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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    BuzzStream

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ABuzzstream is the eponymous SEO and influencer marketing platform from the Austin-based company of the same name.N/A

    General Sentiment (discontinued)

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AGeneral Sentiment was a social media monitoring and analytics company providing social data to help brands make decisions based on content from sources including blogs, forums, Twitter, Facebook, television and radio broadcasting. The system used natural language processing and text analytics for sentiment analysis. It is no longer available.N/A
    Pricing
    BuzzStreamGeneral Sentiment (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BuzzStreamGeneral Sentiment (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    BuzzStreamGeneral Sentiment (discontinued)
    SEO
    Comparison of SEO features of BuzzStream and General Sentiment (discontinued)
    Feature
    BuzzStream
    8.1
    17 Ratings
    5% above category average
    General Sentiment (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Keyword analysis9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Backlink management9.017 Ratings00 Ratings
    SERP ranking tracking8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Page grader9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Competitive analysis7.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Site audit / diagnostics7.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Site recommendations8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Task management8.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO Channels
    Comparison of SEO Channels features of BuzzStream and General Sentiment (discontinued)
    Feature
    BuzzStream
    8.5
    6 Ratings
    11% above category average
    General Sentiment (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Local SEO7.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social SEO9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile SEO9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Global SEO9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO Platform & Account Management
    Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of BuzzStream and General Sentiment (discontinued)
    Feature
    BuzzStream
    8.0
    11 Ratings
    5% below category average
    General Sentiment (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Multi-domain support8.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with web analytics tools8.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    BuzzStreamGeneral Sentiment (discontinued)
    Small Businesses
    Serpstat
    Score10 out of 10
    Mention
    Score8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Yoast
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Mention
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Google Trends
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Social Suite by Reputation.com
    Score9.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BuzzStreamGeneral Sentiment (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.6
    (18 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BuzzStreamGeneral Sentiment (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    BuzzStream
    BuzzStream works for anyone that is working in the SEO field! It has literally saved me hours of time and is my go-to tool for all link building needs. The speed that I'm able to research a site, save the key information and launch a pre-crafted email is head spinning (In a good way)! This is one of the SEO tools that I can't live without--it makes link building and link tracking a whole lot easier. BuzzStream likely wouldn't be a good fit for anyone that isn't particularly working in the SEO field. I can't imagine this would replace a dedicated email tracking system or be used to send email drips.
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    Determine what your research question or customer relations needs are to pick a tool that is a good match.
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    Pros
    BuzzStream
    • Communication Organization: It provides a simple communication format for even the most novice of users to understand. All messages are kept in nice order, even placed in folders if needed, to alleviate the pain of losing messages in normal email.
    • Locating Contact Information: I love that BuzzStream aids in finding additional contact information for people. From social accounts to other emails, we can make sure we reach out to people via the correct channels.
    • Building a Consistent Voice: BuzzStream allows you to save templates that have worked or failed when conducting outreach. These templates can have autofill parameters added to them and are accessible to all users.
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    • Using volume and association metrics to assess and predict trends and emerging topics
    • Use the articles metric to drill down into specific posts, such as tweets, Facebook, blog comments, news articles
    • General Sentiment has the ability to access password protected sites to access information that may not normally show up in standard internet searches
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    Cons
    BuzzStream
    • The search function needs to be more accurate in returning results when searching for existing prospects the platform only display exact match results - www.websitename.com vs websitename.com. In reality, the two websites are the same prospects.
    • Customer service assistance needs to be more instantaneous when seeking out help a response can take up to 24 hours.
    • Importing large CSV files of websites takes time as well.
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    • The application does take time to start gathering data on a specific topic. As such, its important to include as many keyword search topics as possible, and also be sure to refine them as you gather data.
    • The user interface isn't particularly intuitive, there is some work that could be done to streamline its use.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    BuzzStream
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Social media tools are constantly evolving. I would want to be sure that my research question was complimented by the metrics and options presented by the social media tool. General Sentiment is very useful and innovative and their customer service was excellent. Their sales and customer service team was very helpful in onboarding our staff and being flexible with our needs.
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    Usability
    BuzzStream
    Buzzstream is great to help identify sites to get links from, and it makes this process so efficient, easy and personal to all, the ones who are using it and the ones that are receiving. Flawless navigation, good outlook, 10/10!
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    Support Rating
    BuzzStream
    Support is one of the best aspects of BuzzStream. I know their support team is small and somehow they are able to get back to us right away in a super helpful, friendly fashion. I've had many questions - sometimes they release a new feature, sometimes a feature isn't working correctly and they are quick to answer but also help explain it in a way that makes sense.
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    Alternatives Considered
    BuzzStream
    BuzzStream stacks up quite well compared to its competitors. In particular, Hootsuite and HubSpot. BuzzStream has many of the same capabilities that its competitors do, at a fraction of the cost. We selected BuzzStream because it had a fairly flexible contract, and it was sufficient for our needs. It was a good intermediate-level tool.
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    Return on Investment
    BuzzStream
    • It's had a positive impact in keeping our entire agency organized. Especially when employees leave, all of their communication is in one place, so it's pretty easy to have someone take over the process.
    • You can test different messaging for prospects and then determine the most successful.
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    • Social media analytics can accelerate the speed with which researchers can investigate a topic of interest, at a lower cost.
    • Due to the low barrier to entry (e.g., most social media sites and blogs are free), data collection burden, as traditionally defined, is significantly reduced or eliminated. The absence of direct interactions between researchers and the study population may do more to mitigate sources of bias compared to other more intrusive forms of data collection (i.e., interviews, focus groups).
    • Used to to gather unstructured data and feedback from Medicare beneficiaries, caregivers, advocates, and other stakeholders to identify systemic issues that beneficiaries encounter.
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