Nice finds, Chris. Thanks for posting these. I think your recommendation for "Geeks Guide to Promoting Yourself With Twitter" should link back to your own blog. You're mastering the craft. (I say that with respect!)
Um, you know that value thing you always talk about wanting to provide? Well, this post is more valuable than anything else I've read/heard/seen/watched all week -- and I've only just looked at one of these ebooks.
Many thanks. Got a tip jar?
Amrita Chandra
· 1 year ago
Hi Chris,
Thanks for yet another great list for me to Digg/bookmark. One fresh-off-the-press e-book that people may want to check out is Dave Fleet's Strategic Communications Plan. It is pretty comprehensive and a great step-by-step approach on putting out any sort of corporate communications.
Another juicey post by Chris Brogan. Look at these titles! This will be the first one from the list that I read: The Podcast Customer Revealed.
Where do you find all this stuff? Do you have an army of VA's searching the 'net? I'm sure you have a handy little app that does the work of an army to do the research, right?
Also, I will be elaborating on them (and presenting some more data on advertising and sponsorships) at the New Media Expo on Friday, Aug 15th, and am happy to take questions there if you got 'em!
-Tom
chrisbrogan
· 1 year ago
@Tom - did you have any more like that? Quite a great bit of information in there.
For a more general look at online audio of all flavors, this would be our primary study on the subject for 2008: http://www.edisonresearch.com/home/archives/200... (scroll down and click on the webcast to hear Arbitron's Pierre Bouvard and I walk through the data). Feel free to use all you want--we'll make more.
At the NME I will also be presenting a little tidbit on Twitter, and more on mobile media consumption.
Thanks again for a great list, Chris.
shaun mclane
· 1 year ago
I love lists, I love ebooks, I love ebooks about social media, and I really love lists of ebooks about social media. Thanks for the post (wish I had thought of it first).
Scott Pete
· 1 year ago
Great stuff Chris. Thanks for posting these, I look forward to reading a number of them!
Tammy Warren
· 1 year ago
Just ran across your blog. Love it! Thank you for sharing.
Kevin Mason
· 1 year ago
Chris,
An awesome list. Thanks. Double check your link on the Marketing Apple eBook. You have an extra ing in the URL.
chrisbrogan
· 1 year ago
@Kevin - thanks for that. Went back and fixed it. : )
ann steckel
· 1 year ago
Great find. I am posting this on our Cal State Chico blog and direct faculty to check out the list. Thanks for doing the leg work!
Josep Maria Sala
· 1 year ago
Thanks Chris,
As usual great finding! Summer is the best time to read that much, great you put this thing together.
Sara
· 1 year ago
As it often happens, when I wake up with a job-related question, here I find most of my answers=) Thank you so much Chris for simplifying my life! Sara
Kit
· 1 year ago
Hey Chris,
Stunning collection! Surprised there is much 'good' stuff available.
Some of these ebooks need updating. The WordPress one, for example, is definitely speaking from a pre-WordPress 2.5 platform. It suggests that you copy and paste to NotePad (if you've written the post on Word) before pasting to WordPress rather than pasting directly. However, since WordPress 2.5, writers have had the option of posting from WordPress directly.
isle
· 1 year ago
Again, Chris, fantastic information. Your newsletter and blog are sterling examples of the value gained by both sides of the social media share.
I have a new assistant on a Social Media development project I am working on, and she is starting from scratch gathering information and personal knowledge related to everything social media. Your blogs and fantastic lists are her starting blocks, and today's just adds to the heap that you have provided so far. Thanks.
Judy Peterson
· 1 year ago
This looks like it will be fun to investigate for a "nugget" or two. Thanks for the collection.
Ralph
· 1 year ago
Thank you very much! This saved me a lot of time!!! Also the list of 50 social media site was very helpful. I enjoy your blog very much.
Mike B
· 1 year ago
Great list. Have already tarted going through some of them. Will make up a chunk of my August reading.
BethP
· 1 year ago
Not an ebook, but I've been reading "WE-THINK," which falls right into this category.
Carlos Hernandez
· 1 year ago
Here's another one by Brian Solis titled "Essential Guide to Social Media".
Thank you so much for this list. The Twitter guide looks intruiging.
Jeff Cobb
· 1 year ago
Great post, Chris. I'd like to humbly add an offering of mine that addresses the use of social media in learning situations (arguably all social media does that, but this is specifically about its uses in delivering/facilitating educational experiences - Learning 2.0). Large number of views/downloads so far, so the need appears to be real:
In spite of the title, it applies well beyond associations.
Jeff
Jurie
· 1 year ago
Wow, you'd think "social media" is code for "marketing, advertising, PR, SEO".
Cormac
· 1 year ago
Fantastic post, Chris.
Barbara B. Nixon
· 1 year ago
Thanks, Chris, for sharing this list with us. I'll have my students in my Corporate PR class read many of the e-books and write short reviews them. I've reposted your list at my Public Relations Matters blog (http://publicrelationsmatters.com/2008/08/10/ch...)
John Jantsch
· 1 year ago
Chris - I wrote this one this week and it's been well received
Thanks for including the Blizzard SEO For Wordpress Blogs.
We're working on an update (newest version of WP) and will send it to you when we're done.
The list is great, and we've already downloaded the ones you've mentioned that we didnt already have. Thanks for this awesome resource.
~Carrie
countzeero
· 1 year ago
Great links! Seems your popularity might have exceeded the bandwidth capabilities of at least one of the Authors, but what the hell, that´s social marketing for you...
Journalism 2.0: How to Survive and Thrive, Mark Briggs (for journalists (who isn't becoming one?), a very practical technical assistance manual.
Brandon Mulnix
· 1 year ago
I read through the first eBook and am amazed at how much I learned, how much was justified in my head about what I was already doing. The Website Grader at www.hubspot.com was amazing. What gets me is my grade of 88 compared to a couple of my competitors who were in the 40's or 50's. I can't wait till it all pays off.
The best thing that I did was incorporate my blog from Blogger into my site using Wordpress MU, and creating sites for my clients to use that are all linked back to my website. I went from 70-90 unique visitors a day to over 275 per day. And my page views went up 20 times. What a boost! Google has picked up my site multiple times and placed it on the 1st page at least 10-15 times due to blog posts. WOW! This stuff works. Thanks a bunch
Vero Pepperrell
· 1 year ago
Chris, an addition to your already fabulous list:
The Social Web Analytics ebook by Philip Sheldrake is pretty useful for those trying to quantify, qualify and show the ROI of social media to colleagues/bosses.
Thanks for these invaluable links!
Gino Cosme
· 1 year ago
Great list Chris!
Forgive the self-promotion but I thought I'd also share my own primer that can be found at:
I'd welcome some feedback from you and your readers as it's up for an update soon.
Gordon Bowman
· 1 year ago
Hi Chris,
Big fan of the blog here. Great list of resources here too. I re-posted on my blog, but don't worry, I gave you plenty of link love. :)
Cindy Stephenson
· 1 year ago
Hi Chris,
Thanks for your post. I wanted to share with your readers a handy search tool (in beta) that you can use to find e-books and pdf documents on specific topics: http://www.pdfgeni.com/
I found it while scrolling through Delicious.
Cindy
B.Croom
· 1 year ago
Thanks for posting these resources Chris, I'm looking forward to reading many them. They're great for what I'm trying to do in regards to helping small business owners get up to speed on social media.
Thanks for the work that you do! I just found your blog what a great resource you put together.
Remember "The Creation of a Thousand forest is in one acorn" Ralph Waldo Emerson
Lee Graham
· 1 year ago
Fabulous set of resources Chris. Thanks for taking the time to post these.
Cheers! -Lee
Tibi Puiu
· 1 year ago
Excellent resource, Chris!
Teena in Toronto
· 1 year ago
Thanks for the links!
Adam Singer
· 1 year ago
Chris - this was so popular I saw this on several of the blogs I read. You should consider separating comments and trackbacks in your blog, especially with posts like this that have SO MANY trackbacks =)
Cheers, Adam
Arjun Sethi
· 1 year ago
Chris. This helps a lot, thanks for posting it up.
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· 1 year ago
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Patricia
· 1 year ago
Hi Chris
Just came across this blog entry today. This is so helpful. Thanks for posting the list
greg cryns
· 1 year ago
Chris,
You get better and better. This is one of the best posts, no, best post I've ever seen.
Thanks!
adpsindia
· 1 year ago
Blogs and Social Media really brought great changes in human relations. Wright & Hinson's research on Social Media is really useful to know how this phenomenon of blogging and other aspects are potential to bring dramatic changes in many other aspects of social & public relations.
The Google's Adwords Secrets also very useful book for the one who wants to get more benifit using Google as Marketing media.
I really appreciate Chris for the great list all at one place. Thanks.
Thanks for the list.The following ebook may be included which teaches to parents about what their children doing on social media and blogging and their safety.
Please download and share as you like. I would love to hear your feedback too.
Ross
· 6 months ago
This is a seriously outstanding list of resources, about 1/2 through the first one, much thanks for posting!
Gnuboss
· 6 months ago
Awesome resource list this Chris, I love it.
Ever since reading David Meerman Scott's eBook about the new rules of PR I have been a fan of his work. I am sure that several other ebooks in in this list that will become new favourites.
Social Media Networking
· 5 months ago
Wow, these ebooks are a great find...and this is a year later after this post was originally made. Good stuff for the peeps trying to shorten their learning curve...including Brian Solis additions!
A very interesting selection of books on a fascinating subject. Thanks so much for sharing.
sweton f
· 4 months ago
Really a Good post.I totally liked it.It has enabled me to understand the things in just few minutes which troubled me till i read your post.I really found it very useful in using the wordpress.It gave me feeling like I had found in using the twitter applications.You can read more about it at http://thetwittersecret.com/.
lindamood bell
· 4 months ago
hi nice article list great work and thanks for u sear this with us
weird Chris, how come this article did not show up in my RSS of your site? :s what went wrong? :S
ChrisStigson
· 3 months ago
Thank you Chris for sharing these resources :) I think social media is the new way to go! I've tried a lot of different marketin styles, but been moving to social media, facebook, youtube, twitter and blogging more and more! Because it's FUN :)
- Chris
Managed Services
· 1 month ago
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Ric Rubiales
· 1 month ago
amazing! I´m working in the museum field and we need all of that. Thank you so much for this insigths!!!
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· 4 weeks ago
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· 4 weeks ago
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Many thanks. Got a tip jar?
Thanks for yet another great list for me to Digg/bookmark. One fresh-off-the-press e-book that people may want to check out is Dave Fleet's Strategic Communications Plan. It is pretty comprehensive and a great step-by-step approach on putting out any sort of corporate communications.
The link is here:
http://davefleet.com/2008/08/strategic-communic...
--Amrita
Where do you find all this stuff? Do you have an army of VA's searching the 'net? I'm sure you have a handy little app that does the work of an army to do the research, right?
I think social media is still a sleeping giant.
You never cease to amaze me, CB.
Also, I will be elaborating on them (and presenting some more data on advertising and sponsorships) at the New Media Expo on Friday, Aug 15th, and am happy to take questions there if you got 'em!
-Tom
For a more general look at online audio of all flavors, this would be our primary study on the subject for 2008: http://www.edisonresearch.com/home/archives/200... (scroll down and click on the webcast to hear Arbitron's Pierre Bouvard and I walk through the data). Feel free to use all you want--we'll make more.
At the NME I will also be presenting a little tidbit on Twitter, and more on mobile media consumption.
Thanks again for a great list, Chris.
An awesome list. Thanks. Double check your link on the Marketing Apple eBook. You have an extra ing in the URL.
Thanks for doing the leg work!
As usual great finding! Summer is the best time to read that much, great you put this thing together.
Thank you so much Chris for simplifying my life!
Sara
Stunning collection! Surprised there is much 'good' stuff available.
I'll be back!
The Internet is an In-joke
I have a new assistant on a Social Media development project I am working on, and she is starting from scratch gathering information and personal knowledge related to everything social media. Your blogs and fantastic lists are her starting blocks, and today's just adds to the heap that you have provided so far. Thanks.
http://www.briansolis.com/2008/06/essential-gui...
http://blog.missiontolearn.com/2008/02/learning...
In spite of the title, it applies well beyond associations.
Jeff
Twitter for Business - http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2008/08/0...
Thanks for including the Blizzard SEO For Wordpress Blogs.
We're working on an update (newest version of WP) and will send it to you when we're done.
The list is great, and we've already downloaded the ones you've mentioned that we didnt already have. Thanks for this awesome resource.
~Carrie
http://www.briansolis.com/
We Media - Chris Willis, Shane Bowman
http://www.hypergene.net/wemedia/weblog.php
Journalism 2.0: How to Survive and Thrive, Mark Briggs (for journalists (who isn't becoming one?), a very practical technical assistance manual.
The best thing that I did was incorporate my blog from Blogger into my site using Wordpress MU, and creating sites for my clients to use that are all linked back to my website. I went from 70-90 unique visitors a day to over 275 per day. And my page views went up 20 times. What a boost! Google has picked up my site multiple times and placed it on the 1st page at least 10-15 times due to blog posts. WOW! This stuff works.
Thanks a bunch
The Social Web Analytics ebook by Philip Sheldrake is pretty useful for those trying to quantify, qualify and show the ROI of social media to colleagues/bosses.
Thanks for these invaluable links!
Forgive the self-promotion but I thought I'd also share my own primer that can be found at:
http://www.ginocosme.com/downloads/Introduction...
I'd welcome some feedback from you and your readers as it's up for an update soon.
Big fan of the blog here. Great list of resources here too. I re-posted on my blog, but don't worry, I gave you plenty of link love. :)
Thanks for your post. I wanted to share with your readers a handy search tool (in beta) that you can use to find e-books and pdf documents on specific topics:
http://www.pdfgeni.com/
I found it while scrolling through Delicious.
Cindy
B.Croom
thesocialmediaconsumer.blogspot.com
Remember
"The Creation of a Thousand forest is in one acorn" Ralph Waldo Emerson
Cheers!
-Lee
Cheers,
Adam
Just came across this blog entry today. This is so helpful. Thanks for posting the list
You get better and better. This is one of the best posts, no, best post I've ever seen.
Thanks!
The Google's Adwords Secrets also very useful book for the one who wants to get more benifit using Google as Marketing media.
I really appreciate Chris for the great list all at one place. Thanks.
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Ever since reading David Meerman Scott's eBook about the new rules of PR I have been a fan of his work. I am sure that several other ebooks in in this list that will become new favourites.
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