The art of social media : power tips for power users / Guy Kawasaki and Peg Fitzpatrick.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Portfolio/Penguin, [2014].Description: 196 p. : ill. ; 20cmISBN:- 1591848075
- 9781591848073
- 303.4833 KAW
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Standard Loan | Moylish Library Main Collection | 303.4833 KAW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002100517656 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
By now it's clear that whether you're promoting a business, a product, or yourself, social media is near the top of what determines your success or failure. And there are countless pundits, authors, and consultants eager to advise you.
But there's no one quite like Guy Kawasaki, the legendary former chief evangelist for Apple and one of the pioneers of business blogging, tweeting, Facebooking, Tumbling, and much, much more. Now Guy has teamed up with Peg Fitzpatrick, who he says is the best social-media person he's ever met, to offer The Art of Social Media --the one essential guide you need to get the most bang for your time, effort, and money.
With over one hundred practical tips, tricks, and insights, Guy and Peg present a bottom-up strategy to produce a focused, thorough, and compelling presence on the most popular social-media platforms. They guide you through steps to build your foundation, amass your digital assets, optimize your profile, attract more followers, and effectively integrate social media and blogging.
For beginners overwhelmed by too many choices as well as seasoned professionals eager to improve their game, The Art of Social Media is full of tactics that have been proven to work in the real world. Or as Guy puts it, "great stuff, no fluff."
Includes index.
How to optimize your profile -- How to feed the content monster -- How to perfect your posts -- How to respond to comments -- How to integrate social media and blogging -- How to get more followers -- How to socialize events -- How to run Google+ hangouts on air -- How to rock a Twitter chat -- How to avoid looking clueless -- How to optimize individual platforms -- How to put everything together.
By now it\'s clear that whether you\'re promoting a business, a product, or yourself, social media is near the top of what determines your success or failure. And there are countless pundits, authors, and consultants eager to advise you. But there\'s no one quite like Guy Kawasaki, the legendary former chief evangelist for Apple and one of the pioneers of business blogging, tweeting, Facebooking, Tumbling, and much, much more. Now Guy has teamed up with Peg Fitzpatrick, who he says is the best social-media person he\'s ever met, to offer -- The Art of Social Media
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Read This First (p. ix)
- Acknowledgments (p. xi)
- 1 How to Optimize Your Profile (p. 1)
- 2 How to Feed the Content Monster (p. 16)
- 3 How to Perfect Your Posts (p. 41)
- 4 How to Respond to Comments (p. 70)
- 5 How to Integrate Social Media and Blogging (p. 80)
- 6 How to Get More Followers (p. 99)
- 7 How to Socialize Events (p. 101)
- 8 How to Run Google+ Hangouts on Air (p. 110)
- 9 How to Rock a Twitter Chat (p. 123)
- 10 How to Avoid Looking Clueless (p. 130)
- 11 How to Optimize for Individual Platforms (p. 138)
- 12 How to Put Everything Together (p. 179)
- Conclusion (p. 183)
- List of Apps and Services (p. 185)
- Index (p. 189)
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Author notes provided by Syndetics
Guy Kawasaki was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on August 30, 1954. He received a BA in psychology from Stanford University and an MBA from UCLA. He was the chief evangelist of Apple. He is the co-founder of Alltop.com and a founding partner at Garage Technology Ventures. His has written ten books including Enchantment, Reality Check, The Art of the Start, Rules for Revolutionaries, How to Drive Your Competition Crazy, Selling the Dream, and The Macintosh Way.(Bowker Author Biography)