Negative reviews are a golden opportunity to improve your brand reputation. Respond with understanding, show empathy and try to straighten out any mix-ups. It lets you show the entire world how solution-driven and helpful you are. Positive reviews, on the other hand, are perfect for responses as well. Thank your customers for a compliment, or for the simple fact they took the effort to share their opinion.

No matter your response: from now on, it's possible in Coosto. Easily connect your Google My Business account, and all (new) Google reviews will automatically be imported in Coosto so you can start engaging right away!

Instagram Direct Publishing has been one of the most wanted Coosto features for years now. This means we were prepared for the application, and we realized the integration immediately after the Instagram announcement.

Get more results with social media and save more valuable time with Coosto. We're now one of the only tools that support direct publishing for 6 major social media platforms: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, Twitter and Pinterest. 

Are you curious about Coosto or do you want more information about this feature? Contact us.

At the beginning of this year, the Coosto Hackathon took place. It’s the day on which we challenge colleagues to work in groups with a self-conceived creative or innovative concept. Due to the corona measures, it was a remote edition this time, but that did not spoil the fun. "It was different, but just as good."

So says Stan Ansems, one of the winners this year. Together with Jose Camara, Wesley van der Sanden, Francisco Soler and Daniel Garibaldi, he came up with the Happier app. This year's theme was "supporting our local community". How can we help people with a creative concept in these difficult times?

The concept

The intention of the Hackathon is to present a working concept in just one working day. Not an easy challenge, but with all available knowledge within Coosto, it always works. “It's a short timeframe and that makes it fun. It doesn't have to be perfect, of course, so you can try things out. Of course you want to present something good at the end of the day. I must say, all groups always manage to do that ” Ansems says.

Because we had to work via Zoom this year, certain processes went slightly differently than usual. “To be very honest, we contacted each other the day before to discuss some things. All by the book of course, we didn't cheat haha. Ultimately, I think that we have been able to achieve something pretty cool with our team. ”

Happier

And that is the Happier app. Now that we have to stay at home, happiness is no longer self-evident. And it is so important to be happy. You live longer, you are healthier, you are more successful and you can maintain relationships better. Happier is designed to bring a little bit of happiness to your own life or to someone else’s.

Beautiful words from friends and family, love and of course cat videos, just a few examples that make us happy as humans. In Happier, you can choose what makes you happy to get a matching surprise every day. Also, there is the option to send a dose of happiness to your friends and family.

Good atmosphere

The Coosto Hackathon is about coming up with a concept, but that's not most important. It is, above all, a fun event for Coosto employees. “You get to know colleagues in a different way. Normally you talk to each other mainly for business purposes and at the Hackathon it is way more informal. We even had a great time via Zoom.”

The fact that the Hackathon is only accessible to techs is not entirely true, according to Stan. “It is of course an event where the technical side comes into play, but it is accessible to everyone,” says Ansems enthusiastically. “Colleagues from the business side bring back very creative ideas and look at the process from a completely different perspective. That is a perfect addition to the technical people. That is why this is such a fun event for everyone at Coosto.”

Coosto Catransfer

The creators of "Happier" eventually took the win, but the other two concepts were also of a high level. There was the idea of Coosto Catransfer, for instance. A kind of WeTransfer in Coosto to provide your friends with their daily portion of cat content. With Catransfer you can multi-upload up to millions of photos and videos in Coosto and secure them with a password. Then you create a link and you can share it with your friends. They can log in with the password and get their daily shot of cat videos or photos.

Why is that such a good idea? The makers, Rob de Wit, Jake van der Putten and Bas Hulsbosch, have an answer to that. “It's super simple and super-fast. You can upload as many photos and videos as you want. And why cats? Well... obviously, they are much nicer than dogs. As soon as you try to upload dog content, the app crashes haha. ”

Digi-tea

Now that the local bridge club is no longer allowed to come together and to drink a nice cup of tea, the Digi-tea app offers the solution. An application aimed at the elderly to chat online while enjoying a drink. The appearance of the app looks like you have been shot back in time and that is exactly what the creators, Freek Maes, Freek van Gorkum, Pim Schreurs and Cheryl Meredith, wanted.

“We have created an environment that does not feel too young for the elderly. We have also kept it as simple as possible. People fill in their name, age and hobbies and then they get connected with someone else based on those facets. This way they can have a nice chat with someone and they combat loneliness ”, the creators say in their presentation.

Together we make Coosto better

After this special edition of the Hackathon, we are fully charged with new inspiration for product improvements in 2021. Are you a Coosto user and would you like to contribute ideas about innovations in the tool you use every day? You can. Submit your ideas via the feedback button in Coosto, or vote for existing ideas.

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It's completely understandable that we often get the question what makes us unique. We think the best way to show this, is by telling you why our most satisfied customers continue to opt for Coosto with great conviction.

1. Market-leading software

Over 1600 organizations in 15 countries are daily using Coosto to manage their social and online media. Our extensive experience with thousands of users means that we precisely know what works and what doesn't, and we use this knowledge to further develop our platform.

2. Quality assurance

Our platform sets the very highest of quality standards. Guaranteed 24/7, in writing.

3. Result driven

Our platform is carefully built for your marketing and communication goals. In practice, this means you will achieve better results in less time using Coosto. Whether you want increasing conversions from social media content, a higher customer satisfaction, a better brand reputation or higher reach: with Coosto, it's all within reach.

4. World-class assistance

A team of Customer Success Managers and analysts is always by your side to help you achieve your goals.

5. Dutch quality

Our customers appreciate the fact that they can rely on a solid product of Dutch origin.

6. Unique features

As a Coosto user, you have a whole range of unique features at your disposal. For one, Coosto is the only platform in the world that doesn't only monitor messages in which your brand name is mentioned, but also all comments on those messages. This gives you a 40% more comprehensive picture of the buzz surrounding your brand.

7. Multilingual support

No automated menus or hassle. By phone, chat or mail: our multilingual support team will answer any question you might have in no time.

8. Partnerships and integrations

Coosto can be seamlessly integrated with Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, CM.com, Belga.press and many more. Take a look at all of our integrations.

9. Feedback platform

We value your ideas, and use your feedback to further develop our platform. You can track our progress in the transparent Feedback platform.

10. Data protection and Privacy

Security and privacy officers guarantee the integrity of data. All Coosto data centers are based in the European Union, and all software is assessed based on applicable rules and standards. Coosto is ISO27001 certified.

The Coosto Hackathon is a yearly internal event, in which we challenge our colleagues to work on their own creative and innovative ideas. The most important precondition: you have to present the fully-fledged and worked out idea within one day to the rest of the company.

An event like the Hackathon helps Coosto to remain creative and renewing. It is the perfect occasion to think outside the box and maybe find new usable features for our product. Let’s call it a training in innovation.

Coosto + 1

No time to lose, we had to get right to it. The theme of this year’s Hackathon was called ‘Coosto + 1’, which meant we had to think of an idea that contained a combination of Coosto and a concept, feature or idea of another tool or app.

A variety of 8 interesting projects, worked out by a total of 33 colleagues, emerged from this theme. The ideas in a nutshell:

Tinder-like message approval

What would you get if you’d combine Coosto with the swipiness of an app like Tinder? This project decided to find out an presented a working prototype. A simple swipe gesture to the left or right would allow you to handle messages in Engage.

Did you know...

...the search helper in Coosto Listen derives from the winning project of the 2017 edition of the Coosto Hackathon?

Coosto Cards

This group presented a feature that was copied off the filters of Google Cards. Instead of setting general filters, you would be able to set Coosto filters in the search results. This would mean you can exclude the language, author and/or topic in every search result.

Coosto Periscope

Do you remember Microsoft’s Clippy? Why wouldn’t we try implement the little assistant in a Coosto theme? The goal of this project was to help customers directly in the tool, without having to navigate to the Support Center.

Lunch platform

This project didn’t find its inspiration in the product of Coosto, but in the internal lunch. They came up with a platform on which employees could make food suggestions and manage their attendance. This would help our lunch staff to prepare the right amount of food and stop waste.

Coosto LMS

This team came up with an idea to make a Coosto training more interactive. They set up a Learning Management System; one interface for all training information, using quizzes and tasks to assess whether a trainee masters Coosto sufficiently.

The podium

No hackathon without winners. A skilled jury chose the 3 best projects at the end of a great, tiring day.

Bronze: Coosto Loyalty

What if the daily use of Coosto would challenge you a little bit more? Let’s make a game out of it, this group imagined. By analyzing data in Listen, handling conversations in Engage en scheduling posts in Publish, you would earn points and badges. This would start a competition with your colleagues for the funniest and most legendary badges. Who gets the top spot in the leaderboard?

Silver: Coosto Break

A mini-game in Coosto. Fun, but what’s the point of it? This team had the answer: “Break stuff and recharge!” Every Coosto user who wants to express their frustrations after the umpteenth complaint of their customers, would have to start this game. Press a button and use a mouse to drag all Coosto elements to the edge of a screen and demolish them one by one. Wow, that’s a relief. You’re fully recharged to yet again be sympathetic to your customers.

Gold: Coosto Assistant

The winners presented an impressive piece of ‘Coosto + 1’, according to the jury. Their starting point: managers want to be up-to-date with their brand’s latest social media statistics fast and easily. That is why this project combined the intelligence of Google Assistant with the power of Coosto. No need to log in to Coosto, just ask your Google Assistant for the current situation on your smartphone or smartwatch. Coosto would push the data and Google would read your statistics aloud. An almost flawless demo showed it can be done!

Let’s make Coosto even better

There’s that. After this Hackathon we’re fully recharged with new inspiration for product improvements in 2020. Do you as a Coosto user have your own innovative feature requests? Please, share them with us. Hit the Feedback button in Coosto to submit your idea or vote for existing ideas.

Here’s to a beautiful and innovative 2020!

Coosto is active in a constantly changing world. Various stakeholders (customers, interest groups, social media partners, governments etc.), with often conflicting interests, play an important role in this. As Coosto, we pursue a policy based on ethical considerations, against a background of greatly increased attention to privacy.

Despite all the measures we have taken – and will continue to implement - as part of our policy, we have apparently failed to convey our position on this issue sufficiently. We find this regrettable.  We want to state clearly and transparently what Coosto stands for, and show that we do take privacy seriously.

For instance, the article of Bits of Freedom states that Coosto would allow social media surveillance. This information is outdated, and goes back to the time when social media data was a relatively unexplored territory. At the time, the market was mainly exploring the possibilities and limits of social media, and privacy was not given enough attention.

However, Coosto is constantly evolving, as is the world of social media. We have prohibited any form of surveillance through Coosto, which our contracts and general conditions state as well. Coosto is a tool for marketing and communication, and can only be used for goals such as customer satisfaction and brand awareness. We enforce this with the help of technical and legal measures.

Along with these measures, we have parted ways with several governmental customers that were unwilling to accept our changed vision and conditions, against our commercial interests. The article mentions how the police and NCTV would use Coosto. However, these organizations have not been a customer of Coosto for a long time now, partly because of above developments.

We do not make these decisions just because it is what can be expected from us, but because we value privacy. We constantly evaluate our services for their possible impact on social interests, including privacy. When necessary, we draw lines and change our product. Even when that means we leave commercial potential unused. This is part of who we are, what we stand for and what we are our proud of as a company.     

Bits of Freedom does very important work for our society, but it is a shame that in this case they do not have a clear overview of the current state of affairs. Nonetheless, this nomination has encouraged us in our commitment to communicate better about the balance between privacy and technical developments from our point of view.

Maintaining privacy
Well before the GDPR came into force, we have informed our clients about the impact of the new law. As part of our preparations, every client has received a GDPR information kit, including interactive webinars and an informative guidebook. Since then our dedicated privacy team has been the point of contact within Coosto for all GDPR related questions clients might have. This team yearly checks and verifies what we agreed upon with our clients, in terms of the GDPR. 

Data management feature
We have enriched Coosto for our customers with the Data management feature, which was specially developed for GDPR. This feature enables Coosto users to independently comply with requests for access, deletion, limitation or transfer of their own and customers’ personal data from within the tool. 

Privacy is a high priority for Coosto. We are happy that we were able to help our clients in complying with GDPR in time. But it does not end there. We are closely following and supporting developments in this domain, and we will continue our efforts to protect the privacy of Coosto users and their customers. 

Just like every year, the Eurovision Song Contest promises to deliver an enormous diversity when it comes to outfits, musical genres and acts. Whether it’s Hungary’s metal band or Estonia’s opera singer: they all aim for the coveted top of the podium. We analyzed which country is the best bet for a series of ‘douze points’ according to social media. A remarkable first fact: the biggest source in these predictions isn’t Twitter but Youtube, where fans are climbing over each other to speculate about potential winners.

Israel is social's favourite

It looks cut and dried that Israel will take home the victory, just ahead of runner-up Norway, social media and bookmakers (odds of May 30th) agree. But does social media trump the bookies when it comes to the other spots? We’ll know May 12th. 

Method

In order to predict, we counted the number of messages on social media about a certain country or artist in relation to the Eurovision Song Contest. We corrected this number for the degree of positivity or negativity (a vexed Eurovision act isn’t necessarily a popular act, obviously). 

Eindhoven, April 5, 2023 - Coosto today announced its integration with ChatGPT technology, which allows Coosto users to produce fully automated content linked to their brand and relevant market trends. The ChatGPT Content Generator takes into account factors such as message length per platform, tone of voice, market trends, language, and sentiment.

Tests have shown that automated content production is done in a fraction of the time compared to conventional content creation. In some cases, it was reported to be up to 98% faster, while maintaining quality. 

The AI Content Generator is designed to support content creators instead of taking over their jobs. The level of input largely determines the quality of the automatically generated social media copy.

‘’Our background in AI made us embrace various AI models for several years. We have been following initiatives such as Open AI for quite some time, and it makes sense for us to work together in the world we operate in’’, says CEO Toine Verheul. ‘’There are also dissenting voices around the use of AI, and we think that is actually positive. We need discussion for further development in the right direction’’, Verheul adds. ‘’At Coosto, we see AI as a helpful tool for our customers, but the customer always remains in control.’

Coosto's AI Content Generator is as of now available for Coosto customers and can be tested for free by interested parties. 

Learn more about the new integration

In een samenwerking tussen Adformatie, Jaap Toorenaar en Coosto maken we opnieuw de lijst op, dit keer over 2020. Toorenaar: ‘Reclamezinnen in de berichtgeving van de adverteerders zelf zijn niet meegeteld, alle variaties op slogans wel: Opa, je bent een rund als je met je buurvrouw stunt.’ 

De meeste reclameboodschappen zakken volgens Toorenaar meteen weg in het moeras van ons geheugen. ‘Dit zijn de reclamespreuken die overleven, gewoon omdat we ze gebruiken.’ Hij voorziet de woorden en zinnen van kort commentaar. We beginnen met de top 20 van 2020 en tellen terug.

Top 20

20. Geschikt/ongeschikt
Van de Landmacht. Voltreffer in de wervingsgeschiedenis van Defensie.

19. Het zou verboden moeten worden
Vindbaar met de gekste begrippen in plaats van Autodrop.

18. Niet omdat het moet maar omdat het kan
Was bekend in kleine kring, groot gemaakt door Tele2.

17. Drank maakt meer kapot dan je lief is
Een van de 12 slogans van de Rijksoverheid in deze lijst. Wie vindt ze?

16. Komt wel goed, schatje
Uit een commercial uit 2007 van Roosvicee.

15. I amsterdam
Veelal gebruikt door buitenlandse toeristen die niet konden komen.

14. Goeiemoggel
Stond in vorige Coosto-hitlijst nog op 2. 

13. Alles voor een glimlach
Uit de geloofsbelijdenis van Coolblue. 

12. Zo. Nu eerst een Bavaria
Wordt ook illegaal overgenomen. ‘Zo. Nu eerst een wijntje.’

11. Je bent een rund als je met vuurwerk stunt
Onverwoestbare pay-off, de enige met een scheldwoord erin.

10. Even Apeldoorn bellen
Misschien wist nog niet elke Nederlander dat de regel van Centraal Beheer was, maar nu loopt er een campagne die tot werkelijk niemand doordringt.  

9. Een beter milieu begint bij jezelf
Dit jaar bekritiseerd in het boek ‘Een beter milieu begint niet bij jezelf’. 

8. Koning Toto
Absurditeit werkt  

7. Er gaat niets boven Groningen
Correctie op wat in mijn boek staat: bedacht door Constance Cranendonk.

6. Wij van Wc-eend adviseren Wc-eend
Reclamespreuk die uitgroeide tot Nederlands gezegde.

5. De Bob
Opgenomen in de Grote Van Dale. Net als nr. 6, 21, 26 en 62.  

4. Het houdt niet op, niet vanzelf
Gebruikt bij regen en ander onheil. Uit een campagne tegen huiselijk geweld. Een sullige, volgens sommigen.

3. Foutje bedankt
Vorige keer op 1. Van Rijk de Gooyer in de roemrijke campagne uit 1991 voor Reaal.

2. Alleen samen krijgen we corona onder controle
Of krijgt alleen een vaccin corona onder controle? 

1. #Doeslief
Online megahit van de Sire-campagne tegen hufterig gedrag. Ook bekend van de variant #Daslief.

Deze ranglijst is gemaakt op basis van analyse van Coosto samen met Jaap Toorenaar, copywriter bij het Rotterdamse reclamebureau ARA. Dit artikel verscheen eerder op Adformatie. Bekijk hier de volledige top 80.

Veilig en betrouwbaar

Coosto faciliteert de betrouwbare, officiële Instagram-koppeling. Je kunt dus met een gerust hart inplannen, in de wetenschap dat posts veilig en automatisch geplaatst worden. 

Het meest complete platform van Europa

Coosto ondersteunde het geautomatiseerd inplannen van social media posts eerder al voor Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube en Pinterest. Daar wordt nu dus Instagram aan toegevoegd. Het social media management platform biedt daarnaast mogelijkheden voor het reageren, analyseren, monitoren en rapporteren van social media berichten.

Maak vrijblijvend kennis met onze software in een gratis online demonstratie.

Of lees meer over Instagram in Coosto.

Pinterest voor meer verkeer naar websites en -shops

Pinterest heeft in Nederland zo’n 3,5 miljoen gebruikers, waarvan 89% aangeeft het platform te gebruiken voor aankoopbeslissingen. Pinterest is daardoor vooral populair binnen e-commerce, mede vanwege de mogelijkheid om pins direct te linken aan artikelen in webshops. Zo levert Pinterest een belangrijke en rechtstreekse bijdrage aan meer websiteverkeer, sales en omzet.

Totaaloplossing voor social media management

“We willen graag dat onze klanten meetbare resultaten boeken met social media, en Pinterest is daar een uitgelezen kanaal voor. We zijn daarom zeer tevreden dat we Pinterest aan ons product hebben kunnen toevoegen”, vertelt Paul van den Broek, productmanager bij Coosto.

“Bovendien zien we dat social media het meeste resultaat opleveren als merken het publiceren van content combineren met het luisteren naar hun doelgroep. We bieden die mogelijkheden al geruime tijd voor grote social media kanalen, maar zoeken ook altijd nieuwe kansen om dé totaaloplossing op het gebied van social media management te blijven. Met de toevoeging van Pinterest zetten we die ambitie kracht bij.”

Meer informatie: www.coosto.com/nl/pinterest

*Bron: https://www.marketingfacts.nl/berichten/social-media-in-nederland-2020

Over Coosto

Coosto ontwikkelt en levert online en social media software die volledig gericht is op het managen van online gesprekken. Met behulp van Coosto kun je vragen via social media, messengers en livechat beantwoorden, jouw doelgroep bereiken met social media posts en je online communicatie verbeteren door het analyseren van online data over jouw organisatie of markt. Zo helpen we mensen aan organisaties te verbinden.

Livechat voor meer conversies en tevreden klanten

Waar Livechat tot voor kort nog werd bestempeld als ‘nice to have’, zijn de tijden door corona in rap tempo veranderd. Het online klantcontact is binnen veel organisaties explosief gestegen, waardoor een vlekkeloze online klantervaring aan belang heeft gewonnen. 

Livechat is hiervoor een uitstekend kanaal, aangezien uit recent onderzoek blijkt dat 79% van consumenten de voorkeur geeft aan communicatie via Livechat. Meer dan 30% verwacht ook dat een organisatie livechat op de website aanbiedt. Voordelen voor organisaties zijn er ook: onderzoek toont aan dat websitebezoekers die chatten 2 tot 5 keer sneller converteren en 60% meer uitgeven dan bezoekers die niet chatten. 

Livechat waardevolle aanvulling naast social media kanalen

“We zien een toename in het aantal berichten op social media platformen en een toenemende vraag naar Livechat, dat onze klanten willen inzetten naast de huidige social media kanalen. Doordat we Livechat nu naadloos hebben geïntegreerd in Coosto, kunnen klanten alle conversaties efficiënt managen en afhandelen”, aldus Paul van den Broek, Product Manager bij Coosto.

Joshua Schoenaker, Co-CEO bij TalkJS: “Sinds onze oprichting vijf jaar geleden ligt onze focus op het ontwikkelen van een flexibele chat-oplossing. Livechat is voor zowel consumenten als organisaties efficiënter en gebruiksvriendelijker dan traditionele vormen van communicatie. We zien onze partnership met Coosto als een mooie kans om de transitie naar moderne communicatie en betere klantervaringen te versnellen”.

Over Coosto

Coosto ontwikkelt en levert online en social media software die volledig gericht is op het managen van online gesprekken. Met behulp van Coosto kun je vragen via social media, messengers en livechat beantwoorden, jouw doelgroep bereiken met social media posts en je online communicatie verbeteren door het analyseren van online data over jouw organisatie of markt. Zo helpen we mensen aan organisaties te verbinden.

Over TalkJS

TalkJS is een tech startup die zich richt op het ontwikkelen van een chat API en messaging SDK waarmee bedrijven makkelijk chat functionaliteiten kunnen toevoegen aan apps en websites. TalkJS faciliteert inmiddels maandelijks miljoenen chatberichten van gebruikers op websites en applicaties in verschillende sectoren, zoals e-commerce, social, gaming, en online educatie. TalkJS focust op het constant doorontwikkelen van de chat-oplossing om consumenten en organisaties de beste ervaring te geven.

De ISO 27001 is een internationaal erkende norm voor het opzetten van een managementsysteem voor informatiebeveiliging. ISO 27001 beschrijft hoe je procesmatig kunt vaststellen welke informatie van belang is en hoe je deze het beste kunt beveiligen. Het doel daarvan is om de vertrouwelijkheid, beschikbaarheid en integriteit van informatie klanten, medewerkers en derden zeker te stellen. Denk hierbij aan het beschermen van persoons- en/of bedrijfsgegevens en bescherming tegen hackers en inbraak.

Victoria van Roosmalen, Chief Information Security Officer bij Coosto, legt uit: “We zijn trots dat we dit certificaat hebben behaald en willen hiermee duidelijk aan onze klanten en leveranciers kenbaar maken dat we informatiebeveiliging en privacy-informatiemanagement serieus nemen. Elke dag werken we hard om ervoor te zorgen dat alle gegevens beschermd blijven. Dankzij het ISO 27001-certificaat wordt nu aangetoond dat wij informatiebeveiliging en privacy risico's in kaart brengen, deze mitigeren en blijven monitoren. Deze processen en resultaten worden ieder jaar door een onafhankelijke instantie getoetst, zodat we continu kunnen blijven verbeteren."

Kun jij je een emoji-loze digitale wereld voorstellen? Wij inmiddels niet meer! Dit is dan ook alweer het derde jaar op rij is dat we het Nationaal Emoji Onderzoek uitvoeren. Dubbel feest dus! Om dat te vieren kun je het rapport hier gratis downloaden. In dit artikel delen we alvast een aantal opvallende conclusies.

Virus & mondkapjes

Geen vuiltje aan de lucht in 2019. We tellen in de eerste zes maanden van het jaar 2.100 berichten met een mondkapjes-emoji, en maar 52 berichten met een virus-emoji. In 2020 is dat wel anders. 0,5% van alle tweets met emoji’s bevatten een mondkapje of virus-emoji. Het COVID-19 virus is een trending topic en we tellen 23.758 berichten waarin een emoji met mondkapje wordt genoemd en 9.952 berichten met een virus emoji.

We knipogen wat af

We zien dat elk jaar het gebruik van emoji’s groeit. Inmiddels bevatten 10% van alle twitterberichten één of meerdere emoji’s. Emoji’s zijn een vast onderdeel geworden van onze manier van communiceren. Daarbij is er wel een verschil in emoji-gebruik tussen mannen en vrouwen. Zo knipogen mannen het meest (de casanova’s) en gebruiken vrouwen de meeste hartjes in hun berichten ♥️.

Populairste emoji

De ‘tranen van vreugde’ ? emoji won, zowel bij mannen als vrouwen, de afgelopen twee jaar de populariteitsaward in ons Nationaal Emoji Onderzoek. In 2019 hebben we echter een nieuwe top 3:

Love at first bite

Eten en drinken blijven ook dit jaar onze favoriete onderwerpen. Afgelopen jaar zijn er 100.214 tweets verstuurd met eet- en drink-emoji’s. In de food-categorie blijft de taart-emoji de absolute winnaar. Als het gaat om drinken, gebruiken we het vaakst de ‘klinkende glazen’- emoji. En laten dat toch ook meteen de ingrediënten zijn voor een feestje ? Proost!?

Wat zeggen emoji’s over onze emoties?

We gebruiken emoji’s om te communiceren en nog belangrijker; een emotie uit te drukken. Met het Nationaal Emoji Onderzoek 2020 laat Coosto zien dat emoji’s een hulpmiddel kunnen zijn om context te bieden en data te duiden. Dit doen we door te kijken naar trends, ontwikkelingen en actualiteiten. Waar zien we uitschieters in data, wat zeggen mensen op social media en hoe voelen we ons daarbij? Dat geeft een extra dimensie aan social media data. Zo zien we onder andere dit jaar dat boosheid, verdriet en angst flink aan het stijgen zijn. Daar staat gelukkig tegenover dat de meeste berichten nog altijd vrolijk zijn ?

Benieuwd naar de rest van ons onderzoek? We bespreken onder andere pieken in positieve en negatieve gebeurtenissen van 2019 én we kijken naar de impact van 2020 op het gebruik van emoji’s en onze emoties. Download het volledige rapport.

It's completely understandable that we often get the question what makes us unique. We think the best way to show this, is by telling you why our most satisfied customers continue to opt for Coosto with great conviction.

1. Market-leading software

Over 1600 organizations in 15 countries are daily using Coosto to manage their social and online media. Our extensive experience with thousands of users means that we precisely know what works and what doesn't, and we use this knowledge to further develop our platform.

2. Quality assurance

Our platform sets the very highest of quality standards. Guaranteed 24/7, in writing.

3. Result driven

Our platform is carefully built for your marketing and communication goals. In practice, this means you will achieve better results in less time using Coosto. Whether you want increasing conversions from social media content, a higher customer satisfaction, a better brand reputation or higher reach: with Coosto, it's all within reach.

4. World-class assistance

A team of Customer Success Managers and analysts is always by your side to help you achieve your goals.

5. Dutch quality

Our customers appreciate the fact that they can rely on a solid product of Dutch origin.

6. Unique features

As a Coosto user, you have a whole range of unique features at your disposal. For one, Coosto is the only platform in the world that doesn't only monitor messages in which your brand name is mentioned, but also all comments on those messages. This gives you a 40% more comprehensive picture of the buzz surrounding your brand.

7. Multilingual support

No automated menus or hassle. By phone, chat or mail: our multilingual support team will answer any question you might have in no time.

8. Partnerships and integrations

Coosto can be seamlessly integrated with Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, CM.com, Belga.press and many more. Take a look at all of our integrations.

9. Feedback platform

We value your ideas, and use your feedback to further develop our platform. You can track our progress in the transparent Feedback platform.

10. Data protection and Privacy

Security and privacy officers guarantee the integrity of data. All Coosto data centers are based in the European Union, and all software is assessed based on applicable rules and standards. Coosto is ISO27001 certified.

"We zijn ontzettend trots en blij met onze terugkerende hoge positie in de lijst van Emerce", verklaart marketingmanager Bjorn van Antwerpen. "De lijst geldt als toonaangevend in onze branche, en het is een groot compliment dat we in de ogen van onze klanten bezig zijn met de juiste dingen. De toppositie is geen doel op zich, maar het is prettig om uit de markt de bevestiging te krijgen dat we software ontwikkelen die gewaardeerd wordt. Dit voelt als een bekroning op ons werk."  

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Over het onderzoek

De Emerce Top 100, die in samenwerking met onderzoeksbureau Motivaction werd samengesteld, is gebaseerd op imago-onderzoek en relevante marktdata. In totaal zijn de resultaten in ruim 50 categorieën verdeeld. In de categorie social software scoort Coosto 5 sterren - de hoogste plaats voor all-in-one tools en goed voor een 3e plaats in totaal. 

Bekijk de volledige top 100 hier

The Coosto Hackathon is a yearly internal event, in which we challenge our colleagues to work on their own creative and innovative ideas. The most important precondition: you have to present the fully-fledged and worked out idea within one day to the rest of the company.

An event like the Hackathon helps Coosto to remain creative and renewing. It is the perfect occasion to think outside the box and maybe find new usable features for our product. Let’s call it a training in innovation.

Coosto + 1

No time to lose, we had to get right to it. The theme of this year’s Hackathon was called ‘Coosto + 1’, which meant we had to think of an idea that contained a combination of Coosto and a concept, feature or idea of another tool or app.

A variety of 8 interesting projects, worked out by a total of 33 colleagues, emerged from this theme. The ideas in a nutshell:

Tinder-like message approval

What would you get if you’d combine Coosto with the swipiness of an app like Tinder? This project decided to find out an presented a working prototype. A simple swipe gesture to the left or right would allow you to handle messages in Engage.

Did you know...

...the search helper in Coosto Listen derives from the winning project of the 2017 edition of the Coosto Hackathon?

Coosto Cards

This group presented a feature that was copied off the filters of Google Cards. Instead of setting general filters, you would be able to set Coosto filters in the search results. This would mean you can exclude the language, author and/or topic in every search result.

Coosto Periscope

Do you remember Microsoft’s Clippy? Why wouldn’t we try implement the little assistant in a Coosto theme? The goal of this project was to help customers directly in the tool, without having to navigate to the Support Center.

Lunch platform

This project didn’t find its inspiration in the product of Coosto, but in the internal lunch. They came up with a platform on which employees could make food suggestions and manage their attendance. This would help our lunch staff to prepare the right amount of food and stop waste.

Coosto LMS

This team came up with an idea to make a Coosto training more interactive. They set up a Learning Management System; one interface for all training information, using quizzes and tasks to assess whether a trainee masters Coosto sufficiently.

The podium

No hackathon without winners. A skilled jury chose the 3 best projects at the end of a great, tiring day.

Bronze: Coosto Loyalty

What if the daily use of Coosto would challenge you a little bit more? Let’s make a game out of it, this group imagined. By analyzing data in Listen, handling conversations in Engage en scheduling posts in Publish, you would earn points and badges. This would start a competition with your colleagues for the funniest and most legendary badges. Who gets the top spot in the leaderboard?

Silver: Coosto Break

A mini-game in Coosto. Fun, but what’s the point of it? This team had the answer: “Break stuff and recharge!” Every Coosto user who wants to express their frustrations after the umpteenth complaint of their customers, would have to start this game. Press a button and use a mouse to drag all Coosto elements to the edge of a screen and demolish them one by one. Wow, that’s a relief. You’re fully recharged to yet again be sympathetic to your customers.

Gold: Coosto Assistant

The winners presented an impressive piece of ‘Coosto + 1’, according to the jury. Their starting point: managers want to be up-to-date with their brand’s latest social media statistics fast and easily. That is why this project combined the intelligence of Google Assistant with the power of Coosto. No need to log in to Coosto, just ask your Google Assistant for the current situation on your smartphone or smartwatch. Coosto would push the data and Google would read your statistics aloud. An almost flawless demo showed it can be done!

Let’s make Coosto even better

There’s that. After this Hackathon we’re fully recharged with new inspiration for product improvements in 2020. Do you as a Coosto user have your own innovative feature requests? Please, share them with us. Hit the Feedback button in Coosto to submit your idea or vote for existing ideas.

Here’s to a beautiful and innovative 2020!

Coosto is active in a constantly changing world. Various stakeholders (customers, interest groups, social media partners, governments etc.), with often conflicting interests, play an important role in this. As Coosto, we pursue a policy based on ethical considerations, against a background of greatly increased attention to privacy.

Despite all the measures we have taken – and will continue to implement - as part of our policy, we have apparently failed to convey our position on this issue sufficiently. We find this regrettable.  We want to state clearly and transparently what Coosto stands for, and show that we do take privacy seriously.

For instance, the article of Bits of Freedom states that Coosto would allow social media surveillance. This information is outdated, and goes back to the time when social media data was a relatively unexplored territory. At the time, the market was mainly exploring the possibilities and limits of social media, and privacy was not given enough attention.

However, Coosto is constantly evolving, as is the world of social media. We have prohibited any form of surveillance through Coosto, which our contracts and general conditions state as well. Coosto is a tool for marketing and communication, and can only be used for goals such as customer satisfaction and brand awareness. We enforce this with the help of technical and legal measures.

Along with these measures, we have parted ways with several governmental customers that were unwilling to accept our changed vision and conditions, against our commercial interests. The article mentions how the police and NCTV would use Coosto. However, these organizations have not been a customer of Coosto for a long time now, partly because of above developments.

We do not make these decisions just because it is what can be expected from us, but because we value privacy. We constantly evaluate our services for their possible impact on social interests, including privacy. When necessary, we draw lines and change our product. Even when that means we leave commercial potential unused. This is part of who we are, what we stand for and what we are our proud of as a company.     

Bits of Freedom does very important work for our society, but it is a shame that in this case they do not have a clear overview of the current state of affairs. Nonetheless, this nomination has encouraged us in our commitment to communicate better about the balance between privacy and technical developments from our point of view.

WhatsApp is wereldwijd de populairste messaging app, en voor klanten een zeer toegankelijke manier om contact op te nemen met organisaties. Met WhatsApp Business kunnen organisaties eenvoudig en op een persoonlijke manier reageren op deze inkomende berichten. Met WhatsApp Business in Coosto krijgen webcare-medewerkers bovendien zicht op hun volledige gesprekshistorie met een klant. Daarnaast kunnen ze gemakkelijk onderling samenwerken en snel reageren op vragen, zodat ze de ervaring voor hun klanten verbeteren.

Maintaining privacy
Well before the GDPR came into force, we have informed our clients about the impact of the new law. As part of our preparations, every client has received a GDPR information kit, including interactive webinars and an informative guidebook. Since then our dedicated privacy team has been the point of contact within Coosto for all GDPR related questions clients might have. This team yearly checks and verifies what we agreed upon with our clients, in terms of the GDPR. 

Data management feature
We have enriched Coosto for our customers with the Data management feature, which was specially developed for GDPR. This feature enables Coosto users to independently comply with requests for access, deletion, limitation or transfer of their own and customers’ personal data from within the tool. 

Privacy is a high priority for Coosto. We are happy that we were able to help our clients in complying with GDPR in time. But it does not end there. We are closely following and supporting developments in this domain, and we will continue our efforts to protect the privacy of Coosto users and their customers. 

Coosto offers a powerful integration with Google Analytics that enables users to draw more, better, and faster conclusions from data than ever before.

This integration opens the doors to better insight into online performance, thanks to the powerful combination of social media metrics and website performance. Here are some highlights of what this new integration with Google Analytics has to offer:

• Deeper insights: The combination of website performance and social media statistics makes connecting data easier than ever before. The integration creates a complete overview of the performance on a campaign level and helps detect opportunities for more success.
   
• Quicker decisions: Thanks to the seamless integration with Google Analytics, users are able to check and analyse all content and social media statistics in real-time. The overview makes it easier and faster to draw the right conclusions. Which enables you to take quicker action and make strategic decisions.
   
• More reach and conversions: By gaining insight into which content is most effective, you can easily increase reach and maximize conversions on all platforms. Identify trends and optimize strategies to achieve desired results in a targeted manner.

Try it yourself and discover how Coosto integration helps increase your organization's online success with the newest integration. The Google Analytics integration in Coosto is available to Coosto customers and can be tested for free by interested organizations. 
 

Lees hier alle highlights van onze bevindingen rondom emojigebruik op X. Wat zijn de populairste emoji’s? Zit daar nog verschil in tussen mannen en vrouwen? In dit artikel delen we alvast een aantal opvallende conclusies.

Download het volledige rapport hier gratis.

Dit zijn de populairste emoji’s 

In dit onderzoek gingen we onder andere op zoek naar de meest populaire emoji’s op X. Jarenlang stond de ‘tranen van vreugde’-emoji steady op de eerste plek: in ons onderzoek van 2019 en 2020 kwam deze emoji ook al als beste uit de bus. En ook dit jaar is daar geen verandering in gekomen. Gevolgd door ‘rolling on the floor’. Gelachen wordt er dus zeker!

Welke nieuwe emoji’s zijn het meest populair?

Afgelopen jaar werden er 31 emoji’s toegevoegd aan het al uitgebreide repertoire aan emoji’s. Deze nieuwelingen werden meteen met veel enthousiasme in gebruik genomen! Deze nieuwe emoji’s vielen het beste in de smaak. 

Wat zeggen emoji’s over onze emoties?

Emoji’s zijn de perfecte manier om een online boodschap extra kracht bij te zetten. Met behulp van emoji’s breng je gemakkelijker emoties over en geef je context aan een bericht. Extra belangrijk in de digitale wereld, waar online berichten meer dan eens ruimte overlaten voor interpretatie. 

Daarom hebben wij een kijkje genomen in het online sentiment rondom het emojigebruik op X. Goed nieuws! Het gebruik van de positief gestemde emoji’s ligt veel hoger dan het gebruik van negatieve emoji’s. 

Download het volledige Nationaal Emoji Onderzoek 2023

Benieuwd naar alle bevindingen van het Nationaal Emoji Onderzoek 2023? We bespreken onder andere het verschil tussen man en vrouw in emojigebruik, opvallende pieken in positieve en negatieve gebeurtenissen van 2022 en welke emoji’s gebruikt werden tijdens deze spraakmakende momenten. 

Eindhoven, February 28, 2023 - Coosto announced today the launch of Coosto for Salesforce Marketing Cloud, the second Coosto app available on the Salesforce AppExchange. These powerful Coosto apps enable customers to effortlessly manage their online content and social media presence directly within Salesforce.

Coosto: The content & social media marketing tool

Coosto delivers a cutting-edge content and social media marketing tool, providing practical solutions for every stage of the content marketing process. Our loyal customers rely on Coosto to generate and distribute exceptional content, expertly manage their online community, and track and analyze their results with ease. 

Coosto offers an outstanding alternative for Salesforce customers who previously used Salesforce Social Studio, as this product is being phased out by Salesforce. By utilizing the Coosto for Salesforce Marketing Cloud app, customers can seamlessly access the full range of Coosto's features directly within the Salesforce Marketing Cloud platform.

Coosto for Salesforce Marketing Cloud is currently available on AppExchange.

This new app is a valuable addition to Coosto's existing Salesforce app, Coosto for Salesforce Service Cloud. Together, these apps allow customers to gain real-time insights on social interactions and engage with their customers directly from Sales & Service Cloud. Coosto for Service Cloud is available on AppExchange.

Toine Verheul, CEO of Coosto, stated: 'We are proud to have strengthened our partnership with Salesforce, providing customers with the tools they need to fully manage their online content and social media directly within the Salesforce platform. With both Marketing Cloud and Service Cloud apps now available on the Salesforce AppExchange, we are excited to offer our customers a seamless and streamlined experience.’

Click here for more information
 

Christian García, Creative Copywriter & Community Manager en la Agencia Aquí hay Marketing, nos cuenta cómo han conseguido mejorar la eficiencia de su equipo y duplicar su número de clientes usando Coosto como única plataforma de gestión.

Aquí hay Marketing es una agencia de marketing digital con una clara misión en el sector de la comunicación: cambiar la forma en que las marcas conectan con su audiencia a través de estrategias creativas y disruptivas. En una entrevista con su equipo, hemos hablado sobre los principales retos que presenta el sector digital y cómo Coosto ha sido fundamental para maximizar sus resultados y ofrecer un valor añadido incomparable a sus clientes.

“Hace ahora aproximadamente un año que empezamos a utilizar Coosto y en este tiempo ha sido muy significativo cómo hemos logrado conocer mejor a la audiencia de nuestros clientes y aumentar el alcance de las publicaciones; esto nos ha permitido crear contenido más relevante y personalizado y maximizar el rendimiento de las cuentas que gestionamos.” - nos comenta Christian

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El reto de las redes sociales

En una agencia de marketing digital, la optimización de recursos es un proceso continuo. Es importante analizar cada etapa, desde la conceptualización hasta la ejecución, con el objetivo de presentar soluciones creativas y eficaces a cada uno de los clientes, a la vez que se consigue trabajar de manera más organizada.

Dentro del equipo funcional de Aquí hay Marketing, las diferentes tareas se definen para ser asignadas a cada miembro con una planificación detallada en la que establecer objetivos claros y un marco temporal para cumplirlos. 

"Sin embargo, descubrimos que nuestro mayor desafío era gestionar eficazmente las redes sociales de nuestros clientes y optimizar los tiempos de publicación de contenido."- nos cuenta Christian. Necesitaban una herramienta  que maximizara el impacto de sus acciones y mantuviera una estrategia personalizada para cada cliente.

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La importancia de la inspiración en el Content marketing

Dentro de la estrategia de comunicación que planifican junto con sus clientes, uno de los principales objetivos de esta agencia es fomentar la interacción creando una comunidad más fuerte y conectada y construir y fortalecer la relación con la audiencia de sus clientes. Pero según su experiencia, a veces es complicado encontrar inspiración constante que les lleve a crear un contenido interesante y con relevancia para el público al que se dirigen. 

“Atendemos a clientes de sectores tan diversos como el retail, la industria de alimentación y bebidas, o del sector informático, como nuestro cliente JNC Informática 360. Planificar y crear contenido personalizado para cada sector, manteniendo un tono actual y relevante es fundamental para conectar con la audiencia de nuestros clientes", nos comenta Christian.

“Con Coosto Discover, disponemos de una herramienta excepcional que no solo nos proporciona inspiración, sino que nos capacita para crear contenido efectivo y sincronizado con las tendencias del mercado. Esta plataforma ha sido clave para potenciar el impacto de nuestras estrategias, como lo demuestra el incremento del 26% en el número de seguidores logrado con este cliente en particular, JNC, en la red social LinkedIn. La fortaleza de Coosto Discover radica en su capacidad de analizar millones de fuentes en tiempo real para identificar tendencias clave y generar ideas de contenido relevantes. Su herramienta no solo inspira la creación de contenido, sino que también ayuda a descubrir oportunidades en el mercado, analizar el sentimiento del público y evaluar el alcance potencial de temas populares. Con este enfoque analítico, permite crear contenidos que resuenen profundamente con la audiencia y fortalezcan la estrategia de comunicación.”

Un aspecto fundamental en la gestión de redes sociales es el análisis constante de la actividad generada por los contenidos publicados. En el último año, Aquí hay Marketing ha observado cómo uno de sus principales clientes ha experimentado un crecimiento significativo en sus indicadores clave de rendimiento: el porcentaje de clics se disparó a un impresionante 924%, mientras que las reacciones de la audiencia aumentaron en un 204%, como se muestra en la imagen a continuación. Estos resultados reflejan el impacto positivo de una estrategia centrada en contenidos relevantes y bien segmentados, demostrando el valor de un análisis continuo para maximizar el alcance y fortalecer la conexión con la audiencia. 

"Nos resulta muy valioso poder detectar cómo reacciona la audiencia ante determinados temas en tendencia, ya que esto genera un mayor nivel de interacción con el público. Gracias a Coosto Discover, hemos logrado aumentar la tasa de interacción hasta en un 190% con nuestro cliente JNC, simplemente seleccionando mejor los temas que resuenan más con su audiencia", concluye Christian.

Medir como clave para mejorar 

Medir cada campaña es, sin duda, un camino al éxito. Solo así se puede  identificar qué contenido ha funcionado mejor o cómo se deben plantear futuros posts en el calendario de contenidos y en general: determinar si la campaña es un éxito o no. Esta tarea requiere llevar a cabo análisis detallados y mantener una comunicación transparente con el cliente con el fin de determinar si los resultados cumplen con sus expectativas o si es necesario hacer ajustes. En una agencia, es esencial disponer de datos precisos sobre cada campaña realizada y comunicar estos resultados de manera efectiva a los clientes para tomar decisiones más estratégicas basadas en información concreta. 

Según Christian, -“Tomamos mejores decisiones estratégicas gracias a los completos informes de Coosto Report. Esta información nos ha permitido ajustar, junto con nuestros clientes, cualquier estrategia de contenido, al mismo tiempo que nos ofrece una visión más completa de la presencia online que conseguimos con nuestro trabajo en la agencia, lo que se ha traducido en un impulso fundamental en nuestro negocio.”

“Además, nos resulta muy sencillo extraer estos informes con los datos clave para un análisis más profundo, facilitando así la asesoría a cada cliente y el seguimiento de sus estrategias."

El poder del trabajo en equipo

Para la agencia Aquí hay Marketing, la colaboración entre los distintos miembros del equipo es clave para crear campañas de una forma más eficiente y con resultados tangibles.

Coosto les ha permitido centralizar cada estrategia en una única plataforma. Usando la herramienta, pueden programar con antelación todo el contenido a un mes vista y en una fase previa a la publicación final todos los miembros del equipo tienen una visión clara del calendario editorial y pueden aportar sus ideas en tiempo real.

¿El resultado? Ser más eficientes en la gestión de recursos y timing, permitiendo una mayor dedicación a tareas como la atención personalizada al cliente y la prospección de nuevas oportunidades.

“Desde que usamos Coosto hemos casi duplicado nuestro número de clientes, ya que hemos conseguido colaborar mejor y crear mejor contenido como equipo.” 

“Con Coosto Publish, hemos mejorado nuestra eficiencia en la programación de contenido. Una de las funciones más útiles es la previsión del rendimiento de cada publicación junto con las sugerencias del Post Optimizer. Esta herramienta nos permite optimizar el contenido añadiendo hashtags, emojis o enlaces según el objetivo deseado: mayor alcance, clics o interacciones. Todo el proceso es sencillo y eficaz, facilitando mejores resultados en las publicaciones de nuestros clientes."

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Coosto y Aquí hay Marketing: una estrecha colaboración

Desde que esta agencia comenzó a utilizar Coosto como su herramienta de gestión de redes sociales, ha experimentado una transformación profunda en su forma de trabajar, adaptándose de manera más ágil a las nuevas necesidades de sus clientes y del sector. Contar con una plataforma que integra múltiples funcionalidades ha permitido no solo optimizar procesos, sino también anticiparse a diferentes escenarios, lo que ha representado un salto cualitativo en la definición de sus estrategias de negocio. En términos de resultados, la evolución ha sido notable para sus clientes: tanto el crecimiento en el número de seguidores como el aumento en el alcance y el engagement han mostrado cifras muy positivas, consolidando un avance significativo.

Pero lo que realmente les condujo a usar esta herramienta de gestión es el soporte y asesoramiento personalizado que nos explican que han recibido por parte del equipo de Coosto.

“Con respecto a otras herramientas similares, destacamos de Coosto el trato personal de nuestra “Customer Success Manager” y el soporte técnico que nos ofrece. Gracias a los trainings personalizados que hemos tenido con ella hemos podido comprender y mejorar nuestra experiencia de uso para obtener un mejor rendimiento de la plataforma según nuestras necesidades como agencia y los objetivos que perseguimos. ” 

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Y tú, ¿quieres lanzarte a conquistar las redes sociales?

Cambia la forma de gestionar las redes sociales y multiplica los resultados de tus clientes igual que la agencia Aquí hay Marketing. Con Coosto, ahorra tiempo optimizando tareas, obtén datos valiosos para la toma de decisiones y mejora el rendimiento de la  estrategia de contenidos de tus clientes. 

¿Quieres saber cómo beneficiarte de todas las ventajas del Coosto Agency Program? Logra más alcance para tus clientes y gestiona todas sus cuentas de redes sociales desde una única plataforma de una forma eficaz. Solicita tu demo gratuita y descubre el impulso que necesitas para hacer crecer a tus clientes.

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