Archive for October, 2009

Easy ways to collect feedback from social media sites 29/10/2009

New and interesting ways have been developed to help busy orgs.  evaluate and monitor the growing level of feedback from social media and review sites.

Some time ago I saw a product that evaluated text feedback on customer service received in a clothing shop.  By setting up key words, the feedback system was automated and daily/weekly/monthly reports could be produced to monitor how the shop was doing.

Today I read how similar systems are being developed to evaluate the ever growing quantity of comments and feedback left on social media sites.  Statistics show that 75% of feedback is being unread because of a lack of back end resource.  Automating the process seems like a very sensible move forward.  Especially when the methods of evaluating qualitative social media comments are few and far between.  Check it out here

#HD09 19/10/2009

Hello Digital is back! Birmingham’s first digital festival returns this week with its one day Business Conference - 21st October 2009 @ Millennium Point. Want your business to be more competitive in this digital world? Then you can’t miss it.

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A sign of the digital times: Birmingham’s first Digital District 19/10/2009

A lot of background work has been going on over the last few months, ever since Cllr Paul Tilsley (Deputy Leader of Birmingham City Council and Chair of the Digital Birmingham Partnership) announced the creation of a Digital District in the heart of Birmingham. A previous blog detailed an event that happened on 14th October at Fazeley Studios, and as always at Digital Birmingham – we like to tell you how it went.

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Digital Birmingham is a Birmingham City Council initiative and part of a city wide strategic partnership of more than 40 public, private and voluntary organisations

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