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http://oursocialtimes.com/top-5-budget-social-media-monitoring-tools/ Viralheat – our favourite low cost solution In the run up to Monitoring Social Media 09 I’ve been checking out some of the free or low-cost social media monitoring solutions. I’ve been hearing that many of the top marketing agencies still use free monitoring tools: but which ones? And how do they compare to the high-end paid-for solutions like Visible Technologies , Brandwatch etc? There are lots and lots of these services, but here are thumbnail reviews of 5 of the most best:

Top 5 Budget Social Media Monitoring Tools

Last week we listed and categorized some of the leading topic-tracking tools on the Web. As usual we got a great response in the comments, with additional information about the apps listed and suggestions for other apps to add. So in this post we present an updated list of topic tracking tools for you to explore. Once again, we invite you to add more in the comments and/or comment on the existing ones.

Top Topic Trackers (Updated List)

http://readwrite.com/2010/01/24/top_topic_trackers_updated

Social Media Monitoring: Who's Making Money?

Luke Brynley-Jones talks with Philip Hofmeyr at Social Media Measurement & Monitoring (photo: Benjamin Ellis) So who’s making the money in social media measurement and monitoring? I was on a panel asked this question at the Measurement & Monitoring Meetup on Friday. It’s essentially another take on the ROI of social media monitoring question, but with the focus widened to include suppliers and consultants, and at first sight it’s a rather annoying question. http://oursocialtimes.com/social-media-monitoring-whos-making-money/
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TwitterScope: Follow the Rest of the Twitter Conversation | Desi

http://www.designmeme.com/twitterscope/
http://blogs.hbr.org/research/2010/02/visualizing-twitter.html

Four Ways of Looking at Twitter - Research - Harvard Business Re

by Scott Berinato | 2:55 PM February 18, 2010 Data visualization is cool. It's also becoming ever more useful, as the vibrant online community of data visualizers (programmers, designers, artists, and statisticians — sometimes all in one person) grows and the tools to execute their visions improve.
http://www.toprankblog.com/2010/03/11-free-tools-for-social-media-optimization/

Social Media Optimization Tools - Online Marketing Blog

Plenty of bloggers are talking about the inevitable intersection of social media marketing and search engine optimization. Heck, we’ve been blogging about SMO since 2006!