Overview
An updated and expanded Second Edition of the popularguide to social media for the business community
Marketers must look to the Web for new ways of findingcustomers and communicating with them, rather than atthem. From Facebook and YouTube to blogs and Twitter-ing,social media on the Internet is the most promising new way to reachcustomers. Marketing to the Social Web, Second Edition helpsmarketers and their companies understand how to engagecustomers, build customer communities, and maximize profits in atime of marketing confusion. Author and social media guru LarryWeber describes newly available tools and platforms, and shows youhow to apply them to see immediate results and growth.
Rather than broadcast messages to audiences, savvy marketersshould encourage participation in social networks to which peoplewant to belong, where dialogue with customers, and betweencustomers, can flourish. in Networking sites like MySpace,Facebook, and even Flickr are the perfect forums for this dialog;this book shows you how to tap into this new media.
In addition to the tools and tactics that made Marketing tothe Social Web a critical hit among marketers, this secondedition includes three entirely new chapters that cover recentchanges in the field. These new chapters describe how Facebook willmonetize its business and one day surpass Google; how companies canmeasure the influence and effectiveness of their social mediacampaigns; and how marketing to mobile social media will grow intoan effective practice in the near future.
Marketing must reach out into new forms, media, and models.Marketing to the Social Web, Second Edition presents anexceptional opportunity to use these new tools and models to reachnew markets, even in today's fragmented media environment.
Larry Weber has spent the last three decades buildingglobal communications companies, including Weber ShandwickWorldwide and the W2 Group. He is also the founder and Chairman ofthe Massachusetts Innovation and Technology Exchange, thenation’s largest interactive advocate association.
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