HootSuite Acquires UberVU

Social media management system HootSuite beefed up its analytics portfolio with its acquisition of social analytics solution uberVU. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. uberVU’s enterprise customers include 3M, NBC, Heinz, Fujitsu, SC Johnson, Getty Images, Indiegogo, and L’Occitane. The company said its technology allows brands to: Understand the social audience: Customers can quickly view analytics to understand the most effective ways of engaging with their audiences, including who the influencers are in relevant topics. Discover marketing insights: Customers can easily detect real-time spikes in sentiment, location, demographics, and identify top influencer mentions. Drive content marketing: Customers can identifying top trending stories and suggest relevant content to post directly to social media accounts. Streamline reporting: Customers can create custom reports using templates and drag-and-drop layouts that can be easily exported to share with others in the organization. HootSuite CEO Ryan Holmes said in a release announcing his company’s acquisition of uberVU: uberVU represents the next generation of analytics solutions, and brings with it a world-class product team. This acquisition brings together uberVU’s best-in-class analytics with HootSuite’s social engagement solution, getting us one step closer to our vision of a simple, scalable, and secure platform for a rapidly evolving social media landscape. Holmes added in a blog post: We’ve seen that single-purpose social media monitoring tools frustrate users by making it difficult to put data to use and turn insight into action. By bringing uberVU on board, HootSuite is adding powerful analytics capabilities to our battle-tested engagement platform. This is a direct response to feedback from HootSuite customers, and it has accelerated our existing analytics plan. uberVU helps businesses better understand their social audience by identifying key influencers on relevant topics, easily detecting real-time spikes in engagement (with insights on sentiment, location, and demographics), and highlighting important mentions. Customers also get a powerful content marketing tool that identifies trending stories and relevant content to post directly to social media accounts. To track results, customers can create custom reports using templates and drag-and-drop layouts. Effectively immediately, HootSuite is offering uberVU’s stand-alone social analytics product. Over the coming months, we will integrate uberVU’s technology and expertise with the HootSuite experience, enabling our users to make informed decisions across all their social media activities. HootSuite and uberVU celebrate this acquisition as an exciting new chapter for both organizations. Current enterprise customers of uberVU and HootSuite can contact their dedicated account managers for more information on this partnership. uberVU CEO Mark Pascarella said in the release: By joining HootSuite, we are realizing our vision to bring analytics to the front and center of the social business. This acquisition is a testament to the strength of our platform, and we are thrilled to be part of HootSuite’s exciting story. And uberVU added in a blog post: Over the coming months, we will be working to integrate uberVU’s technology and expertise with HootSuite’s social relationship solution. During that time, it’s business as usual for uberVU. All aspects of our platform will continue to be supported as a stand-alone solution.

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HootSuite Acquires UberVU

Social media management system HootSuite beefed up its analytics portfolio with its acquisition of social analytics solution uberVU.

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