Social media is a rapidly growing arena for everything from the posting of videos to car sales, so it should come as no surprise that big business is growing on there, too. However, what can it actually do to help grow your business? Before selling any product, you have to get your name out there and spread the word of your new social media presence.

Just like the meteor that likely precipitated the end of the dinosaurs, social media is having a monumental impact on the world's economy; a change so dramatic that it has created a new business era. Welcome... to the Social Age. What does the Social Age mean for your business? Containing stories, analysis of real-world scenarios, and indispensable guidance, A World Gone Social gives you the tools and information you need to survive - and thrive - in a business climate in which customers hold all the cards...

In Branding Basics for Small Business, marketing expert Maria Ross shares real-life examples and expert interviews to show how organizations of any size can create a winning brand. Small businesses, start-ups, and nonprofits enviously watch the big guys create tribes of loyal followers. How do they do it? What can time- and resource-strapped organizations learn from them? The secret is starting with a strong brand strategy, which goes far beyond a logo.

The landscape is littered with the corpses of great products and strong companies that died because of crappy marketing. Why do so many companies fail so miserably? Why do high-priced ad agencies and marketing firms keep spitting out stupid campaigns? Too many in business have failed to recognize the shift that has happened right under their noses. It's not so much that people have changed; it's that the business landscape has changed - dramatically.

As marketers, we've been travelling at breakneck speed over the past few years. More and more technologies and opportunities present themselves on a daily basis, and it doesn't seem possible to keep up. In fact, we shouldn't be expected to keep up. What we need is a filtering system that just shares the best up-to-date advice and ensures that the rest of the noise doesn't even reach us. 

In Will the Real You Please Stand Up, leading social media expert, Kim Garst, shares with you the tips, tricks, and techniques that have helped her rise to, and stay at the top of, the social media world. However, this is not a "how to" book on social media. It is something much more powerful. It is a guided journey to discovering the most unstoppable force in nature, something you already have but just don't know how to harness and unleash...YOU!

UnMarketing shows you how to unlearn the old ways and consistently attract and engage the right customers. You'll stop just pushing out your message and praying that it sticks somewhere. Potential and current customers want to be listened to and validated and have a platform to be heard - especially online. With UnMarketing, you'll create a relationship with your customers and make yourself the logical choice for their needs.

Have you discovered the world's most human-powered social media platform? The Tao of Twitter is the world's best-selling guide to Twitter. Whether you're a beginner or have enjoyed the platform for years, you're bound to get new insights and ideas from this audiobook. The Tao of Twitter unravels the language of Twitter, provides dozens of ideas on how to build your audience, describes 30 ways to use Twitter to advance your business, and much more!

Social media is the gold rush of the 21st century. The massive traffic on Instagram makes it one of the most profitable platforms these days, and those who take the opportunity already enjoy huge profits and an amazing lifestyle! If we leave aside the fact that billions of people click on Instagram ads every day, you can monetize your Instagram page by collaborating with brands who will pay you consistently for using their products, hosting in their hotels, reviewing their futuristic gadgets, and even traveling all around the world - on their expense!

Social media changed the world - and today's social media platforms evolved to meet the world's changing needs. You've got more choices than ever before - online video, web audio, teleseminars, and more - plus new ways to attract prospects, retain customers, and reach a bigger audience. The trick is learning how to put the pieces together to create a powerful social media presence that draws in your ideal clients around the clock and around the world.

Social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Pinterest are changing the way consumers make purchasing decisions...and tapping into these online communities has become a necessary part of any integrated sales strategy. Citing enlightening research and real-world examples, this smart, practical guide presents listeners with a detailed methodology for growing sales and expanding their customer base using social media.

We're in "wild west" times for business. Thanks to social media and new technologies, customer-brand relationships are suddenly wide open and up for grabs. Big players are getting taken down, while upstarts are starting up, gunning for market share, and outmaneuvering the Goliaths. So, just when a rethink might seem in order, why do so many act like it's 1982 all over again? Why do they believe product pushing still works?

Mark W. Schaefer, college educator, consultant, and best-selling author of five marketing books including Social Media Explained and The Tao of Twitter, has delivered a path-finding book exploring the six factors that will help you break through the overwhelming wall of information density to win at marketing now...beyond content, beyond social media, beyond web traffic and Search Engine Optimization. The Content Code starts where your current marketing plan ends, and provides the launch code for next-level success.

The best-selling social media book of the year! Too busy to spend hours trying to learn the fundamentals of social-media marketing? This is the book for you!

The Thank You Economy is about something big, something greater than any single revolutionary platform. It isn't some abstract concept or wacky business strategy—it's real, and every one of us is doing business in it every day, whether we choose to recognize it or not. It's the way we communicate, the way we buy and sell, the way businesses and consumers interact online and offline.