Create and maintain a successful social media strategy for your business Today, a large number of companies still don't have a strategic approach to social media. Others fail to calculate how effective they are at social media, one of the critical components of implementing any social media strategy. When companies start spending time and money on their social media efforts, they need to create an internal plan that everyone can understand. Maximize Your Social offers a clear vision of what businesses need to do to create—and execute upon—their social media for business road map. Explains the evolution of social media and the absolute necessity for creating a social media strategy Outlines preparation for, mechanics of, and maintenance of a successful social media strategy Author Neal Schaffer was named a Forbes Top 30 Social Media Power Influencer, is the creator of the AdAge Top 100 Global Marketing Blog, Windmill Networking, and a global social media speaker Maximize Your Social will guide you to mastery of social media marketing strategies, saving you from spending a chunk of your budget on a social media consultant. Follow Neal Schaffer's advice, and you'll be able to do it yourself—and do it right.

Ranked among the best marketing/advertisement books in the world by Bookauthority Here comes the 4th edition of the global bestseller 'Social Media Marketing' by marketing guru Philip Kotler, Svend Hollensen and Marc Opresnik. Marketing communication is undergoing a digital revolution. The increasing popularity of blogging, podcasting, and social networks enables world customers to broadcast their views about a product or service to a potential audience of billions. Traditional advertising does not work as well as it has in the past. This completely revised and extended fourth edition of this guide, chosen by Bookauthority as one of the best marketing/advertising books in the world, leads readers through the maze of communities, platforms, and social media tools so that they can better decide which tools to use, and how to use them most effectively. For beginners overwhelmed by too many choices as well as experienced professionals eager to improve their game, this comprehensive book is full of tactics that have been proven to work in the real marketing world. This book will take you beyond the jargon to social media marketing mastery. Reviews 'This book is an indispensable guidance for 21st century professional marketers, who seek to leverage social media to win in consumer communication.' Kohzoh Takaoka, President & CEO, Nestlé Japan Ltd. 'This is the book that will help you master social media, the indispensable element in every marketing program.' Al Ries, Chairman, Ries & Ries 'This book is a comprehensive treatment of social media marketing where the principles and strategies laid out for the executives could result in a significant profitable growth for many firms.' V Kumar, Ph.D., Richard and Susan Lenny Distinguished Chair, & Regents' Professor of Marketing, Georgia State University, USA 'This guide provides a solid, succinct overview of social media, practical tips which marketers can feed into their social media strategies and which researchers can use to further understand the phenomena they study in the social media context.' Dr. Violetta Wilk, Ph.D., Researcher and Lecturer in Marketing, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia The authors Philip Kotler is the S. C. Johnson & Son Distinguished Professor of International Marketing at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, and one of the world's leading authorities on marketing. His writing has defined marketing around the world for the past decades. Philip Kotler is the recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees and is widely considered as the 'Father of Modern Marketing'. Svend Hollensen is an Associate Professor of International Marketing at the University of Southern Denmark. He is the author of globally published textbooks and several articles in well-recognised journals. Svend Hollensen has also worked as a consultant for several multinational companies, as well as global organizations like the World Bank. Marc Opresnik is a Distinguished Professor of Marketing at the Technische Hochschule Lübeck and Member of the Board of Directors at SGMI Management Institute St. Gallen. He is Chief Research Officer at Kotler Impact Inc. and a global co-author of marketing legend Philip Kotler. With his many years of international experience, Marc Opresnik is one of the world's most renowned marketing, management and negotiation experts.

Expert advice on growing your professional service firm or individual practice through social media Showing professionals and their marketers how to accomplish familiar marketing tactics in newer, ways, Social Media for Professionals and Their Firms takes you step by step in putting social media to work for your professional practice. Whether you want to build your own on-line reputation, or are ready to explore new media for corporate marketing and communications, this book is the definitive guide for your strategic approach. Explores why the fastest and most leveragable way to expand relationships today is through the Internet Provides step-by-step approaches to successful professional blogging Discusses high-level strategies for effectively using Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and bookmarking sites Includes pitfalls and success stories featuring notable social media trailblazers Timely and practical, this book shows you why new media is rapidly becoming the core way for professionals to reach their audiences. Whether your firm provides legal, accounting, financial planning, architecture, consultancy, or other services, Social Media Strategies for Professionals and Their Firms will show you ways to better reach and communicate with your customers.

The Media Handbook provides a practical introduction to the advertising, media planning, and buying processes. Emphasizing basic calculations and the practical realities of offering alternatives and evaluating the plan, this seventh edition includes greater coverage of social media, buying automation, the continued digitization of media, and updated statistics on media consumption. It covers over the top television, programmatic TV, digital advertising, and the automation of buying across all media. Author Helen Katz provides a continued focus on how planning and buying tie back to the strategic aims of the brand and the client, keeping practitioners and students up to date with current industry examples and practices. The Companion Website to the book includes resources for both students and instructors. For students there are flashcards to test themselves on main concepts, a list of key media associations, a template flowchart and formulas. Instructors can find lecture slides and sample test questions to assist in their course preparation.

This book examines issues and implications of digital and social media marketing for emerging markets. These markets necessitate substantial adaptations of developed theories and approaches employed in the Western world. The book investigates problems specific to emerging markets, while identifying new theoretical constructs and practical applications of digital marketing. It addresses topics such as electronic word of mouth (eWOM), demographic differences in digital marketing, mobile marketing, search engine advertising, among others. A radical increase in both temporal and geographical reach is empowering consumers to exert influence on brands, products, and services. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and digital media are having a significant impact on the way people communicate and fulfil their socio-economic, emotional and material needs. These technologies are also being harnessed by businesses for various purposes including distribution and selling of goods, retailing of consumer services, customer relationship management, and influencing consumer behaviour by employing digital marketing practices. This book considers this, as it examines the practice and research related to digital and social media marketing.

In this book, one of the world’s leading business consultants offers you a complete blueprint for igniting profitable, sustainable growth in your company. Monique Reece introduces the proven, start-to-finish “PRAISE” process that builds growth through six interrelated steps: Purpose, Research, Analyze, Implement, Strategize, and Evaluate/Execute. She demonstrates how to use fast, agile real-time planning techniques that are tightly integrated with execution as part of day-to-day operations... how to clarify your company’s purpose, value to customers, and most attractive opportunities... how to fix problems in sales and marketing that have persisted for decades, and finally measure the real value of marketing... how to combine the best traditional marketing techniques with the latest best practices for using social media... how to systematically and continually improve customer experience and lifetime value. Reece’s techniques have been proven with hundreds of companies over the past two decades – companies ranging from startups to intrapreneurial divisions of the world’s largest Fortune 500 firms. They work – and with her guidance, they will work for you, too.