In this excellent talk by SEOMoz’s Joanna Lord titled: “Social Media: Are you keeping up with the Joneses”, Joanna discusses SEOMoz’s approach to social media and what tools they are using to measure social metrics.
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Key takeaways from the talk:
-Look at how social used on all pages, not just the homepage.
-Track and benchmark your brand mentions online.
-LinkedIn company profiles can provide competitive information like if they are growing their social media team.
-Engagement can mean a lot of different things. Be more specific.
-Empower people in your company who are excited about social media.
-Facebook advertising is not a very user friendly advertising platform.
-You want to start tracking now because a lot of tools don’t have good historical data.
-Opinions don’t make money. Decisions and next action steps make money.
-Some social media tools recommended in the talk: Visibli, SimplyMeasured, Attensity.
You can also follow Joanna Lord on Twitter: @JoannaLord
Creative Commons Flickr photo courtesy of Michael Dorausch
