Social Media starters
Social Media Today has compiled this list of the current Top 25 free ebooks on Social Media:
- Belonging Networks Corporate Social Networking
- Social Web Basics
- The 2009-2014 World Outlook for Advertising for Social Media Web Sites
- Social Media and Customer Service
- Center For Social Media – Youth As E-Citizens
- How Blogs and Social Media are Changing Public Relations
- Social media and the banking industry
- Social Media: 40 Places to Find Web 2.0 for Your Web Site
- Social Media Marketing Strategies Guide
- Nielsen – Pharma & Social Media
- The Need for Speed – Using Social Media to Speed Innovation
- What is Social Media?
- ComplexDiscovery – User Generated Content, Social Media, and Advertising
- Social Media Guide Release
- Social Media & Marketing – Online Networking & Advertising February 2008
- ebook: The Art and Science of Social Media and Community Relations
- What is Social Media? – Book 2
- Social Media Maps
- Social Media Manifesto by Brian Solis
- New Media Case Studies 2008
- The Impact of Social Media on Innovation – Josh Bernoff
- The Secret Underground Guide to Social Media for Organisations
- Customer Service: The Art of Listening and Engagement Through Social Media
- The Social Web Analytics eBook 2008
- The Essential Guide to Social Media
British Social Media Case Studies from the IAB:
BBC Learning G.I. Jonny (334k)
British Heart Foundations ‘Food 4 Thought’ (754k)
P&G Being Girl website (754k)
Brands in social media (734k)
Burnout series, Burnout Dominator (782k)
BBC, Doctor Who (248k)
Nickelodeon, H2O (767k)
Hotel Chocolat (556k)
Sony BRAVIA Paint (750k)
Peter Kim’s fabulous list of companies using social media. Last count (November 23) was 324.
Forrester’s Jeremiah Owyang and David Armano: