Social Metrics: Social Media Analytics Tool

1. Social Metrics: Social Media Analytics Tool

2. This SocialMetrics review explores plugin and how it helps in tracking your social metrics from the convenience of your WordPress dashboard. Social Metrics is a social media monitoring tool for your WordPress blog. You can use it to track the blog’s performance on popular social networks. This is done by simply installing the plugin and start monitoring your blog’s social media metrics.

3.  Install the social metrics plugin. The first part of tracking your social metrics is to install the social metrics plugin that brings together all the graphs and stats that connect with your social media pages. This plugin is designed to easily consume information and convert it into stats. Log in to your WordPress dashboard and go to Plugins >Add New. Search for the social metrics plugin. You can then install and activate the plugin. There is also an option to download the zip file to your computer and upload the file to your dashboard.

4. Schedule a full sync On the left-hand side of the dashboard, you will see a tab called Social Metrics. Click on it to navigate to the primary social metrics page. Before accessing your social media statistics, you first have to sync the plugin with your website so that it can pull the shared data you have accumulated in the past. Click the Schedule Full Sync button. Since this process takes time, you can configure other settings as it runs in the background. Select Return to Social Metrics Dashboard button to start looking at your stats.

5. Configure the general options You can do this while the sync process goes on in the background. To configure some of the plugin’s primary settings and options; click on the configuration option underneath the social metrics tab. The first area will prompt you which post types you want to sync up and view social metrics for. You may choose other options but posts and pages are preferable. You may also select whether you would like to see a dashboard widget that displays a quick look at your social metrics. 

6. Start viewing your reports You can now see if the full site has synced completely. Click back on the social metrics tab and you will see the entire list of posts and pages that have social activity. This helps you to immediately view which of your posts are most popular. Scrolling down the colorful social score bar you’ll you will see the breakdown of which social media platforms have the majority of the shares for a particular post. It is a simple area that makes the discovery portion seamless.

7. Final Remarks The Social Metrics analytics tool has made it simple to manage your metrics compared to Google Analytics. Since the social media plays a great role in your site’s credibility and search engine rankings, it is wise to have it in your array of tools. What makes it wonderful is the dashboard preview. Don’t get worked up with clunky plugins that take time to understand. Other plugins are not as neat as Social Metrics. If you have any comment or question feel free to share with us.