There is lots of chatter on the web relative to the ROI from social media. As we start a new year more and more people and organizations will become consumed by defining the ROI.
The Rising Tide of Expectations
People and businesses don’t like spending time and money without defining the return on their efforts. At the same time people and businesses engage in non-productive activities without even considering an ROI on those activities. So one must ask why do they think social media activities will produce an ROI? The reason is that social media has become in vogue and everyone seems to want to capture value from it rather than with it.
Now Social Media ROI is in Demand Connie Bensen predicts for following trends for 2010 as it relates to this ambiguous thing called social media ROI.
- Companies will expect ROI from their Social Media efforts.
- The Social Media Specialist (Community Manager) position will become mainstream.
- Cultural shift inside of companies.
- Social Media Monitoring will be a necessary component
- Agencies and companies will hire data analysts
- Integration of platforms and processes will be critical.
Connie’s predictions are sound and the market activity in 2010 will likely follow form. I have my own take on social media ROI. My take is there is no ROI from social media. Watch the video below and give us your thoughts.
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About Jay: Jay Deragon’s professional career includes providing strategic management consulting services to Fortune 500 companies as well as local small businesses. He has consulted with numerous industries spanning over 25 years of professional experience globally. His current professional endeavors are all centric to the disruptive nature of the social web. He writes at Relationship Economy and provides social media strategic services to businesses large and small. Jay Deragon is an avid student of the emerging landscape of all things social and the subsequent impact on business dynamics. Since 2004 Mr. Deragon has been actively studying, sharing and learning how business as unusual is changing business methods, models and relationships. Life is a journey and the experiences along the way provides learning that furthers the experiences if we know how and what to learn. for more info go here http://www.relationship-economy.com/?page_id=2 |
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It’s the “how” that’s the tricky part.
Business leader’s skepticism is not surprising. All things that tweet, blog and go bump in the night sounds intimidating, to say the least. It’s easier for the plan to be “let’s wait” than to take risks–especially if you’re not a technology-based company.
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There Is No ROI From Social Media! (Video) by @jderagon RT @bkmacdaddy http://bit.ly/ciJfLd (via @happysoul)
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Great comic and video. "There Is No ROI From Social Media!" http://j.mp/deM9R7
Does social media ROI make sense? No, says Jay Deragon. You capture value WITH it, not FROM it http://ow.ly/13BpX
Excellent article. Agree with prediction and believe Netvibes' Dashboads will be a key role there. http://tinyurl.com/ykgbeb8
ROI from social media – http://bit.ly/dp9YRm. Good read.
There Is No ROI From Social Media! http://bit.ly/98oict. This is complete BS. Simplify, choose 1-3 metrics and at last get a ballpark!
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