Synopses & Reviews
Face Facebook, link up with LinkedIn, and tweet with Twitter using this all-in-one guide!Marketing your business through social media isn't rocket science. Here's how to apply the marketing savvy you already have to the social media your prospects are using, helping you get and keep more customers, make more sales, and boost your bottom line.
Find the business side — explore the variety of social media options and research where your target audience hangs out
Collect your tools — discover ways to simplify posting in multiple locations and how to monitor activity
Establish your presence — start a blog or podcast to build a following
Follow and be followed — find the right people to follow on Twitter and get them to follow you
Fan out — showcase your company with a customized Facebook business page
Follow up — use analytics to assess the success of your social media campaign
Open the book and find:
Tips for finding your target market
Important legal considerations
Step-by-step guidance for setting up a campaign
Lots of helpful technology tools
Blogging and podcasting advice
How to make Twitter pay off for your business
Tools for analyzing your success in each medium
When to move forward and when to pull back
8 books in 1
The Social Media Mix
Cybersocial Tools
Blogs, Podcasts, and Vlogs
Twitter
Facebook
LinkedIn
Other Social Media Marketing Sites
Measuring Results; Building On Your Success
Synopsis
Everything your business needs for a successful social media campaign
Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter are today's hottest marketing tools. This all-in-one guide by an expert on social media strategy helps you take full advantage of them in creative new ways.
Lena West is a consultant who helps her clients develop a social media strategy uniquely designed for their businesses. She offers her techniques and advice to help your business develop and manage a strategy, solicit buy-in from upper management, engage influencers, and evaluate the results.Customers of every business are already communicating on social media sites; an effective marketing strategy today must include these venuesAuthor Lena West is a recognized expert and consultant in social media marketingThis guide offers professional advice on developing and managing a social media strategy that uses all the hottest toolsSelf-contained minibooks cover creating a strategy; blogging, podcasting, and vlogging; successful tweeting; establishing a Facebook presence; using MySpace; marketing through LinkedIn; other social media tools; and measuring success
In the fun and friendly For Dummies style, Social Media Marketing All-in-One For Dummies arms you with the information you need for successful social media marketing.
Synopsis
Face Facebook, link up with LinkedIn, and tweet with Twitter using this all-in-one guide!
Marketing your business through social media isn't rocket science. Here's how to apply the marketing savvy you already have to the social media your prospects are using, helping you get and keep more customers, make more sales, and boost your bottom line.
Find the business side — explore the variety of social media options and research where your target audience hangs out
Collect your tools — discover ways to simplify posting in multiple locations and how to monitor activity
Establish your presence — start a blog or podcast to build a following
Follow and be followed — find the right people to follow on Twitter and get them to follow you
Fan out — showcase your company with a customized Facebook business page
Follow up — use analytics to assess the success of your social media campaign
Open the book and find:
Tips for finding your target market
Important legal considerations
Step-by-step guidance for setting up a campaign
Lots of helpful technology tools
Blogging and podcasting advice
How to make Twitter pay off for your business
Tools for analyzing your success in each medium
When to move forward and when to pull back
About the Author
Jan Zimmerman provides Web marketing and site management services to customers of Watermelon Mountain Web Marketing. She also wrote
Web Marketing For Dummies.
Doug Sahlin has written books on everything from Web site building to digital photography, among them Building Web Sites All-in-One For Dummies.
Table of Contents
Introduction.Book I: The Social Media Mix.
Chapter 1: Making the Business Case for Social Media.
Chapter 2: Plotting Your Social Media Marketing Strategy.
Chapter 3: Managing Your Cybersocial Campaign.
Chapter 4: Joining the Conversation.
Book II: Cybersocial Tools.
Chapter 1: Discovering Helpful Tech Tools.
Chapter 2: Leveraging Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for Social Media.
Chapter 3: Using Social Bookmarks and Social News.
Book III: Blogs, Podcasts, and Vlogs.
Chapter 1: Developing Your Strategic Mix.
Chapter 2: Building Your Blog.
Chapter 3: Creating a Podcast.
Chapter 4: Producing Your Videocast.
Chapter 5: Measuring Blogging, Podcasting, and Vlogging Metrics.
Book IV: Twitter.
Chapter 1: Getting to Know Twitter.
Chapter 2: Communing with Like-Minded People.
Chapter 3: Twitter Applications and Other Delights.
Chapter 4: Using Twitter with Other Social Media Marketing.
Chapter 5: Measuring Twitter Metrics.
Book V: Facebook.
Chapter 1: Getting to Know Facebook.
Chapter 2: Getting Around on Facebook.
Chapter 3: Using Facebook Features.
Chapter 4: Analyzing Facebook Metrics.
Book VI: LinkedIn.
Chapter 1: Getting Started with LinkedIn.
Chapter 2: LinkedIn Nuts and Bolts.
Chapter 3: Maximizing LinkedIn.
Chapter 4: Measuring Your Results.
Book VII: Other Social Media Marketing Sites.
Chapter 1: Weighing the Business Benefi ts of Minor Social Sites.
Chapter 2: Ning.
Chapter 3: MySpace.
Chapter 4: Flickr.
Chapter 5: Maximizing Stratifi ed Social Communities.
Book VIII: Measuring Your Results; Building on Your Success.
Chapter 1: Delving into Data.
Chapter 2: Comparing Metrics from Different Marketing Techniques.
Chapter 3: Tallying the Bottom Line.
Chapter 4: Making Decisions by the Numbers.
Chapter 5: Multiplying Your Impact.
Chapter 6: Staying Ahead of the Curve.
Index.