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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Shoutlet (Discontinued)

    Score2 out of 10
    N/AShoutlet is a cloud-based social relationship platform that enables marketers to publish, engage and measure social marketing campaigns and activities on social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Foursquare, Google+, and YouTube. The product’s focus is on quantifying return on social, integrating social data into business and scaling social across the enterprise. Features include tools for social CRM, creative design, social listening, ads, workflow management, contest design…N/A

    SOCi

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ASOCi, including the former Brandify (acquired July 2021) presents a range of local marketing solutions, such as store locators, local SEO driven landing pages, local advertising, and brand reputation management.N/A
    Pricing
    Shoutlet (Discontinued)SOCi
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Shoutlet (Discontinued)SOCi
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Shoutlet (Discontinued)SOCi
    Considered Both Products
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    No answer on this topic
    SOCi, Inc
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    88%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    Shoutlet (Discontinued)SOCi
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Shoutlet (Discontinued) and SOCi
    Feature
    Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    4% above category average
    SOCi
    -
    Ratings
    Filtering out noise/spam8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of Shoutlet (Discontinued) and SOCi
    Feature
    Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    8.3
    1 Ratings
    2% above category average
    SOCi
    -
    Ratings
    Content planning and scheduling8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audience targeting8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of Shoutlet (Discontinued) and SOCi
    Feature
    Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    10% above category average
    SOCi
    -
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    Automated routing and prioritization9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of Shoutlet (Discontinued) and SOCi
    Feature
    Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    8.7
    1 Ratings
    12% above category average
    SOCi
    -
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    Lead generation8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content marketing9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaigns and promotions9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Shoutlet (Discontinued) and SOCi
    Feature
    Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    8% above category average
    SOCi
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    Ratings
    Twitter9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Facebook9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    LinkedIn9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Google+9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Shoutlet (Discontinued) and SOCi
    Feature
    Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    7.7
    1 Ratings
    0% below category average
    SOCi
    -
    Ratings
    Campaign success analytics8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Real-time tracking8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Competitor analysis7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Shoutlet (Discontinued)SOCi
    Small Businesses
    Sendible
    Score7.2 out of 10
    Google Business Profile
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Emplifi
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Google Business Profile
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Score8.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Shoutlet (Discontinued)SOCi
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (25 ratings)
    8.4
    (8 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    1.3
    (24 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.7
    (4 ratings)
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    Availability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Shoutlet (Discontinued)SOCi
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    I think Shoutlet is an excellent tool for any mid-sized to larger company looking to improve their social strategy. While it does have some minor improvements that can be made, it's overall an impressive way to mass post to multiple networks and interact and engage with your followers in the social space. I feel at this time that a smaller company could probably benefit from a lesser in-depth version of this tool at this time
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    SOCi, Inc
    SOCi is a fantastic tool for a franchise business because it provides the ability to post in bulk while also posting localized content. So, you can share the same basic content across all of your locations, but SOCi's tagging system inserts a location's phone number or website for each individual location. This helps create a localized feel and personalized touch -- but you only schedule one post, making it easy and efficient to localize content in mass posting. This principle applies to paid ads as well. Because of these features, SOCi may not be the best platform for companies with just one location
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    Pros
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • The ability to manage and publish to various social accounts from one platform. This feature helped us to have a cohesive social strategy and saved us a lot of time having to go back and forth between accounts.
    • The module that allowed us to build contests and custom landing pages was perhaps my favorite part. For the contests, it proved to be ultra convenient to be able to build, host and run social promotions through the same platform that housed our social accounts and lists. From a landing-page-design standpoint, it was also wonderful and time-effective for each individual department to be able to build professional and dynamic pages themselves rather than tasking it to our web designers who really didn't have the time.
    • I was also very pleased with the customer service we received from the Shoulet team. From the original demo, to the training sessions, all the way through to back-end service maintenance, everyone we dealt with was available, accommodating and friendly. Not entirely common in this day in age.
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    SOCi, Inc
    • Firstly, as a user of Brandify, I am really fond of their after-sales support services because as a user these services matter a lot.
    • Brandify has made the work so much easier as it avoids spending time looking for better options.
    • It is very helpful platform for the growth of a company.
    • Its analysis helps us in foreseeing situations that can be either good or bad and ensure that we think of a possible solution.
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    Cons
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • I would like to see Shoutlet improve the usability of their "Shoutlet Profiles" module. It has improved over time, but I would like to see more individual user metrics such as affinity, time spent engaged per user, and monthly interactions by user.
    • I would also like to see Shoutlet redesign their "manage urls" module and URL shortener. The shortener works well, but I would like the interface to be more user friendly, and be able to access it throughout the rest of the tool. Perhaps in a slide out drawer.
    • Unfortunately, Shoutlet does not offer a Pin scheduling tool at this time. This would be a HUGE asset for them to have.
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    SOCi, Inc
    • Their analytics are sub-par to other tools that I use.
    • Their website can be a little clunky until you learn to navigate it.
    • It takes a long time to be fully on-boarded and running on the platform with all information syncing together.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    While I do not have direct control over the renewal of our contract, I am definitely lobbying to not only renew the contract, but expand our contract with Shoutlet to include more of our company's accounts in our Shoutlet account for the many reasons already stated. By pulling all of our accounts, pages and platforms into one media management tool, we'll be able to better serve our fans, members, patients and employees. It will cut down time it takes for us to post across our entire company's breadth of social media options while sharing more easily between locations and entities. For medium and large scale enterprises, Shoutlet is hard to beat.
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    SOCi, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    While some things do require a little training, a quick phone training session or reading an online guide usually suffices. I've never needed multiple training sessions for any part of Shoutlet. As someone with very little coding/programming background (read: absolutely none), I am always able to accomplish what is needed without feeling over my head or needing help.
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    SOCi, Inc
    There are some aspects of the scheduling of posts that could be more user friendly for the less tech-savvy users.
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    Performance
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    In general, the software works really well. I get weird errors for time to time. Tech Therapy does a great job helping when things go awry
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    SOCi, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    I feel that the level of support I get from Shoutlet is far beyond the level of support I've received from other companies in a variety of services. It would be nice to have a regular update from Tech Therapy that lists out any potential bugs they're working to fix for the various browsers they support. Sometimes I wonder if I'm experiencing an issue simply because I use Firefox vs. Chrome.
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    SOCi, Inc
    We have not had to contact support so there is nothing to say in response to this question. We are sure that if we needed to contact them we would be able to get any issues resolved quickly
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    Alternatives Considered
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Shoutlet is infinitely more advanced than SocialMadeSimple. It is a much more complex and in-depth platform. We actually changed to SocialMadeSimple after Shoutlet and I miss how easy to use and advanced it was in comparison. It was a money decision but if they were the same price, I would absolutely insist we go back
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    SOCi, Inc
    Soci is a lot better. It’s more user friendly and it makes better for one platform to have all my accounts on
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    Return on Investment
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • Allows our small staff to provide our clients with world-class service and data.
    • Exponentially improved fan base expansion for our clients.
    • Rapid response for customer service issues for clients - allowing us to help our clients prevent their social media presence from becoming the Complaint Department, rather a true community of fans and supporters of a brand.
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    SOCi, Inc
    • Brandify allows us to analyze the reputation of the business and how happy our customers are with us.
    • It is a affordable local marketing software.
    • It has reliable and efficient support.
    Incentivized
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