One of the requirements of a true Social CRM system is the ability to do social lead generation.  While traditional lead generation can take a variety of forms  (marketing campaigns, purchasing lists, etc.), Social lead generation involves utilizing social networks to get better targeted leads.  This can take many forms:

  • Targeted Facebook ads
  • Searching for users who trend in certain relevant Twitter hashtags to gain profile data
  • Automatically finding discussion forum threads that match specific keyword criteria

These are just a few.  What do you see as the lead generation techniques of Social CRM?  Post a comment or email me at crmbytes at gmail dot com.  I’ll expound on some of the best answers in a future post.

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