For Technology Product Management & Marketing Professionals (Length: 13 pages)

July 10, 2009

When Looking For Product Insights, Not All Social Media Are Created Equal

The Choice Of Social Media Depends On The B2B Question Asked

This is the third document in the "Social Media And Requirements" series.

by Tom Grant, Ph.D.

with Peter Burris, Laura Ramos, Madiha Ashour


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

"Location" — the "L" in Forrester's PLOT method for applying social media to product management decision-making — deserves special attention. The landscape of social media is now so broad, the tools so varied, and the creation costs so (relatively) low that useful data can reside anywhere but often is not where you might expect it to be. The challenges of finding valuable product data go beyond simple questions of medium, such as wikis versus blogs, or forums versus social networking. Depending on the type of question, some social media outlets will be good places to look for answers — and others far less useful or reliable.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemProduct Managers Need A Social Media Map

itemWhich Aspect Of The Product Requirements Are We Talking About?

itemIs The Issue Product-Centric Or Problem-Centric?

itemDo We Need Aggregate Information, In-Depth Information, Or Both?

itemWho's The User?

itemWhat's The User's Interest In Social Media?

WHAT IT MEANS

itemProduct Managers Need To Build Active And Passive Social Media Sensors

itemSupplemental Material

Forrester interviewed 17 technology vendors currently using social media to inform decisions about products and services.

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Analyst: Tom Grant, Ph.D.
Technology: Application Development, Application Development Processes & Tools, B2B Sales & Marketing, Customer Experience, eBusiness/eCommerce, Social Computing & Web 2.0, Tech Product Management
Industry: Business-To-Business eCommerce, Computer Software Industry, High-Tech
Geography: Asia Pacific, Europe, North America

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