From individual posts to developments in the conversation

A single post says little about how a conversation develops. With social listening, you look at posts over a longer period and from different online sources side by side.

This shows you which topics come back more often, when activity changes and how the tone around a topic shifts. Social media monitoring mainly shows which posts and mentions appear. With social listening, you examine how those posts are connected and which topics or changes are behind them.

Analyse change with social listening

A rise in the number of posts shows that something is happening, but not yet why. With a social listening tool, you combine different analyses to investigate that change further.

Look, for example, at which words, hashtags and phrases stand out and how positive, negative or neutral sentiment changes. EmotionAI adds specific emotions to that, such as frustration, appreciation, concern, joy and sarcasm. You can then see which posts and topics are contributing to the change.

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Analyse online conversations with these features

Trending topics

See which words, hashtags and phrases come back remarkably often.

Sentiment

Track how the balance of positive, negative and neutral posts changes.

EmotionAI

Discover which emotions are recognised in posts and how strong they are.

Alerts

Get notified of new posts or of configured changes in activity or sentiment.

Dashboards.
Dashboards and reports

Track developments over time and share results within your organisation.

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Get started with social listening

A social listening analysis starts with the question you want to answer. During a personal demo, we show you how to translate that question into a search query in Coosto Listen and how to analyse the results.

What can you expect?

Translating a research question into search terms and exclusions.

Defining and analysing online conversations.

Investigating topics, sentiment and emotions.

Tracking changes with alerts, dashboards and reports.

Examples of social listening for environmental analysis and crisis monitoring.

Frequently asked questions

  • What is social listening?

    Social listening is the structural tracking and analysis of online conversations about an organisation, topic or theme. You look not only at individual posts, but also at which topics keep coming back and how activity and sentiment change.

  • What does a social listening tool do?

    A social listening tool helps collect, search and analyse online posts. With Coosto Listen, for example, you can investigate which topics keep coming back, how sentiment changes and which emotions are recognised in posts.

  • What's the difference between social listening and social media monitoring?

    Social media monitoring mainly focuses on finding and tracking posts and mentions. With social listening, you further analyse those posts to recognise recurring topics and changes.

  • What's the difference between social listening and media monitoring?

    Media monitoring is about tracking posts and publications from different media sources. With social listening, you also examine how topics, activity and sentiment within those posts change.

  • Which sources can I analyse with social listening?

    With Coosto Listen, you can track posts from social media, online news media, blogs, forums and reviews, among others. The information available differs per source.

  • Can I analyse sentiment with social listening?

    Yes. In Coosto Listen, posts are classified as positive, negative or neutral. You can see how that balance changes and which posts contribute to a shift.

  • Can I use social listening for environmental analysis?

    Yes. You can track which topics are being discussed around your organisation and environment, and investigate how that conversation changes.

  • Can social listening help with crisis monitoring?

    Yes. With saved search queries and alerts, you can track changes in activity and sentiment. After a notification, you can see which posts are causing the change.

  • How do I get started with social listening?

    Start with the question you want to answer and determine which topics and search terms belong to it. In Coosto Listen, you translate that question into a search query and then analyse how the conversation develops.