--- title: What Cadbury Eggs Can Teach You About Social Listening description: Some valuable insights can be gained if brands just listen... image: https://www.websitemagazine.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/bunny7757f48ec5e163acbc5dff0000ff1aaa-1-1-1-1.png --- [Log In](https://www.websitemagazine.com/_hcms/mem/login) [Subscribe](https://websitemagazine.tradepub.com/free/w_webk05/prgm.cgi) [![Website Magazine Logo](https://www.websitemagazine.com/hs-fs/hubfs/gradient-regular@3x-1.png?width=586&height=145&name=gradient-regular@3x-1.png "Website Magazine Logo")](http://Website%20Services,%20Inc.) - [About](https://www.websitemagazine.com/about) - [FAQs](https://www.websitemagazine.com/about/faq) - [Advertise](https://www.websitemagazine.com/about/advertise) - [Editorial Staff](https://www.websitemagazine.com/about/editorial-publishing-staff) - [Resources](https://websitemagazine.tradepub.com) - [Newsletter](https://www.websitemagazine.com/newsletter-sign-up) - More - [Contact Us](https://www.websitemagazine.com/contact) [Log In](https://www.websitemagazine.com/_hcms/mem/login) [Subscribe](https://websitemagazine.tradepub.com/free/w_webk05/prgm.cgi) Search - [Latest](https://www.websitemagazine.com) - [Design](https://www.websitemagazine.com/web-design) - [Development](https://www.websitemagazine.com/web-development) - [SEO](https://www.websitemagazine.com/seo) - [Ecommerce](https://www.websitemagazine.com/ecommerce) - [Content](https://www.websitemagazine.com/content) - [Marketing](https://www.websitemagazine.com/marketing) - [Advertising](https://www.websitemagazine.com/advertising) - [Email](https://www.websitemagazine.com/email) - [Infographics](https://www.websitemagazine.com/infographics) - [View All Topics](https://www.websitemagazine.com/channels) # What Cadbury Eggs Can Teach You About Social Listening ![Amberly Dressler](https://www.websitemagazine.com/hubfs/Amberly%20Dressler.jpeg) [by Amberly Dressler](https://www.websitemagazine.com/social-media/author/amberly-dressler) 11 Apr, 2017 - - - [mailto:?Body=https://www.websitemagazine.com/social-media/what-cadbury-eggs-can-teach-you-about-social-listening](mailto:?Body=https://www.websitemagazine.com/social-media/what-cadbury-eggs-can-teach-you-about-social-listening) - Link Copied! ![What Cadbury Eggs Can Teach You About Social Listening](https://www.websitemagazine.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/bunny7757f48ec5e163acbc5dff0000ff1aaa-1-1-1-1.png) **Companies that listen to social conversations about their brands and their competitors are more able and likely willing to adjust strategy based on what they 'hear' versus those who bury their heads in the digital sand, hoping for success.** Social media listening isn't just for competitive monitoring, however. Along with keyword research and identifying a company's [target audience](https://www.websitemagazine.com/content/content-location-does-it-matter-where-your-target-audience-lives), using a social listening platform ( *[Forrester believes](https://www.forrester.com/report/The+Forrester+Wave+Enterprise+Social+Listening+Platforms+Q1+2016/-/E-RES122523) the most significant ones are Brandwatch, Cision, Clarabridge, Crimson Hexagon, NetBase, Networked Insights, Oracle, Prime Research, Salesforce, Sprinklr, Synthesio and Sysomos*) can help marketers understand what people are currently talking about and use the findings to influence blogs, social posts and other timely marketing collateral to increase engagement and readership.  In the spirit of the season, [Tracx](https://www.tracx.com/) ( *a social listening platform that monitors 1 billion social interactions daily across 14 different social media channels*) used its data to find out what Easter candy lovers were chatting about, discovering: 1. "Adult" Easter is trending, notably Cadbury egg shots (top five posts are listed below) 2. Reese's Eggs didn't even crack our top five (winners are listed below) 3. Nearly 82 percent of the conversations are driven by women **Top 5 Posts:** 1. Delish FB Page, Cadbury Cr‚Äö√†√∂¬¨√Üme Egg Shots ( [10 million views as of publishing](https://www.facebook.com/delish/videos/vb.41937927436/10155210468257437/?type=2&theater)) 2. Delish FB page, How to Make Cadbury Egg Stuffed Biscuits 3. Tip Hero FB page, Easter Cookie Bars (ft. Peeps) 4. Country Living Magazine FB Page, Truffle Bunny Shots 5. People FB Page, Reese's Cr‚Äö√†√∂¬¨¬©me Egg Gives Cadbury a Run for Its Money In Easter candy chatter, the Tracx study revealed over 20,200 conversations; 54,500 posts; and over 1 million interactions: [![easter-research](https://www.websitemagazine.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/easter-research-2-1-1.jpg "easter-research")](https://www.websitemagazine.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/easter-research-1-1-1-1.jpg) - Cadbury Eggs Dominate - 28,747 - Chocolate bunny - 12,727 - Peeps - 10,816 - Jelly Beans - 2,773 - M&Ms - 2,109 - Reese's Eggs - 1,300 - Hershey's Eggs - 130 Even for those not in the Easter candy business, there are advantages to monitoring and adding to popular conversations when the aim is to drive blog traffic and increase brand reach - but it starts with listening. ![Amberly Dressler](https://www.websitemagazine.com/hubfs/Amberly%20Dressler.jpeg) [Amberly Dressler](https://www.websitemagazine.com/social-media/author/amberly-dressler) Head of analyst relations, public relations, customer advocacy (People Heroes), customer community, content marketing (full funnel/lifecycle), content operations and optimization, reputation management and social media. 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