Social Media Assessment Methodology

So like I said on our FB page, we just started Social Media Assessments for 2 new customers, yay ! Below is a quick overview of the methodology we use, in conjunction with some tools, including Sysomos MAP, and others..   We utilise a four quadrant social media assessment model to understan...
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Twitter comes to the rescue #NZQuake

Twitter bursts at 44,000 Tweets on #NZQuake Last night I received an email from a friend highlighting the state of the SUPPORT needed in NZ as a result of the #NZQuake. At iGo2 we evaluated the use of Twitter and Social Media to support the public and emergency services. Find below the email from ...
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SoMe Tools : to “be approachable”

So you and I are using many ways and tools to communicate, and not only phone + fax + mail + email + website/blog, probably also Skype or equivalent, maybe some instant messaging solution, and there is our profiles on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Slideshare, Flicker, Youtube and potentially more, an...
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Social Media and ROI

nbsp; The debate continues to rage as whether we should even try to calculate the ROI associated with Social Media. The argument follows 2 paths. The first is that Social Media is like infrastructure - you have to have it and without it there is no functioning so there is no need to calculate it. ...
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Ready, Fire, Aim

I find that many executives and organisations have a pre meditated approach to using Social Media in their business. They make a decision to set up a Facebook fan page, a Twitter account, a LinkedIn Company profile and perhaps a couple of video's on YouTube. And then complain when this approach ge...
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Social Media in the Cattleyards

nbsp; When you are in the industry you tend to think that Social Media and the Social Web permeates everything in life these days. I was sitting back pondering all the ways in which Social Media has impacted what I do, how I work, where I work and so on. And I suddenly realised that there is a big...
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Davos becomes inclusive through Twitter

The Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum 2011: An Analysis Overview The 2011 annual meeting of the World Economic Forum was held in Davos-Klosters Switzerland between 26th and 30th January.  This annual meeting convenes an outstanding audience of decision-makers and thought-leaders from arou...
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Yasi creates 88k Tweets and 8.6k Blog Mentions

Cyclone Yasi creates a Storm of Blogs Examining what happened with the blogging world during the Cyclone Yasi we have extracted the metrics below: At a later stage we will examine Twitter, Facebook, On-line Media and the Web. For this study we chose to focus on the Blogger community. As per t...
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Social Media in Business – Building a Strategy after a Social Media Assessment

As you know, at iGo2 we believe it all starts with assessing the landscape, formulating a policy, building the strategy and then implementing responsibly - in that order [for your business, your competitors, your partners and staff]. There are many examples around policy. A good website to formulat...
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Social Media Academy acknowledged as a top-tier social media school

Social Media Academy considered the best social media educator in the world Jan 31, 2011 – The California-based Social Media Academy is, if nothing else, a training institution to watch.  In just two short years the organization has managed to create an enviable reputation in the United States, ...
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