@ V I S I O N C R I T I C A L
WHAT
SOCIAL MEDIA
ANALYTICS
CAN’T TELL YOU
Alexandra Samuel, Vision Critical • @awsamuel
Jeremiah Owyang, Crowd Companies • @jowyang
Colby Flint, Discovery Communications • @discoverycomm
Beth Kanter • @kanter
#SMDATA
#SMDATA
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@ V I S I O N C R I T I C A L
WHAT
SOCIAL MEDIA
ANALYTICS
CAN’T TELL YOU
Alexandra Samuel, Vision Critical • @awsamuel
Jeremiah Owyang, Crowd Companies • @jowyang
Colby Flint, Discovery Communications • @discoverycomm
Beth Kanter • @kanter
#SMDATA
#SMDATA
The Collaborative
Economy:
Insights from
Social Media
Jeremiah Owyang
@jowyang
@JOWYANG
@JOWYANG
@JOWYANG
@ V I S I O N C R I T I C A L@JOWYANG
@JOWYANG
@JOWYANG
@ V I S I O N C R I T I C A L
WHAT
SOCIAL MEDIA
ANALYTICS
CAN’T TELL YOU
Alexandra Samuel, Vision Critical • @awsamuel
Jeremiah Owyang, Crowd Companies • @jowyang
Colby Flint, Discovery Communications • @discoverycomm
Beth Kanter • @kanter
#SMDATA
#SMDATA
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WHAT
SOCIAL MEDIA
ANALYTICS
CAN’T TELL YOU
Alexandra Samuel, Vision Critical • @awsamuel
Jeremiah Owyang, Crowd Companies • @jowyang
Colby Flint, Discovery Communications • @discoverycomm
Beth Kanter • @kanter
#SMDATA
#SMDATA
Charity Donations and
Active Social Media Users
Topline Insights from Vision Critical Research
SXSW – March, 2014
Beth Kanter, Author, Trainer, and Blogger
What if your data set combined survey
data about donation habits with actual
social media usage?
Does more social
media use equal
more donations?
Flickr Photo by tedski
Charity Slacktivists
Actionable Takeaways from Research
• Slack off of slacktivism – active social media
users are valuable
• Social channels can be an effective on-ramp for
NEW donors, especially more active social media
users, but find ways to keep connected
• If you aren’t urging your donors to post about
your charity when they donate or encourage
them to fundraise on your behalf, you are
missing a huge opportunity.
@ V I S I O N C R I T I C A L
WHAT
SOCIAL MEDIA
ANALYTICS
CAN’T TELL YOU
Alexandra Samuel, Vision Critical • @awsamuel
Jeremiah Owyang, Crowd Companies • @jowyang
Colby Flint, Discovery Communications • @discoverycomm
Beth Kanter • @kanter
#SMDATA
#SMDATA

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    @ V IS I O N C R I T I C A L WHAT SOCIAL MEDIA ANALYTICS CAN’T TELL YOU Alexandra Samuel, Vision Critical • @awsamuel Jeremiah Owyang, Crowd Companies • @jowyang Colby Flint, Discovery Communications • @discoverycomm Beth Kanter • @kanter #SMDATA #SMDATA