The Social Media Bible unlocks the mysteries of the hottest new Internet wave, Social Media — such as Facebook, Linked In, Jott, Twitter, Myspace, Flickr, Podbean and YouTube. This book will transform corporate and non-profit marketing strategies and how they use these new media to reach their desired audiences with power messages and efficiency.

The Social Media Bible is the first book in the industry to provide a comprehensive, all-in-one, resource which not only builds a "functional knowledge foundation", but also provides strategies and tactics for assessing an organization's current social media potency and potential via a specially-designed SWOT analysis.

The crux of the book will rely on the extensive contributions which will be made from a list of prominent people, including a Blue Chip Advisory Panel which will include:

• Amanda Vega — President, Vega and Associates Public Realtions
• John Pollard — President and Founder, Jott
• Marc Canter — President and Founder, Macromedia
• Pat Sullivan — President and Founder, ACT Software
• Chris Heuer — President and Founder, The Social Media Club
• Robert Scoble — President and Founder, PodTech, Microsoft Blogger
• Michael Gerber — President and Founder, The Dreaming Room, Author, The E-Myth
• David Meerman Scott — Author of The New Rules of Marketing and PR
• Matt Mullenweg — President and Founder, WordPress
• Steve Zylestra — President, Arizona Tech Council
• Steve Gardner — President, Five Star Speakers
• Doug Bruhnke — President, Growth Nation
• Benj Arriola — 2007, 2008 SEO World Champion
• Dan Nienhauser &mdash P.R.I.D.E., Arizona State University
• Kevin Donnellen &mdash Past Vice President, Cold Stone Creamery
• Jody Gnant &mdash The Red Paper Clip, Artist
• Kevin O'Brien &mdash Vice President, Constant Contact
• Lacey Green &mdash K/F Communications, Digg
• Lucy Chung &mdash Outcast Communications, Flickr
• and Paul Boisvert, Sr. Technical Content Producer, Yahoo!

Through the collaborative wisdom of these contributors, who truly reflect this book's audience demographics, every chapter of the book will benefit from invaluable feedback and perspective from highly recognizable people in the field.

The Social Media Bible

Tactics, tools, & strategies for business success

The Ultimate Guide To Social Media Marketing

The Social Media Bible will show you how to build or transform your business into a social media--enabled enterprise where customers, employees, and prospects connect, collaborate, and champion your products, your services, and your way of doing business.

Using the systematic approach presented in this comprehensive guide, you'll learn how to: Increase your company and brand value by engaging people in new forms of communication, collaboration, education, and entertainment Determine which social media tactics you should be using with your customers and employees Evaluate and categorize the tools and applications that constitute the rapidly evolving social media ecosystem Make social media tools like Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Twitter, blogging, podcasting, and hundreds of others a part of your business strategy Do a social media analysis inside your company to improve internal operations and outside your company to create and monetize relationships with customers and prospects Implement social media micro- and macrostrategies to give your business the competitive edge it needs to survive and thrive

Virtually every business can use social media to increase sales and profits, and The Social Media Bible will show you how. Part One introduces you to social media, and gives you a helpful framework, and presents practical and tactical tips for using some of these tools. Part Two introduces you to over 100 social media tools and applications in fifteen different categories, giving you a quick rundown of the features and functions of the tools that should become part of your social media strategy. Part Three offers mini exercises and assessments to help you conduct a social media audit of your company, your competition, and your customers, so you can craft the perfect strategy for your business.

If you want to grow your business, you have to stay connected to your stakeholders- whether you're a big corporation, a small business, or even a nonprofit. The Social Media Bible will show you how to harness the collective wisdom and viral value of your stakeholders and stay ahead of your competition.

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The ultimate comprehensive social media reference book for any business looking to transform its marketing and operational strategies

Realizing that social media is dramatically impacting businesses, customers, and everyone connected to them, the authors of The Social Media Bible have consulted with leading social media experts from companies and consulting firms, as well as New York Times bestselling authors nationwide, to assemble a content-rich social media bible that will help businesses increase revenues, improve profitability, and ensure relevance and competitiveness. The book outlines just what social media is, and how to harness its power to achieve a measurable competitive advantage in rapidly changing markets. It allows readers to build a functional knowledge base, and tap into the collaborative power of such social media applications as Facebook, Linked In, Twitter, MySpace, Flickr, and YouTube. The book is part reference, part how-to manual, and part business strategy. For corporate enterprises, small businesses, and nonprofits alike, the strategies in The Social Media Bible are practical, powerful, and effective ways to connect with customers, prospects, employees, stakeholders, and collaborators. Packed with contributions from top names in the field covering virtually every major topic in social media, this is the perfect social media resource for businesses big and small.

Lon Safko (Gilbert, AZ) is an innovator and professional speaker with over 20 years of experience in entrepreneurship, marketing, sales, strategic partnering, speaking, training, writing, and e-commerce. He is the founder of eight successful companies, including Paper Models, Inc. David K. Brake (Mesa, AZ) is the CEO and founder of Content Connections, a company that uses social networking strategies to help clients build economically viable relationships around their content.