“Without monitoring conversations on the Web, you won’t know who’s talking about your brand and your products or services, and what the positive and negative sentiments are about them,” says Davenport. “You won’t know how influential a particular praising or criticizing customer is. You won’t be able to compare different brand messages, commercial videos, etc. and see what the quick reaction is to them. In short, you’re missing a lot of marketing opportunity.” In the survey, there was a small group of companies — just 12% — who described themselves as effective users. This group comprised a kind.
