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Strategy

Use social media monitoring tools to find highly relevant business and marketing opportunities.

Why it matters

By ‘listening’ to what is being said in social media spaces, a business can find relevant content based on search criteria. Results are provided real-time and in daily email summaries. This ensures you are getting important information delivered to you consistently.

Benefits of social monitoring

  • Generate content to share and repurpose
  • Cultivate free PR and marketing opportunity
  • Manage your online presence and reputation
  • Identify new business opportunity
  • Listen for customer feedback
  • Understand marketing performance
  • Competitive analysis and monitoring
  • Understand local events
  • Track your customers

Tools

While there are numerous tools and services available for monitoring social media, we like Mentions and Talkwalker. Both have free options.

Mentions

Mention | Real-time media monitoring application

Talkwalker

Talkwalker Alerts - The best free alternative to Google Alerts

Takeaway

Social monitoring is a simple way for businesses large and small to leverage social media for both competitive advantages and business opportunity.