LESSON OBJECTIVES Composition of the seven layers of Social Media Analytics Origin and history of Social Media Analytics Common goals, KPIs and use cases for Social Media Analytics Descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytics for social media Differences between Business Analytics and Social Media Analytics Challenges to the efficient use of Social Media Analytics
What is it??.... Social Media Analytics is the art and science of extracting valuable insights from vast amounts of semi-structured and unstructured social media data to enable informed and insightful decision-making
Seven layers of Social Media Analytics 1. Text 2. Networks 3. Actions 4. Hyperlinks 5. Mobile 6. Location 7. Search engines
Layer 1 : Text Analytics
Layer 2. Networks Analytics
Layer 3. Actions Analytics
Layer 4. Hyperlinks Analytics
Layer 5. Mobile Analytics
Layer 6. Location Analytics
Layer 7. Search Engines Analytics
Emergence of Social Media Analytics
Some Popular Reasons for Using Social Media Analytics Measure brand loyalty Generate business leads Drive traffic to owned media (Facebook pages, corporate blogs, company webpages, organizational microsites, specific mobile applications, etc.) Predictive business forecasting Demographics and psychographics around specific audiences and topics Business intelligence and market research Business decision-making
Goals of Social Media Analytics
Social Media Analytics KPIs
Social Media vs. Traditional Business Analytics
Types of Social Media Analytics 1. Descriptive analytics 2. Predictive analytics 3. Prescriptive analytics
Social Media Analytics Cycle
Challenges to Social Media Analytics Data Volume and Velocity Data Diversity Unstructured Data