Meltwater and Sprout Social partner

Global media intelligence solution Meltwater has partnered with Sprout Social, specialists in social media management and engagement. The new partnership will enable businesses to engage with their audience based on insights extracted from news and social media. Meltwater, a comprehensive media intelligence platform will power Sprout Social’s social engagement platform to help find the right message to reach the right people at the right time. Sprout Social offers engagement tools to help users discover, respond to and interact across Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Google+ and Instagram from one interface.

“Meltwater’s core expertise is to extract insights, and we made a strategic decision to partner with a top player for social engagement,” says Jorn Lyseggen, CEO and Founder, Meltwater. “We researched more than 100 companies and chose Sprout Social because it has one of the strongest social engagement products in the market with unrivaled user friendliness.”

“Engagement through social channels is increasingly critical for brand success,” says Justyn Howard, CEO of Sprout Social. “Our partnership with Meltwater brings world-class capabilities together to create remarkable customer experiences and further promote meaningful engagement.”