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CHAPTER 7: F
IVE E
SSENTIAL T
IPS
• Building on your exercises in Chapter 1, define one or more internal collabora-
tion points based on what you discovered in exercise 1, above.
• Building on your exercises in Chapters 2 and 3, create a workflow path for
social data (e.g., conversations) that carries this information to the points inside
your organization that can act on it. Include a method for tracking results.
Chapter 6: Social Analytics, Metrics, and Measurement
Review each of the following and connect them with the objectives of your business or
organization:
Avinash Kaushik’s blog, “Occam’s Razor”
http://www.kaushik.net/
Nick O’Neill’s “Social Times”
http://www.socialtimes.com/about/
The Dachis Group’s Kate Niedehoffer
http://www.dachisgroup.com/author/kate/
Apply what you’ve learned through the following exercises:
- Identify the primary social, web, and business analytics that matter to you.
- Run a correlation analysis on them, and then investigate why certain metrics are
correlated and how this correlation might be used to further your understanding
of how the Social Web is impacting your business or organization. - Develop a basic dashboard or incorporate one or two new business fundamen-
tals that you identify through the above into your current business scorecard.
Chapter 7: Five Essential Tips
Review each of the following and connect them with the objectives of your business or
organization:
Threadless
http://www.threadless.com
Foursquare (You will need a Foursquare and a GPS-capable phone or similar
hand-held device for this.)
http://foursquare.com
HARO
http://www.helpareporter.com