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	<title>Comments on: How to Measure ROI for Social Media and the Long Sales Cycle</title>
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		<title>By: The Importance of Measuring Social Media&#8217;s Impact on Sales &#38; Marketing &#124; Professional Blog Service</title>
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		<dc:creator>The Importance of Measuring Social Media&#8217;s Impact on Sales &#38; Marketing &#124; Professional Blog Service</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] (In some cases, I&#8217;ve actually had to argue that it can be measured at all, but that&#8217;s a d... My suggestion is, if you don&#8217;t do social media, don&#8217;t say what it can or can&#8217;t do. Ask if it can, but don&#8217;t declare it can&#8217;t.) [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] (In some cases, I&#8217;ve actually had to argue that it can be measured at all, but that&#8217;s a d&#8230; My suggestion is, if you don&#8217;t do social media, don&#8217;t say what it can or can&#8217;t do. Ask if it can, but don&#8217;t declare it can&#8217;t.) [...]</p>
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		<title>By: ImpactWatch &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Top Social Media Monitoring &#38; Measurement Posts of the Week</title>
		<link>http://deckersmarketing.com/2009/04/17/how-to-measure-roi-for-social-media-and-the-long-sales-cycle/comment-page-1/#comment-320</link>
		<dc:creator>ImpactWatch &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Top Social Media Monitoring &#38; Measurement Posts of the Week</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] How to Measure ROI for Social Media and the Long Sales Cycle - Deckers Marketing [...]</description>
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		<title>By: edeckers</title>
		<link>http://deckersmarketing.com/2009/04/17/how-to-measure-roi-for-social-media-and-the-long-sales-cycle/comment-page-1/#comment-319</link>
		<dc:creator>edeckers</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:38:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You&#039;re absolutely right. It does go beyond basic time tracking. This post was written more in response to some non-social media person who proclaimed you can&#039;t track social media ROI.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;re absolutely right. It does go beyond basic time tracking. This post was written more in response to some non-social media person who proclaimed you can&#8217;t track social media ROI.</p>
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		<title>By: Chip McComb</title>
		<link>http://deckersmarketing.com/2009/04/17/how-to-measure-roi-for-social-media-and-the-long-sales-cycle/comment-page-1/#comment-318</link>
		<dc:creator>Chip McComb</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:28:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good post, but I think that tracking ROI from social media goes well beyond basic time tracking.  Using CRM&#039;s like you mentioned in point 4 is quickly becoming the most robust way to measure social media ROI.  Would you agree?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good post, but I think that tracking ROI from social media goes well beyond basic time tracking.  Using CRM&#8217;s like you mentioned in point 4 is quickly becoming the most robust way to measure social media ROI.  Would you agree?</p>
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