minutes? Have you reviewed it yet? On Twitter? For an increasing number of Twitter users, the answer to tha...
Social Media Analysis News, 30 May 2008
--News from the companies of social media analysis. Companies and services 28 May - Visible Technologies launched TruCast 2.0, along with a sample of...
links for 2008-05-29
--The trilogy of social networks research in four parts If you're looking for good background reading. (tags: socialmedia research books)...
links for 2008-05-29
--The trilogy of social networks research in four parts If you're looking for good background reading. (tags: socialmedia research books)...
Shifting gears from the attention crash
--I just watched Clay Shirky's presentation from Web 2.0. Jake calls it the most significant thing you’ll read/watch this year, and I&...
links for 2008-05-23
--Social media conferences and workshops Upcoming research conferences (tags: socialmedia research conferences)...
links for 2008-05-23
--Social media conferences and workshops Upcoming research conferences (tags: socialmedia research conferences)...
Social Media Analysis News, 23 May 2008
--News from the companies of social media analysis. Companies and services 10 May - Biz360 raised $10 million in additional financing. Foundation Cap...
links for 2008-05-22
--How many different types of conversation are there? 42. Oh, wait, wrong question. 26. Anyone want to chart the distribution as a KPI? (tags: metric...
links for 2008-05-22
--How many different types of conversation are there? 42. Oh, wait, wrong question. 26. Anyone want to chart the distribution as a KPI? (tags: metric...
links for 2008-05-19
--Linking web buzz to Mini sales Ad Age on MotiveQuest's work for Mini USA, including Online Promoter Score metric. (tags: socialmediaanalysis c...
links for 2008-05-17
--27 resources for evaluating blogging ROI Annotated list of links to articles on the ROI of blogging (tags: blogging)...
This is not tweetworthy
--This is my new unconference shirt. During my session at BlogCarolinas, a participant who wasn't getting much out of the session tweeted that i...
Social Media Analysis News, 16 May 2008
--News from the companies of social media analysis. People 8 May - Chris Lohman joins Visible Technologies as Director of Client Strategies. Lohman w...
Monitoring Social Media Before You Have a Budget
--There's a difference between "we don't have any money" and "we don't have a budget for that (yet)." The usual ad...
links for 2008-05-12
--Building a complete blog program (tags: blogging) Brand Tags Play the word association game with brands, see what people think. (tags: brand market...
links for 2008-05-12
--Building a complete blog program (tags: blogging) Brand Tags Play the word association game with brands, see what people think. (tags: brand market...
Social Media Analysis News, 9 May 2008
--News from the companies of social media analysis. Companies and services 1 May - Nielsen Online launched its Digital Strategic Services group, led ...
links for 2008-05-08
--Web 2.0, please meet your host, the Internet It's boring, it's too technical... and your business is running on it. (tags: web2.0) How to...
links for 2008-05-08
--Web 2.0, please meet your host, the Internet It's boring, it's too technical... and your business is running on it. (tags: web2.0) How to...
Keeping Up with Social Media--The Chocolate Factory
--It's Twitter's fault. No, it's Facebook, or email, or—wait, social media is about people, so it's our fault. There&ap...
Why I Subscribe to 700+ Feeds
--I have too many feeds in my RSS reader. Every once in a while, I clear some of them out, but more often, I add new ones. It's crazy, but at th...
Social Media Analysis News, 2 May 2008
--News from the companies of social media analysis. Companies and services 1 May - An undisclosed party bought Attenalert for $4,000 in an online auc...
links for 2008-05-01
--Social media identity: personal vs. professional Good discussion of the distinction between personality and company affiliation in social media. Th...
links for 2008-05-01
--Social media identity: personal vs. professional Good discussion of the distinction between personality and company affiliation in social media. Th...
links for 2008-04-30
--Marvel moves to shut down our Iron Man screening How long for PR to go clean up after the lawyer this time? Good thing geeks don't go to movie...
links for 2008-04-30
--Marvel moves to shut down our Iron Man screening How long for PR to go clean up after the lawyer this time? Good thing geeks don't go to movie...
links for 2008-04-29
--On managing a community Another take on the social media role, focusing on the community manager variant. (tags: socialmedia community corporate) T...
links for 2008-04-29
--On managing a community Another take on the social media role, focusing on the community manager variant. (tags: socialmedia community corporate) T...
Chain Letters Flow Deep and Narrow
--A study published by the (US) National Academy of Sciences demonstrates that email, at least, follows a meandering path to large audiences, rather ...
Financial Week on Info-Arbitrage
--Penny Herscher points out an interesting article from Financial Week, There's info-arbitrage in cyberchatter. The article features investor-or...
As the Schwag Turns
--Does it mean something that buying corporate schwag has been replaced by donating unwanted schwag? ValleySchwag sold grab bags as recently as three...
Social Media Analysis News, 25 April 2008
--News from the companies of social media analysis. Companies and services 22 April - BuzzLogic announced that it has acquired Activeweave, developer...
links for 2008-04-24
--175+ data and information visualization examples and resources Looking for inspiration? (tags: visualization reference)...
links for 2008-04-24
--175+ data and information visualization examples and resources Looking for inspiration? (tags: visualization reference)...
links for 2008-04-18
--Web 3.0 will be about reducing the noise—and Twhirl isn’t helping Complaining about information overload creates a positive feedback loop. (tags: t...
Social Media Analysis News, 18 April 2008
--News from the companies of social media analysis. Companies and services 16 April - Collective Intellect closed its second round of institutional f...
Say Hello at ESM and Blog Carolinas
--Work on the second edition of the Guide to Social Media Analysis has kept me busy in the office lately. I really enjoy the conversations with peopl...
links for 2008-04-15
--Social software building blocks A helpful framework for thinking about the different types of benefits of online tools/services and which are most ...
The Role of IT in Social Media Analysis
--I've been thinking about the management issues involved in social media for some time, and I enjoyed David Churbuck's posts on Social Med...
links for 2008-04-14
--My Left Footloose (tags: humor)...
Fun with language skills
--Wait a minute—it's Friday, and here I am, working on a long, serious post. Let's save that in the drafts folder for Monday and ...
Social Media Analysis News, 11 April 2008
--News from the companies of social media analysis. Companies and services Infegy recently started selling SocialRadar. The web-based social media mo...
Reputation by Technical Committee
--For a word that's so concerned with appearances, reputation sure gets around. In an online context, it plays with PR, search and e-commerce, s...
links for 2008-04-09
--Wikipedia and world languages If you're interested in just how international/multilingual Wikipedia is. (tags: wikipedia)...
links for 2008-04-09
--Wikipedia and world languages If you're interested in just how international/multilingual Wikipedia is. (tags: wikipedia)...
links for 2008-04-08
--Mapping Iran’s online public: politics and culture in the Persian blogosphere Familiar analytical techniques applied to a part of the blogosphere y...
links for 2008-04-08
--Mapping Iran’s online public: politics and culture in the Persian blogosphere Familiar analytical techniques applied to a part of the blogosphere y...
links for 2008-04-05
--Are Facebook apps the new brand wasteland? It was the bright, shiny object of the moment a few months ago. How much was just hype, and what really ...
links for 2008-04-05
--Are Facebook apps the new brand wasteland? It was the bright, shiny object of the moment a few months ago. How much was just hype, and what really ...
links for 2008-04-04
--Keeping up with the social media fire hose Salesforce uses Yahoo Pipes to monitor social media for mentions of the company. This post describes the...
J.D. Power buys Umbria
--J.D. Power and Associates, a business unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE:MHP) announced the acquisition of Umbria, Inc. this morning. So much ...
links for 2008-04-02
--IDG to merge IDC with Gartner? Repeat after me: don't trust anything you read on the first of April. (tags: fun)...
links for 2008-03-30
--58 Twitter apps Convenient list of add-ons for Twitter users. (tags: twitter tools) FAS.research Social network analysis on CRM or public data. Aus...
links for 2008-03-30
--58 Twitter apps Convenient list of add-ons for Twitter users. (tags: twitter tools) FAS.research Social network analysis on CRM or public data. Aus...
links for 2008-03-29
--20 types of pages that every blogger should consider (tags: blogging)...
links for 2008-03-29
--20 types of pages that every blogger should consider (tags: blogging)...
Social Media Analysis News, 28 March 2008
--News from the companies of social media analysis. Companies and services 26 March - Networked Insights announced an updated version of their softwa...
A little light writing
--I wrote a book in 1997—a forgotten Internet how-to book that occasionally impresses people because I am a published author (!). While I n...
links for 2008-03-25
--Enterprise 2.0, meet social media monitoring What if social media analysis tools fed excerpts and metrics into enterprise collaboration systems? (t...
links for 2008-03-25
--Enterprise 2.0, meet social media monitoring What if social media analysis tools fed excerpts and metrics into enterprise collaboration systems? (t...
links for 2008-03-19
--Ten things every marketer should know about Wikipedia Not just the "beware bad reviews" warning. (tags: wikipedia)...
links for 2008-03-19
--Ten things every marketer should know about Wikipedia Not just the "beware bad reviews" warning. (tags: wikipedia)...
links for 2008-03-19
--Ten things every marketer should know about Wikipedia Not just the "beware bad reviews" warning. (tags: wikipedia)...
Blogger's Corollary to Murphy's Law
--If it's in your drafts folder, someone else is about to post it....
Stealthy following on Twitter
--Let's say you want to follow someone on Twitter without letting them know. Maybe it's a competitor, and you're interested in what th...
links for 2008-03-14
--Wealthy, and on the Web HNW study of high-net-worth Internet users--they're using social networks and blogs, too. (tags: socialmedia) The best...
links for 2008-03-14
--Wealthy, and on the Web HNW study of high-net-worth Internet users--they're using social networks and blogs, too. (tags: socialmedia) The best...
links for 2008-03-14
--Wealthy, and on the Web HNW study of high-net-worth Internet users--they're using social networks and blogs, too. (tags: socialmedia) The best...
Social Media Analysis News, 14 March 2008
--News from the companies of social media analysis. Companies and services 10 March - Attenalert launched its online monitoring service and, at 27 mi...
links for 2008-03-13
--Apple's design process How to be innovative *and* get product out the door. (tags: design)...
"Listen" means more than you may think
--"Listen" is a cliché of social media—perhaps the cliché of social media. If you've been exposed to a...
TNS creates media research unit
--Just nine days after their acquisition of Compete, Inc., TNS (LON:TNS) announced the consolidation of its North American research units into the ne...
Blogging for experts
--I hesitate before posting about the blog, because blogging about blogging is the poster child of Internet navel-gazing, and, well, I never wanted t...
links for 2008-03-08
--The stupidity of metrics “Go away. Here’s a beach. Start counting grains of sand and give me a TPS report by tomorrow.” (tags: metrics)...
links for 2008-03-08
--The stupidity of metrics “Go away. Here’s a beach. Start counting grains of sand and give me a TPS report by tomorrow.” (tags: metrics)...
Playground war in Club Penguin
--Rival armies terrorized bystanders when a playground war broke out in Club Penguin after school Thursday. Pink, blue and orange penguins fled as gr...
Recruiting in social media
--Rather than tag one of his posts for the second time in a week, let me just recommend that you check out Jim Durbin's new blog, Social Media H...
Social Media Analysis News, 7 March 2008
--News from the companies of social media analysis. Companies and services 5 March - Dow Jones & Company introduced a text-to-speech capabili...
Standardising social media metrics
--The British spelling is a reminder that the thinking about social media and its practices doesn't always come from California and New York. Co...
links for 2008-03-05
--Facebook vs. LinkedIn: Which is better for business? It depends on what you want to do. This article explores some practical applications on both p...
links for 2008-03-05
--Facebook vs. LinkedIn: Which is better for business? It depends on what you want to do. This article explores some practical applications on both p...
TNS buys Compete, Inc.
--Taylor Nelson Sofres (LON:TNS) announced the acquisition of Compete, Inc. today (press release, via Marshall Sponder). Today's announcement, c...
links for 2008-03-01
--Social media recruiting: four basic truths A few things to consider if you've decided to hire your first social media specialist. (tags: caree...
links for 2008-03-01
--Social media recruiting: four basic truths A few things to consider if you've decided to hire your first social media specialist. (tags: caree...
Copyright and social media monitoring
--Are you paying attention to The Associated Press v. Moreover Technologies, Inc. et al? I heard about it while interviewing the founder of a differe...
Social Media Analysis News, 29 February 2008
--News from the companies of social media analysis. Companies and services 25 February - Acccelovation changed its name to NetBase and announced illu...
Visualizing networks based on communication
--The March/April issue ofTechnology Review has an interesting piece on visualizing social networks (via Matt Hurst). All of the examples would make ...
links for 2008-02-27
--Réseaux sociaux : des audiences différentes selon les continents Handy map showing which social networks are popular in different parts of the worl...
links for 2008-02-27
--Réseaux sociaux : des audiences différentes selon les continents Handy map showing which social networks are popular in different parts of the worl...
links for 2008-02-26
--6 lessons on creating a great learning event from OMS (tags: conferences) BlogCarolinas Lee's taking the lead on organizing our unconference. ...
links for 2008-02-26
--6 lessons on creating a great learning event from OMS (tags: conferences) BlogCarolinas Lee's taking the lead on organizing our unconference. ...
Measuring engagement directly
--I follow discussions of web analytics only peripherally, but it's hard to miss the continuing discussions of how to define engagement, includi...
links for 2008-02-21
--Social media content creation process Helpful outline for getting started without skipping a step. (tags: socialmedia)...
links for 2008-02-20
--Sentiment analysis: opportunities and challenges A look at sentiment analysis from a BI perspective. (tags: analysis nlp) Sentiment analysis: a foc...
On the list
--Well, that was a nice way to start the week! Jonny Bentwood posted his Top 100 analyst blogs list today, and the Net-Savvy Executive made the list ...
Social Media Analysis News, 15 February 2008
--News from the companies of social media analysis. Companies and services 13 February - SkyGrid launched its real-time information platform for inst...
Social Media Analysis News, 8 February 2008
--News from the companies of social media analysis. Companies and services 8 February - Gianandrea Facchini launched Buzzdetector, an Italian social ...
Virtual research roundtable
--Funny thing about "conversations" on blogs, sometimes you have to bounce around different sites to follow along. Yesterday, I wrote Combi...
Job board for social media analysis
--I'm trying a new experiment, and I'm interested in your reaction. I've been publishing news from social media analysis companies for...
Combining social media and traditional research
--Here's one way to validate the results of your social media research: follow it up with a traditional research project. I was talking with San...
Six degrees of LinkedIn
--This is just too random to keep to myself. You know the game people play, Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon? This morning, I searched LinkedIn for Jake Mc...
links for 2008-02-06
--Findings from the Community Best Practices Workshop Great summary of observations about working with communities--costs, benefits, strategies. (tag...
Who needs data when you have graphics?
--It's possible that my earlier post today (Validating social media data) was a bit on the heavy reading side. All this talk of data, methodolog...
Validating social media data
--Generating quantitative observations from unstructured data in social media is new. So, surprise, it's a field that doesn't have mature s...
links for 2008-02-05
--What specifically do generalists do? All those years of struggling against the expectation of identifying a pigeonhole... (tags: generalism career)...
Jodange mines sentiment for investors
--Count on DEMO to include new companies to put on the radar. Jodange is a startup text analytics company focusing on mining financial documents and ...
Bookmarks:
Finding a $250K contract on LinkedIn Answers
ROI example--answering questions on LinkedIn leads to new business opportunities for Ruder Finn PR.
L'analyse sémantique devient sentimentale
Challenges in sentiment analysis, plus examples of text analytics companies outside of social media analysis space.
Michael Dell 'Friends' his customers
Fortune's Jon Fortt wraps the Dell case study up with a bow. Mentions BuzzLogic, Radian6, Visible Technologies.
How to Handle 'IHateYourCompany.com'
How many potential critic domains do you buy, and what do you do with them?
List of 67+ Big Brand Corporate Blogs
Added to the big library o' lists for the next time you need examples other than Dell and Kryptonite.
project smile feature: TNS Cymfony CMO Jim Nail
Jon Burg kicks off a series of interviews with social media analysis vendors. Should be interesting to see the opinions expressed.
