Keeping an Eye on How You’re Doing

Monitor your social media program in two ways:

check.png Watch to see who’s talking about you and what they’re saying.

check.png Observe how your comments and content are received and how your network is expanding as a result of your efforts.

Monitoring your social media mentions

Set up alerts so that you’re notified when your personal name, business name, product name, business category, competitors’ names, and any other terms you want to monitor are mentioned online.

check.png Set the preferences on Facebook and Twitter so you’re alerted by e-mail when someone interacts with your posts.

check.png Use sites like www.kurrently.com and http://search.twitter.com to search for posts about the names and terms you’re following.

check.png If you use Constant Contact, set up NutshellMail (http://nutshell mail.com ) to e-mail a summary of activity on the schedule you request.

check.png Set up online alerts through ...

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