Non-stop innovation!
March 21, 2013

Non-stop innovation!

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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.
Khoros is innovating. All the time. They don't stop. For us, that was a huge value because we knew that Khoros has great visionary leadership and an exceptional execution team that was focused on pushing the boundaries of what's possible in the social space. If a brand wants to be innovative in social, they have to work with an innovative SMMS vendor.

Using Khoros Marketing (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)

10 - 
  • 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
Khoros was our original choice because we knew we couldn't outgrow it. We enjoy the relationship we have with the company and are looking forward to more innovation from them in the future.

Evaluating Khoros Marketing (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium) and Competitors

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Khoros Marketing (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium) Implementation

Khoros Marketing (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium) Training

  • Online training
  • In-person training
  • Self-taught
It was an intimate and personal meeting and the trainer was exceptionally patient. This was an amazing experience for our higher ups.
it is important to note that my perspective is not necessarily common - I'm a geek/nerd/poweruser in general, so I found the online resources to be more than adequate (and often very aesthetically pleasing, too). That said, a less "geeky" person might struggle a bit.
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

Outstanding. Really. I developed genuine relationships with the support staff and felt they treated us with the utmost care and had a true desire to help. Couldn't ask for more than that!

Using Khoros Marketing (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)

Integrating Khoros Marketing (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)

  • Salesforce.com
  • Email vendor(s)

Khoros Marketing (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium) Reliability

Occasionally it was buggy, especially early in our relationship. But again - support is excellent.
No one can get a perfect 10 on this, but the support is EXCELLENT and downtime is extraordinarily rare.