econsultancy-measuring-social-media-impact-sept2012.pngWhile roughly three-quarters of companies agree that measuring the impact of social media activity is very important, more than 7 in 10 also agree that measuring the impact of social media marketing is very difficult. Indeed, just over one-third of companies report having clear objectives for their social media activity, and only a minority measure performance against social media objectives, according to [download page] a September 2012 report from Econsultancy, produced in partnership with Adobe.

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