Social media marketing is the process of gaining website traffic or attention through social media sites. Social media marketing programs usually center on efforts to create content that attracts attention and encourages readers to share it across their social networks. The resulting electronic word of mouth (eWoM) refers to any statement consumers share via the Internet (e.g., web sites, social networks, instant messages, news feeds) about an event, product, service, brand or company. When the underlying message spreads from user to user and presumably resonates because it appears to come from a trusted, third-party source, as opposed to the brand or company itself, this form of marketing results in earned media rather than paid media. Table of Contents: Opening Words 6 Why Social Media and Business Intelligence? 6 Maturity 6 Cost & variety 6 User Friendly 6 Integration 7 The Time is Now 7 Preface: Social Media and Business Intelligence 8 1 Introduction 9 2 What is 'Out' in Social Media and what is 'In' 12 3 The 5 Pillars Of Social Media and Business Intelligence 14 3.1 Top CRM Vendors 2012 (via CIO Magazine): 18 Biggest Companies in Marketing Management and Automation: 18 3.3 Top Business Intelligence Products: 21 4 The 7 Key Reasons You Need Social Media And Enterprise Marketing 24 5 8 Key Social Media Metrics and Their Actionable Responses 28 6 The Nine Step Enterprise And Social Media Marketing Work Flow 31 7 Linking Enterprise Marketing To Internal Business Processes 35 8 7 Social Media Metrics That Drive Industry Development 39 9 Test The Social Media/Enterprise Marketing Waters For Free 41 10 Available Solutions and 17 Essential Questions to ask a potential vendor 50 11 Index - 5 Pillars, Top 5 White Papers on SMBI 54 12 About the author 55