You may have seen some of the following solutions installed on some of your favorite blogs:
Ubervu
BackType
TweetBacks
Disqus
ChatCatcher
IntenseDebate
The idea is to bring all comments about your posts into the posts themselves in an effort to centralize the conversation. This seems like a great idea until you put it into practice.
The main problem with most, if not all, [...]
Social Media Monitoring and Measurement Tools
by Jon Bishop on July 2, 2009
It’s extremely important to monitor and measure your influence in social media however some of the premium tools out there might be a little beyond your financial reach. Good thing there are plenty of free tools you can mix and match to meet your own personal goals.
First off, check the availability of your brand name, user name or vanity URL on 120 popular Social Media sites with http://knowem.com. This is just an easy way to see if anyone has squatted on your brand name.
Now some of these tools are better at monitoring while others are better at measurement. I leave it up to you.
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