BrandSavant

Gaining Insight From Social Media Data

Confusing Activity With Influence

October 19, 2011

TweetEvery time I see research like this, which claims that the number of Twitter followers does NOT correspond to influence, [...]

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Drowning In Numbers

October 18, 2011

TweetI am super excited to be featured as a track keynote speaker at Blogworld Los Angeles in a few weeks. [...]

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A True Measure Of Influence

October 3, 2011

TweetInfluence scores, as we know them today, are all based upon algorithms. Algorithms are commonly confused with formulae, but they [...]

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10 Hot New Influence Measures

September 30, 2011

TweetPresented without comment. Happy Friday. 1. Infloo.nz 2. Kredib.ly 3. Persuadr.com 4. Pretentio.us 5. Sway.ed 6. Authorit.ay 7. Dontyouknowwhoiam.com 8. [...]

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Radio’s Passion Gap

September 28, 2011

TweetEdison, in conjunction with Arbitron and Scarborough, recently released a study of in-car media consumption called “The Road Ahead – [...]

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Looking For Money In The Grass

September 23, 2011

TweetHave you ever found something valuable, just lying on the street? I have a vivid childhood memory of walking to [...]

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Location-Based Services And The Customer Lifecycle

September 15, 2011

TweetI’m currently sitting in an event in Boston called GeoM2, an afternoon of panels discussing the future of location-based marketing. [...]

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Your Crappy Stat Of The Week

September 13, 2011

TweetThis headline (from Forbes!!!) makes my eyeballs bleed: Heavy Facebook Users Prone to Drug Use, Study Says. According to the [...]

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On Klout-Bashing

September 12, 2011

TweetAnytime I speak about Klout, what gets retweeted is my criticism of the “scores,” and never anything else – like, [...]

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The First Step In Choosing A Social Media Monitoring Tool

September 8, 2011

TweetYesterday I gave a presentation at Social Fresh in Charlotte, NC, on turning social media monitoring into social media research. [...]

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