1. Introduction2. Emergence of Social Media Analytics3. Purpose of Social Media Analytics4. Social Media vs. Conventional Business AnalyticsEight Layers of Social Media Analytics5. Types of Social Media Analytics5.1. Descriptive Analytics (Reactive)5.2. Diagnostic Analytics (Reactive)5.3. Predictive Analytics (Proactive)5.4. Prescriptive Analytics (Proactive)6. Social Media Analytics Value Creation CycleStep 1 IdentificationStep 2 ExtractionStep 3 CleaningStep 4 AnalyzingStep 5 Visualization7. Visual Analytics7.1. Importance of Visualization7.2. Social Media Data VisualizationStep 6: Interpretation or Consumption8. Current VS., Potential Use of Social Media Analytics9. Challenges to Social Media Analytics9.1. Volume and Velocity as a Challenge9.2. Diversity as Challenge9.3. Unstructured Data as a Challenge10. Social Media Analytics Accuracy11. Social Media Analytics Industry12. Social Media Analytics ToolsReferences