Get a free Twitter account to attract new customers, new work, or a new job. -- Use Twitter to connect with customers, co-workers, family, or friends. -- Discover which of your friends, customers or competitors is on Twitter and how to connect with them -- or spy on them! -- Save time with free Twitter software and tools. -- Use Twitter on your PC, Mac, cellphone or iPhone, e-mail or instant-message, or any combination. -- Save time by filtering out drivel and unimportant Tweets. -- Integrate your Twitter use with Facebook, your blog, Web site, or MySpace account. -- Protect your reputation and prevent customer-service issues and publicity nightmares. -- Find new markets and boost your sales. Extend your brand and generate buzz with no hassles, no cost. -- Learn why Twitter works better than advertising. -- Drive traffic to your Web site, use Twitter as a virtual customer help desk. -- Build a following of loyal customers and followers. -- Avoid Twitter mistakes and gaffes. (Cover)

"Build your tribe and change the world."Whether you're a beginner or expert, this book is going to reveal things you never knew about and enhance your perspective on marketing.Grow your social media following with little to no money using organic growth hacks none of your friends or colleagues know about.This volume unveils software not even experts are privy to and how to use them to become a trending topic on Twitter.Automate your social media and spend time doing things you want to do.Become an influencer and turn that influence into cash or use your influence to change the world.

Advance your B2B marketing plans with proven social media strategies Learn social media's specific application to B2B companies and how it can be leveraged to drive leads and revenue. B2B marketers are undervalued and under appreciated in many companies. Social media and online marketing provide the right mix of rich data and reduction in marketing expenses to help transform a marketer into a superstar. The B2B Social Media Book provides B2B marketers with actionable advice on leveraging blogging, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and more, combined with key strategic imperatives that serve as the backbone of effective B2B social media strategies. This book serves as the definitive reference for B2B marketers looking to master social media and take their career to the next level. Describes a methodology for generating leads using social media Details how to create content offers that increase conversion rates and drive leads from social media Offers practical advice for incorporating mobile strategies into the marketing mix Provides a step-by-step process for measuring the return on investment of B2B social media strategies The B2B Social Media Book will help readers establish a strong social media marketing strategy to generate more leads, become a marketing superstar in the eye of company leaders, and most importantly, contribute to business growth.

The complete guide to a successful Twitter marketing campaign Twitter is a microblogging service that's changing the way we communicate. Marketers recognize its value, and Twitter Marketing: An Hour a Day offers marketers, advertisers, brand managers, PR professionals, and business owners an in-depth guide to designing, implementing, and measuring the impact of a complete Twitter strategy. Expert author Hollis Thomases acquaints you with the Twitterverse, its conventions, and its fascinating demographics and statistics. She then teaches you step by step how to effectively craft successful branding and direct response strategies that can be scaled to any organization and its objectives. Twitter Marketing: An Hour a Day uses interesting case studies, success stories, anecdotes, and examples to demonstrate how to use Twitter metrics in order to inform strategic direction. You'll discover how top companies-large and small-have leveraged this exciting communications platform. Twitter has become a phenomenon with 32 million users, including major companies such as Apple, JetBlue, and CNN This step-by-step guide explains the demographics, shows how companies are using Twitter, and explains how to scale the approach to your enterprise The detailed coverage includes the basics for Twitter newcomers and explores all elements of a successful strategy Expert author Hollis Thomases shows how to set goals, develop and implement a plan, attract followers, and measure the impact of a campaign The in-depth book explains how to maintain momentum and explores such issues as contests, promotions, and crisis management Twitter Marketing: An Hour a Day is the ultimate guide to succeeding one tweet at a time!

A leading marketer breaks down the barriers between traditional and digital media, offering timeless principles for customer engagement

Evolution has a far greater reach than us turning from primates to humans. Business has its own version of evolution and very recently we are witnessing a rate of evolution in businesses that has never gripped organizations ever before. In a single year you may see trends falling out and things being considered old as newer and better versions of the same products and services make it to the markets. For business organizations now, there is nothing else that changes more quickly as their marketing strategies. At this time, the one marketing strategy where every company has made a beeline for is social media. The only place where people of a vast range of interests, geographic diversities, race, ethnicity and choices come together. Social media marketing may be old enough but considering the other types of media that are used for marketing, it is still in its nascent stages.

An introductory guide to effectively using Twitter to grow your business! The field of social media marketing is exciting, cutting-edge, and...open to almost anything! Twitter's style of quick remarks lends itself to a carefree, conversational tone, ripe for passing along a plug, sharing a suggestion, or referencing a recommendation. This fun and friendly book is an excellent first step for gaining insight on how to effectively use one of the most popular social media tools to expand the success of a business. In addition to covering the basics of Twitter, this easy-to-understand guide quickly moves on to techniques for incorporating a Twitter strategy into your marketing mix, combining new and old media, building your network, using Twitter tools, and measuring your success. Examines how Twitter's style for character-count caps and real-time posting allows for unique marketing opportunities Analyzes several real-world examples of successful strategies for marketing on Twitter Discusses ideas for promoting brands on Twitter, building a following, communicating better with followers, and driving traffic to a Web site Shares the top Twitter applications So get chirping and put Twitter to work for your marketing needs today!