Non-stop innovation!
March 21, 2013
Non-stop innovation!

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Khoros Marketing (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
- Workflows and auditing: Khoros allowed me to see how often my community manager was posting, how often she was creating content that was engaging, and what the best times for her to post were. I could add an intern to an approval path so that her posts weren't published without being vetted by a senior employee. I could assign replies to Khoros users with due dates -- and then measure how often they replied on time. Everything that takes place within Khoros has an audit trail -- I could see who edited what and when, who highlighted what for whom, and so on.
- Through the platform, you can measure reach of social campaigns, manage social CRM, tag content for R&D, and even pull in your Google Analytics stats to create a more complete view of what you're doing online.
- Security -- for a national brand like Jason's, it's really important for us to keep our Twitter and Facebook logins private instead of sharing them with multiple users. Because of the way Khoros works, you can grant access in a LOT of really customized ways without ever giving up logins or passwords (e.g., granting access to Twitter but not Facebook, or to just one Facebook page even if you have 200 of them). When someone leaves the company, you simply turn off access. No need to change all of your credentials.
- I do wish there had been a seamless way to integrate email marketing stats into the social CRM piece and the analytics.
- Reduction in customer service and marketing overhead, increase in customer frequency, among others.
Radian6 was on the short list because of our relationship with Salesforce.com. However, we evaluated over 20 other social media management systems before choosing Khoros. No one else offered the workflows, audit trails, and permissions-based system we needed to scale our social efforts across the company in an intelligent way. In other words, no other systems were close to Khoros in terms of being truly enterprise-ready.
Using Khoros Marketing (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
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- Marketing
- Sales
- Customer service
- R&D
- Measurement and reporting
- Workflows and auditing
- Allows a company to see what's possible in the social landscape
- Publishing and listening at scale
Evaluating Khoros Marketing (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium) and Competitors
We switched from using HootSuite's paid model.
Khoros Marketing (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium) Implementation
- Implemented in-house
Khoros Marketing (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium) Training
- Online training
- In-person training
- Self-taught
It was easy for me because, again, I'm a geek. For others, I'd recommend joining Khoros's webinars for ongoing training.
Khoros Marketing (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium) Support
Using Khoros Marketing (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
Integrating Khoros Marketing (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
- Salesforce.com
- Email vendor(s)