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Welcome to this month's highlights in social networking!
Web 2.0, Facebook, YouTube, blogs, Twitter, Flickr... if you're not familiar with these terms, it's time you brush up on your knowledge of the Web 2.0 social networking revolution or you could be missing out on some powerful opportunities. By utilising these new technologies effectively you could dramatically increase the success of your business by expanding your consumer base, building your brand, introducing new products and services and strengthening your marketing strategy, to name but a few benefits. If you're new to this field you could start with Marketing to the Social Web or World Wide Rave which describe new social media, demonstrate their power and show you how to apply them to see immediate results and growth. Similarly, The Truth About Profiting From Social Networking and 33 Million People in the Room examine the popularity of social networking and offer advice on using online connections to maximum advantage, social networking strategies, tips for guarding privacy, and avoiding pitfalls. Twitter Power and Twitter: Free Social Networking For Business will teach you more about the instant benefits of using this social media phenomenon to boost your websites' traffic and your income, and Throwing Sheep in the Boardroom provides advice for senior managers on how to understand and utilise Web 2.0. And even if you're not familiar with these terms and tools, it's likely that your employees are so you'd be wise to read The e-Policy Handbook, which gives you everything you need to develop clear, complete e-policies to protect your organization. Enjoy browsing! | |
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| Marketing to the Social Web |
Marketing to the Social Web, 2nd Edition
Author: Larry Weber This new edition of Weber's classic book includes three new chapters: Facebook: The Google Killer; Measuring Social Media; and Marketing to Mobile Social Media. Marketing to the Social Web, Second Edition helps marketers and their companies understand how to engage customers, build customer communities, and maximize profits in a time of marketing confusion. Author and social media guru Larry Weber describes newly available tools and platforms, and shows you how to apply them to see immediate results and growth. ISBN-13: 9780470410974 | FORMAT: HARDBACK | DATE: MARCH 2009 | PUBLISHER: JOHN WILEY AND SONS | COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: UNITED KINGDOM | AVAILABILITY: IN PRINT | RED PEPPER PRICE: R339.00 (incl.) Click here to order now |
| Twitter Power |
Twitter Power
Authors: Joel Comm and Ken Burge Since 2006, forward-thinking companies like Apple, JetBlue, Whole Foods, and GM have discovered the instant benefits of leveraging the social media phenomenon known as Twitter to reach consumers directly, build their brand, and increase sales. This guide shows businesses and marketers how to integrate Twitter into their marketing strategies. ISBN-13: 9780470458426 | FORMAT: HARDBACK | DATE: FEB 2009 | PUBLISHER: JOHN WILEY AND SONS | COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: UNITED KINGDOM | AVAILABILITY: IN PRINT | RED PEPPER PRICE: R339.00 (incl.) Click here to order now |
| Tactical Transparency |
Tactical Transparency Authors: Shel Holtz, John C. Havens and Lynne D. Johnson While exposing the risks inherent in maintaining a nontransparent relationship with customers, this title shows how organizations can evaluate their readiness for transparency, what they need to do to get ready, and how to effectively communicate their transparency strategy to their customers and employees. ISBN-13: 9780470293706 | FORMAT: HARDBACK | DATE: DEC 2008 | PUBLISHER: JOHN WILEY AND SONS | COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: UNITED KINGDOM | AVAILABILITY: IN PRINT | RED PEPPER PRICE: R445.00 (incl.) Click here to order now |
| Throwing Sheep in the Boardroom |
Throwing Sheep in the Boardroom: How Social Media are Transforming Your Life, Your Work and Your World Authors: M. Fraser and Soumitra Dutta Throwing Sheep in the Boardroom is the first book written for a wide audience about the powerful trend that is reshaping your life: the Web 2.0 social networking revolution. Matthew Fraser and Soumitra Dutta examine the powerful forces behind the social 'e'-revolution, detailing often absurd and powerful reactions to it as well making predictions about its long-term consequences. Throwing Sheep in the Boardroom makes the case that senior managers must understand the dynamics of the Web 2.0 revolution before it's too late - before it will be sweeping through their corridors and into their boardrooms. ISBN-13: 9780470740149 | FORMAT: HARDBACK | DATE: NOV 2008 | PUBLISHER: JOHN WILEY AND SONS | COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: UNITED KINGDOM | AVAILABILITY: IN PRINT | DELIVERY TIME: 3-4 WEEKS | RED PEPPER PRICE: R420.00 (incl.) Click here to order now |
| World Wide Rave |
World Wide Rave Author: David Meerman Scott By harnessing the power of social media and learning the secrets of why people share things on sites like YouTube, Facebook, and blogs, you can drive eager buyers to your virtual doorstep-for free! In World Wide Rave, Scott, author of the award-winning bestseller The New Rules of Marketing and PR, reveals the most exciting and powerful way to build your own giant audience. ISBN-13: 9780470395004 | FORMAT: HARDBACK | DATE: MAR 2009 | PUBLISHER: JOHN WILEY AND SONS | COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: UNITED KINGDOM | AVAILABILITY: IN PRINT | RED PEPPER PRICE: R321.00 (incl.) Click here to order now |
| The Innovation Manual |
The Innovation Manual Author: David Midgley Offers a solution to the problems faced by those at the forefront of innovation. This manual takes readers through the seven topics that have the highest impact on the success of value innovation, be it innovation a new product, a new service or a new business model. ISBN-13: 9780470724538 | FORMAT: HARDBACK | DATE: FEB 2009 | PUBLISHER: JOHN WILEY AND SONS | COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: UNITED KINGDOM | AVAILABILITY: IN PRINT | RED PEPPER PRICE: R498.00 (incl.) Click here to order now |
| Eating the Big Fish |
Eating the Big Fish: How 'Challenger Brands' Can Compete Against Brand Leaders Author: Adam Morgan The concept of the challenger brand has become a mainstream idea among marketers and advertisers. This study of the way challenger brands take on and defeat bigger competitors features interviews of 30 fresh challengers. It explores radically different marketing environment. It is suitable for various marketing and advertising arenas. ISBN-13: 9780470238271 | FORMAT: HARDBACK | DATE: FEB 2009 | PUBLISHER: JOHN WILEY AND SONS | COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: UNITED KINGDOM | AVAILABILITY: IN PRINT | RED PEPPER PRICE: R392.00 (incl.) Click here to order now |
| Images of the Multinational Firm |
Images of the Multinational Firm Author: Simon Collinson and Glenn Morgan Addresses beliefs and misconceptions about the nature and role of multi-national enterprises. This work examines the evolution of multinational firms, their forms and organization, and their global impact. It reviews multinational enterprises as they relate to globalization, cross-border management, international business and business and society. ISBN-13: 9781405147002 | FORMAT: PAPERBACK | DATE: FEB 2009 | PUBLISHER: JOHN WILEY AND SONS | COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: UNITED KINGDOM | AVAILABILITY: IN PRINT | RED PEPPER PRICE: R741.00 (incl.) Click here to order now |
| 33 Million People in the Room |
33 Million People in the Room: How to Create, Influence, and Run a Successful Business with Social Networking Author: Juliette Powell Social networks aren't just a trend anymore: they're a permanent reality - and they offer immense opportunities to businesspeople who are innovative and committed enough to take advantage of them. In this book, leading social networking consultant Juliette Powell reveals how dozens of innovators are driving real ROI through social networks. Powell's wide-ranging case studies include technology, media and gaming companies, leaders in fashion, beauty, publishing, finance, retail, event planning, and beyond. These powerful narratives illuminate the reality of doing business on today's social networks as never before. Through them, Powell introduces newly-emerged best practices, demonstrates how to avoid crucial pitfalls, and helps you prepare for the very latest trends in online social networking. Drawing on recent research in social psychology, Powell connects the dots, revealing the human dynamics and patterns that consistently underlie successful social networking initiatives. Along the way, she offers practical tools and advice for optimizing every stage of your own social networking initiative, from planning through measurement. The techniques in 64 Million People in the Room can help you build your company, introduce new products and services, and strengthen your brands whatever they are: business or personal ISBN-13: 9780137154357 | FORMAT: HARDBACK | DATE: JAN 2009 | PUBLISHER: PEARSON EDUCATION USA | COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: UNITED STATES | DELIVERY TIME: 3-5 WEEKS | RED PEPPER PRICE: R332.00 (incl.) Click here to order now |
| The Truth About Profiting from Socail Networking |
The Truth About Profiting From Social Networking Author: Patrice-Anne Rutledge Examining the popularity of social networking, this title offers advice on making the most of online connections, social networking strategies, tips for guarding privacy, and a look at the future of social networking, all written in a practical, user-friendly style. ISBN-13: 9780789737885 | FORMAT: PAPERBACK | DATE: APR 2008| PUBLISHER: FINANCIAL MAIL/PRENTICE HALL | COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: UNITED STATES | DELIVERY TIME: 3-5 WEEKS | RED PEPPER PRICE: R295.00 (incl.) Click here to order now |
| The e-Policy Handbook |
The e-Policy Handbook: Rules and Best Practices to Safely Manage Your Company's E-mail, Blogs, Social Networking, and Other Internet Communication Tools Author: Nancy Flynn With trillions of e-mails traveling each year through your corporate network-and not all of them work-related-your company can be left wide open to liability risks, security breaches, and productivity nosedives. And now, with the advent of blogs, social networking sites, and other new technologies, e-mail is no longer the only danger! Newly updated to cover the latest threats to your organization's security, including instant messaging, text messaging, video sites, and more, The e-Policy Handbook gives you everything you need to develop clear, complete e-policies. From off-color jokes to pornographic images, from software pirates to eBay addicts, digital abuse can tear any company apart. This thorough, up-to-date survival kit shows you how to protect your organization. ISBN-13: 9780814410653 | FORMAT: PAPERBACK | DATE: JAN 2009 | PUBLISHER: AMACOM | COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: UNITED STATES | DELIVERY TIME: 3-5 WEEKS | RED PEPPER PRICE: R284.43 (incl.) Click here to order now |
| Twitter: Free Social Networking for Business |
Twitter: Free Social Networking For Business - 100 Success Secrets To Increase Your Profits and Sales Using Twitter Business Strategies Author: Daniel Clark Many companies are using Twitter in innovative ways. Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users' updates. How can you use Twitter for business? In this book, you'll discover free Twitter tools you can use to help you to not only boost your websites' traffic but also your income. It covers what these tools are, but also how you can make use of these tools to gain an edge over your competitors. This book covers ways to use Twitter to Share Ideas, Show Repect, Engage Customers, Build your brand and Provide Customer Service. ISBN-13: 9781921523991 | FORMAT: PAPERBACK | DATE: NOV 2008 | PUBLISHER: AMACOM | COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION: AUSTRALIA | DELIVERY TIME: 3-5 WEEKS | RED PEPPER PRICE: R354.00 (incl.)
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