October 9th, 2012

Sprout Social Adds New Team And Workflow Features To Social Media Management Platform

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Sprout Social, a social management and publishing tool suite, is introducing new team and workflow features to its management console. The Chicago-based startup also hit a few milestones—Sprout Social added its 10,000th customer and is processing 30 million customer interactions per month. → Read More

August 1st, 2012

Social Media Manager Buffer Opens API To Developers, Looks To Become “Widespread Sharing Standard”

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Buffer, a social media manager that aims to become a “widespread sharing standard,” opened its API to developers today.

Buffer lets users post to their Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn accounts (Google+ isn’t as lenient with its API) and offers the usual array of analytic feedback. However, its focus on non-original content sharing, especially photos, videos and articles, and individual… → Read More

July 31st, 2012

Sprout Social Releases Queue and ViralPost To Help Clients Better Reach Their Audience

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Sprout Social, a social management and publishing tool suite, released Sprout Queue and ViralPost today, estimating that the new features will help brands increase engagement with social content by 30-40%.

Sprout, founded in 2010, offers users tools for social media monitoring and engagement, a “smart inbox” that combines social feeds, collaborative tools and analytics, among other… → Read More

November 9th, 2011

Sprout Social Upgrades Social Media Management Platform With iOS Support, Personalized Dashboards And More

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Chicago-based startup Sprout Social, the developer of a comprehensive social relationship management platform for businesses, has rebuilt its offering from the ground up, adding support for personalized dashboards multi-users, full iPhone functionality, and more.

For background, the startup’s platform, which launched to the public last year, allows businesses to connect to customers and… → Read More

November 9th, 2010

Sprout Social Raises $1 Million For Social Media Management Platform

Chicago-based startup Sprout Social, the developer of a social relationship management platform for businesses, has raised $1 million in new funding from Lightbank. The startup had previously raised an undisclosed round of funding from the investment firm earlier this year.

The startup’s platform, which launched to the public in August, allows businesses to connect to customers and monitor key… → Read More

August 26th, 2010

Sprout Social Debuts Social Media Management Platform For Businesses

As more businesses look to social media for marketing efforts and to drive sales, there is a need for a comprehensive, yet easy to use platform to manage interactions on social networks. Chicago-based startup Sprout Social is launching its social relationship management platform to the public today.

The startup’s platform allows businesses to connect to customers and monitor key metrics and the… → Read More

May 13th, 2010

Sprout Social Raises Funding, Offers Business Tools For The Social Web

Sprout Social, a provider of social relationship management services not be confused with Sprout Inc, Sprout or Sprout, has received a Series A round of funding from Lightbank, the recently launched investment vehicle created by Groupon founders Eric Lefkofsky and Brad Keywell. The terms of the investment deal were not disclosed, but Lightbank typically invests less than $1 million. → Read More