Introducing Conversation Impact - Social Media Measurement for Marketers
Irfan Kamal July 14th, 2009
John Bell and I formally introduced the Conversation Impact(TM) measurement model at the Advertising Research Foundation’s Audience Measurement 4.0 on June 23rd. Here’s a brief overview of the model, its goals and planned evolution.
The model was developed by our team to provide brands with a comprehensive, recognizable framework for tracking social media campaigns. We relied heavily on our experience with a range of social media campaigns for both B2B and B2C clients, and considered the types of questions and reporting requests we receive with every new project or request for information.
We focus on simplicity and comparability across media - the latter, to help guide marketers with media allocation. We categorize our metrics into 3 areas, corresponding roughly to objectives and “marketing funnel” stages; each is shown below, with representative metrics (the metrics are selected based on unique client needs). Included are both familiar and new metrics.

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