Sociotoco Adds Social Search to BatchBlue's Social CRM
Monday, April 19, 2010 by Jurgen Appelo
Netherlands-based startup Sociotoco finds a business partner
in US-based BatchBlue Software.
BatchBlue
Software, provider of the BatchBook social CRM for small
business, has introduced the latest release of its flagship
software BatchBook. The release includes a new partner integration
with the API of Sociotoco, a social relationship management
agency. This integration allows users of BatchBook to easily search
and find social network accounts of their contacts, including
profiles on LinkedIn, Twitter and Flickr. The results are
automatically attached to the contact's social media
metadata.
"Small businesses thrive on personal connections," said
BatchBlue President Pamela O'Hara. "With the Sociotoco integration,
BatchBook just opened up so many more opportunities to make them
happen."
Within two days of BatchBlue's announcement, Sociotoco received
multiple information requests from other CRM vendors and
integrators, proving that social CRM is one of the hottest topics
in the CRM space this year.
"Most people just talk about social CRM and few actually
implement it," said Jurgen Appelo, Business Unit Manager of
Sociotoco. "BatchBlue proves that it is leading in the social CRM
space by integrating real-time social search capabilities into
their product. And they acknowledge that social media management is
such a volatile and dynamic business, that it is best to partner
with specialists who implement and monitor social network
connections on a daily basis."

(see the full press release here)