Google Analytics can also help you track activity on your website, if that would be helpful. -- Christi Underdown, M.I.S. Asst. Cataloger The Center for Popular Music Murfreesboro, TN 37130 [log in to unmask] (615) 898-5511 http://popmusic.mtsu.edu/ http://twitter.com/center4popmusic "A man came upon a construction site where three people were working. He asked the first, "What are you doing?" and the man answered, "I am laying bricks." He asked the second, "What are you doing?" and the man answered, "I am building a wall." He walked up to the third man, who was humming a tune as he worked and asked, "What are you doing?" and the man stood up and smiled and said, "I am building a cathedral." - Retold in "The Six Stories You Need to Know How to Tell" by Annette Simmons Gayle wrote: > You might also want to sign up for SmartBrief. SmartBrief talks about > Social Media and frequently has tools one can use to guage things. > > http://www.smartbrief.com/socialmedia/ > > > Looking for a Job in the Arts? > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MuseJobs > > Tweetcha Later! > https://twitter.com/Indigo_Nights > > animated twitter button > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* "O'malley, Erin" <[log in to unmask]> > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Sent:* Tue, July 6, 2010 2:34:52 PM > *Subject:* Re: [MUSEUM-L] Social Media Stats > > Heather, > If you have a fan page on Face Book it will send you weekly updates > with some general tracking information (for example, number of posts > made on your page, new fans added, etc) As for twitter: there's > nothing that they put out to help you track information. For them I > would suggest keeping track of how many followers you get from week to > week. You can also keep track of how many of your tweets are being > retweeted and how many replies you're generating (conversations going > back and forth between you and your followers). With social media it's > all about the conversations being generated and how far your > information gets out on the net. So keeping tabs on how many different > places your information shows up is a great start. > > Erin O'Malley > Exhibit Designer > > -----Original Message----- > From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]>] On Behalf Of Heather Marie Wells > Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 11:21 AM > To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Social Media Stats > > Please excuse cross-postings. > > I know there have been discussions about this on several listservs and > I've looked through the archives of all of them to no avail. > > What stats are you keeping track of in regard to your social media > (specifically Facebook & Twitter)? > > We recently were granted access to Facebook and are trying to determine > what stats we should be gathering from it, which has also raised questions > in what stats we track for Twitter. > > Thanks for the advice, > Heather Marie > > Heather Marie Wells > Collections Assistant/Technology Coordinator > Shiloh Museum of Ozark History > Springdale, AR 72764 > Phone: (479) 750-8165 > > Website: http://www.springdalear.gov/shiloh/ > Twitter: http://twitter.com/ShilohMuseum > Podcast blog: http://www.shilohcast.blogspot.com/ > iTunes U: http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/shiloh.org > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at > http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . 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