Radian6 and Deep Focus Partner for MSN Oscar Coverage
By Rob Begg
Thursday, March 4, 2010 | 1 Comment
Tags: Academy Awards, Deep Focus, MSN, radian6, Social Media
Posted in: Social Media, Social Media News
This year’s Oscars have been an active topic on social networks even before the nominees were announced on February 2nd. With high-profile nominees such as Avatar and Meryl Streep up against breakout contenders such as The Hurt Locker and Gabourey Sidibe, there is no shortage of opinion and posts.
MSN.com has created a destination for [...]
Radian6’s Social Media Monitoring Platform Now Tracks Google Buzz
By Chris Newton
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 | 24 Comments
Tags: Google Buzz, Radian6 platform
Posted in: Announcements, Platform, Social Media News
Less than a week ago Google launched Google Buzz. We have been tracking its adoption this past week, and we believe it has already become an important platform for brands to use to listen and engage with their constituency.
Just two days after the launch, Google reported on their blog that there were over nine million [...]
Microsoft And Radian6: Tools, Analytics, and Strategy
Monday, October 5, 2009 | 2 Comments
Tags: Marketing, Microsoft, radian6, Social Media
Posted in: Clients & Customers, Listening, News, Social Media Monitoring, Social Media News, Technology
We’re so excited to announce that Microsoft has selected Radian6 as a social media monitoring tool supporting their Central Marketing Group. As a brand that is mentioned in 6% of all online postings per month, Microsoft has been paying close attention to user generated content for several years. Particularly to listening to and understanding [...]
The very cool week that was
By David Alston
Friday, September 18, 2009 | 1 Comment
Posted in: Community, Listening, Platform, Social Media, Social Media Monitoring, Social Media News, Technology
MTV VMAs on Sunday
First off was the amazing MTV Video Music Awards held on Sunday night. We had a chance to work with some great folks at MTV, Twitter and Stamen on a twitter visualization application that was used during the pre and post-show roundups. MTV was kind enough to share the [...]
@DavidAlston – Get Your (Johnny) Cache On!
By Marcel LeBrun
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 | 5 Comments
Posted in: Features, Social Media News
One of the characteristics that I admire most in people is initiative & proactivity – people who are always moving the yard sticks & getting things done. Be careful, however, when you ask something of @davidalston because this guy can execute faster than you can think. Seriously.
So last night we were talking about some [...]
Ready for 2009
By David Alston
Monday, January 19, 2009 | 8 Comments
Posted in: Social Media Monitoring, Social Media News
We’re more than pleased today to announce that we have recently closed our series B financing round, completed in December, of just over $6.5M. This joins with our additional exciting news that Radian6 will also receive up to $2.9M from the Atlantic Innovation Fund which we will use to accelerate R&D in the social media [...]
Warren Sukernek – Our new Director of Content Marketing
By David Alston
Friday, January 16, 2009 | 4 Comments
Posted in: Marketing, Social Media News
Well, it’s Friday again, so why not announce another rockstar joining the Radian6 team. If you remember, it was just one week ago that we announced that Amber Naslund would be joining us as our Director of Community. This week we are thrilled to announce that social media marketer, Warren Sukernek, @warrenss, will be joining [...]
Social Media Leader Series – Rohit Bhargava
By David Alston
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 | 3 Comments
Posted in: Marketing, Social Media Leader Series, Social Media News, Twebinar
Rohit is able to share wonderful stories on why companies need to be taking social media seriously. His book, Personality Not Included, is packed full of them. And he’s also a great speaker, having kicked off the conference using a very interactive and engaging style. A very social media friendly style. Here’s my interview with [...]
Social Media Leader Series – Chris Brogan
By David Alston
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 | 2 Comments
Posted in: Marketing, Social Media Leader Series, Social Media News
As many of you already know Chris knows a lot about the power of social media. He’s living proof, as the Chris Brogan brand was built on a solid foundation of online word of mouth. And not only is he infinitely knowledgeable but he’s also a hell of a nice guy. Here’s my interview [...]
Amber Naslund is Radian6’s new Director of Community
By David Alston
Saturday, January 10, 2009 | 11 Comments
Posted in: Social Media Monitoring, Social Media News
(photo: Amber Naslund, @ambercadabra – photo by David Alston)
To say we are excited about Amber joining us would be an understatement. Please read on.
It was just before Christmas when we decided to post two new roles at Radian6, with one focused on community outreach. The interest in the role was tremendous (thanks to all [...]

