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Jorge AcostaSocial media measurement is one of those topics about which everyone has an opinion, but nobody agrees on the solution. The question about how to measure the return on investment (ROI) for social media participation comes up in every workshop I deliver, as definitive, statistic-based metrics seem to be the primary way communicators feel they can secure approval and budget for these programs from their management teams.
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Emeric ErnoultArticle Mashable sur les dufférentes façon de mesurer le ROI des media sociaux. Pas très précis ni d'exemples concrets...
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Bob Conrad- Move from a running monologue to a meaningful dialogue with customers?
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That’s one of the reasons why I tend to think that social media (by which I mean actual conversations and relationship building exercises, not widgets and Facebook fliers) is more aligned with the goals of a PR program than it is with marketing.
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Michel BauwensIn the absence of any accepted metrics, businesses still need to be able to determine whether or not a social media program is moving the needle, moving product or otherwise making an impact.
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Qualitative
First, determine what you want to measure, whether it’s corporate reputation, conversations or customer relationships. These objectives require a more qualitative measurement approach, so let’s start by asking some questions. For example, if the objective is measure ROI for conversations, we start by benchmarking ourselves with questions like:
- Are we currently part of conversations about our product/industry?
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How are we currently talked about versus our competitors?
Then to measure success, we ask whether we were able to:
- Build better relationships with our key audiences?- Participate in conversations where we hadn’t previously had a voice?
- Move from a running monologue to a meaningful dialogue with customers?
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Kevin LimHaving some form of metrics helps businesses feel secure enough to approve budget for social media programs.
ranking, we can take a more quantitative approach. There are some free tools that can help with this type of measurement, including:
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