Description
Book SynopsisAn updated and expanded Second Edition of the popular guide to social media for the business community Marketers must look to the Web for new ways of finding customers and communicating with them, rather than at them. From Facebook and YouTube to blogs and Twitter-ing, social media on the Internet is the most promising new way to reach customers. 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.
Rather than broadcast messages to audiences, savvy marketers should encourage participation in social networks to which people want to belong, where dialogue with customers, and between customers, can flourish. in Networking sites like
Table of Contents
Foreword Jimmy Wales ix
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
Part I Pandemonium: The Landscape of the Social Web
Chapter 1 The Web Is Not a Channel (And You’re an Aggregator, Not a Broadcaster) 3
Chapter 2 Community and Content: The Marketer’s New Job (Or How to Cut Your Marketing Budget and Reach More People) 19
Chapter 3 Making the Transition to the Social Web (First Change Your Mindset) 33
Chapter 4 How to Let Customers Say What They Really Think (And Keep Your Job) 51
Part II Seven Steps to Build Your Own Customer Community
Chapter 5 Step One: Observe and Create a Customer Map (Otherwise You Can’t Get There from Here) 65
Chapter 6 Step Two: Recruit Community Members (With a New Toolbox and Your Own Marketing Skills) 77
Chapter 7 Step Three: Evaluate Online Conduit Strategies (And Don’t Forget Search) 89
Chapter 8 Step Four: Engage Communities in Conversation (To Generate Word of Mouse) 97
Chapter 9 Step Five: Measure Involvement With New Tools, Techniques (To Keep the Cutting Edge Sharp) 113
Chapter 10 Step Six: Promote Your Community to the World (Get ’Em Talking and Clicking) 127
Chapter 11 Step Seven: Improve the Community’s Benefits (Don’t Just Set It and Forget It) 139
Part III Making Use of the Four Online Conduit Strategies
Chapter 12 The Reputation Aggregator Strategy (We’re Number One!) 155
Chapter 13 The Blog Strategy (Everybody’s Talking at Me) 167
Chapter 14 The E-Community Strategy (Go to Their Party or Throw Your Own) 183
Chapter 15 The Social Networks Strategy (Connecting with a Click) 193
Chapter 16 Does Facebook Matter? (To Marketers?) 207
Chapter 17 Living and Working in Web 4.0 (It’s Right Around the Corner) 219
Notes 231
Index 239
