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Black Friday Research

FAIRFAX, Va., Nov. 29, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — Which stores were most talked about on Twitter leading up to Black Friday? To find out, E.Life, a social media monitoring and analysis vendor, used its Tweetmeter software to track nine of the top retail brands from November 18 through November 25. More than 281,000 tweets were analyzed.

Walmart Gets Most Tweets for Black Friday, Followed by Best Buy, Macy’s, Target and Sears

Fairfax, VA (November 26, 2010)―Which stores were most talked about on Twitter leading up to Black Friday? To find out, E.Life, a social media monitoring and analysis vendor, used its Tweetmeter software to track nine of the top retail brands from November 18 through November 25. More than 281 thousand tweets were analyzed. The results show that the most-mentioned store was Walmart, with 156000 tweets over the one-week period. Walmart received more than twice as many tweets as any of the other brands that were monitored, demonstrating how extensively the brand has permeated the retail landscape around the world. Best Buy and Macy’s were closely tied for second place, with 47552 and 41950 tweets respectively. Of the nine brands, J.C. Penney’s received the fewest tweets, with just 202 people tweeting about the brand.

Other findings include:

  • The hottest topic relating to Best Buy was the promotion with Nicki Minaj relating to her Pink Friday album; the second most popular was job postings.
  • With regard to Target, the most popular was an often-retweeted joke from Gary Busey: “While you’re all in line at Target at 4am, I’m gonna be robbing your houses to get my own #Blackfriday deals.”
  • The Macy’s parade is still a huge crowd-pleaser and an important part of Thanksgiving for many people.
  • RadioShack’s #Shackfriday tag did not catch on with tweeters, and a number of people complained about a glitch in one of the company’s Foursquare badges. But people were excited about buying Android products there.
  • Sears being open on Thanksgiving was tweeted about a lot, as was their LG Cooking giveaway.
  • Kohl’s 3am opening on Black Friday was a popular topic of discussion, with some people saying it was crazy and others planning to be there. Kohl’s use of Twitter to recruit for jobs was also a popular topic, and the joke “My family can’t afford the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade so we’re watching the Kohl’s parade” was often retweeted.

The following retail store brands were tracked: Best Buy, J.C. Penney, Kohl’s, Macy’s, Radio Shack, Sears, Target, Toys R Us, Walmart. The full results are published in a PowerPoint presentation at http://www.slideshare.net/ElifeUS.
The monitoring was accomplished using E.Life’s social media and monitoring software, Tweetmeter. Tweetmeter tracks and stores all tweets that mention a specific brand or phrase. The software analyzes the tweets and provides 16 reports that help brand managers understand how consumers are engaging with their brand, determine the best ways to respond, and report on the success of their social media initiatives. The reports track phrases mentioned in conjunction with the brand, hashtags, positive vs. negative tweets, influencers, re-tweets, trends, and tweets by time of day. A free 14-day trial of Tweetmeter is available at www.elifemonitor.com.

About E.Life
E.Life (www.elifemonitor.com) is a social media monitoring and analysis vendor that provides social media marketing managers with the information they need to monitor, measure, and report on the success of their social media initiatives. The company’s flagship product, Tweetmeter, monitors Twitter for tweets about a brand – or the brand’s competitors – in any language and any country. Founded in 2004, the company is active in six countries, including the United States, Brazil, Germany and the United Kingdom.

Contact: Georgia Ferretti, E.Life Monitor, georgiaferretti@elifemonitor.com, +1 703-537-9394


Halloween Research

FAIRFAX, Va., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ — What candy brands are being talked about on Twitter in the week leading up to Halloween? E.Life, a social media monitoring and analysis vendor, tracked 11 top candy brands from October 20 to October 27 to find out. The results show that the most-mentioned candy was Snickers, with 5303 tweets over the one-week period. Candy corn came in second, with 4592 tweets. Hershey’s was third, with 3591 mentions. 100 Grand received the fewest tweets, with just 46 people tweeting about the brand.

Snickers Gets Most Tweets for Halloween, Followed by Candy Corn, Hershey’s, Reese’s and Twix

Fairfax, VA (October 29, 2010)―What candy brands are being talked about on Twitter in the week leading up to Halloween? E.Life, a social media monitoring and analysis vendor, tracked 11 top candy brands from October 20 to October 27 to find out. The results show that the most-mentioned candy was Snickers, with 5303 tweets over the one-week period. Candy corn came in second, with 4592 tweets. Hershey’s was third, with 3591 mentions. 100 Grand received the fewest tweets, with just 46 people tweeting about the brand.

Other findings include:

  • Snickers was often mentioned in relation to a Halloween-themed commercial, which was tagged by hundreds of people as #creepy. Twix commercials were also discussed often, with comments from a number of women who said they promote cheating and lying.
  • Justin Bieber’s fondness for Twix makes #bieberfact the third most common hashtag for Twix.
  • Hershey’s Kisses are mentioned more than twice as many times as Hershey Bars.

The following brands were tracked: Snickers, Hershey, Reese’s, Twix, Milky Way, Kit Kat, Butterfinger, Nestle Crunch, 3 Musketeers, and 100 Grand. The phrase “candy corn” was included, even though it does not refer to a specific brand, because it consistently appears in Google’s top search phrases relating to Halloween.

The full results are published in a PowerPoint presentation at http://www.slideshare.net/ElifeUS

The monitoring was accomplished using E.Life’s social media and monitoring software, Tweetmeter. Tweetmeter tracks and stores all tweets that mention a specific brand or phrase. The software analyzes the tweets and provides 16 reports that help brand managers understand how consumers are engaging with their brand, determine the best ways to respond, and report on the success of their social media initiatives. The reports track phrases mentioned in conjunction with the brand, hashtags, positive vs. negative tweets, influencers, re-tweets, trends, and tweets by time of day. A free 14-day trial of Tweetmeter is available at www.elifemonitor.com.

About E.Life
E.Life (www.elifemonitor.com) is a social media monitoring and analysis vendor that provides social media marketing managers with the information they need to monitor, measure, and report on the success of their social media initiatives. The company’s flagship product, Tweetmeter, monitors Twitter for tweets about a brand – or the brand’s competitors – in any language and any country. Founded in 2004, the company is active in six countries, including the United States, Brazil, Germany and the United Kingdom.

Contact: Georgia Ferretti, E.Life Monitor, georgiaferretti@elifemonitor.com, +1 703-537-9394

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