Friends with Benefits: A Social Media Marketing Handbook

Author: Barefoot, Darren,Szabo, Julie
Publisher: No Starch Press
Category: E-commerce: Business Aspects, Sales & Marketing, Public Relations, Internet Guides & Online Services
Book Format: Paperback

The rules of marketing have changed. Savvy marketing professionals know that they must engage with individuals directly on the Web, and smart businesses know that customers can become friends - with benefits. Friends With Benefits shows you how to get into the online marketing game. A guide fllled with tips, tricks, and real-world case studies, Friends With Benefits shows how you can increase your company's online visibility and Web traffic and win over online influencers.



Friends With Benefits explains you how to:



- Connect with potential customers and join their conversations

- Tweak your website to support your social media marketing campaigns

- Promote your products or brand and manage the toughest negative online feedback

- Track marketing campaigns, monitor discussions, and measure success



With viral videos racking up millions of views and Twitter mavens influencing thousands of their friends, social media marketing is an essential new tool for every marketer's toolbox. The expert authors of Friends with Benefits guide you through the social media landscape, where authenticity and connections are more important than the size of your marketing budget, and real results can be just a few clicks away.



Finally! Here's the book you should buy for your clueless friends (you might learn someting too).



SETH GODIN, author of Tribes

Table Of Contents
Foreword by Shel Israel

Acknowledgments

Introduction: A Window into the World of Social Media Marketing

Chapter 1: What is Social Media?

Chapter 2: Get Social Media Ready

Chapter 3: Flagging a Ride: Finding the Right Bloggers and Communities

Chapter 4: Netiquette: Miss Manners for the Web

Chapter 5: Stick Out Your Thumb: Devising Your Pitch

Chapter 6: Measuring Success: How to Monitor the Web

Chapter 7: Is Social Media Marketing Risky Business?

Chapter 8: Damage Control in the Digital Age

Chapter 9: Does MySpace Still Matter?

Chapter 10: Understanding Facebook

Chapter 11: Video Marketing with YouTube and Other Video Sharing Sites

Chapter 12: The Twitter Revolution

Chapter 13: The Power of Crowds: Understanding and Participating in Online Communities

Afterword

Recommended Reading

Index
About Darren Barefoot
Darren Barefoot and Julie Szabo have run social media marketing campaigns for national retailers like Best Buy, Future Shop, and Brother International. They've been quoted as experts on social media on the CBC and BBC, and in Wired magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and dozens of other magazines, TV, and radio programs. Founders of Northern Voice, Canada's social media conference, they regularly speak around North America on social media, marketing, and emerging technology. Darren has 10,000 daily readers at DarrenBarefoot.com.

(BK-9781593271992)

SKU BK-9781593271992
Barcode # 9781593271992
Brand No Starch Press
Artist / Author Barefoot, Darren, Szabo, Julie
Shipping Weight 0.5000kg
Shipping Width 0.180m
Shipping Height 0.020m
Shipping Length 0.230m
Assembled Length 17.800m
Assembled Height 23.400m
Assembled Width 1.800m
Type Paperback

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