Social Analytics Suck
Why businesses struggle with social metrics and how you can use simple principles to track your progress.
Joe Edwards – OTM– Digital & Social PlannerTwitter @brandjoe
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DISCLAIMER – I’M NO ANALYST
DISCLAIMER – I’M NO ANALYST
Show of Hands
The Pains of Analytics
Where to start
The right tools
The right tools
No time
Oh and here’s another thing
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Don’t get me started on sentiment
Don’t get me started on sentiment
Or influence for that matter
And businesses don’t feel it’s a top priority
But less assume it is actually important for a minute
Unstructured – SocialUnstructured – Social
What can you measure
Soft
InfluenceSentiment
IntentInterests
Commentary
Soft
InfluenceSentiment
IntentInterests
Commentary
Harder
VolumeLikes
TweetsFollowers
SharesResponseComments
Likes@
Clicks
Harder
VolumeLikes
TweetsFollowers
SharesResponseComments
Likes@
Clicks
Feel like its missing something?
• What’s happening in the real world• Or even what’s specifically happening
online– How is your social activity affecting your
bottom line
StructuredStructuredUnstructured – SocialUnstructured – Social
What can you measure
Soft
InfluenceSentiment
IntentInterests
Commentary
Soft
InfluenceSentiment
IntentInterests
Commentary
Harder
VolumeLikes
TweetsFollowers
SharesResponseComments
Likes@
Clicks
Harder
VolumeLikes
TweetsFollowers
SharesResponseComments
Likes@
Clicks
Hardest
TransactionalFinancial ROI
DemographicsName
Address
Hardest
TransactionalFinancial ROI
DemographicsName
Address
You need a strategy …
…and a Geoff
Decisions Decisions• What– Channels– Conversations– Traffic
• How– Tools– Bring the data together– Reports and insights
Start with a baseline
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Before social activity
After social activity
Pick your tools and stick with them
Map your measurement
Gross Views
Gross Connections
Audience engagements
Site Traffic
Sales
Some of the tools I use
Some of the tools I use
Some of the tools I use
Some of the tools I use
Some of the tools I use
Some of the tools I use
So now you have all those measurements?
Look at what happened here
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Gross Views
Gross Connections
AudienceEngagementsSite Traffic
Before social activity
After social activity
There are still some gaps
• Causation• Correlation• What about the real world
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Thank You
Joe Edwards – OTM– Digital & Social PlannerTwitter @brandjoe