27 Usefull Social Media Strategy and Planning
From Chris Brogan: Advice on the most important social media tools you’ll want to use when getting started in social media.
50 Ways to use Social Media, listed by Objective
From Forrester Analyst Jeremiah Owyang: 50 ways marketers can use social media to improve their marketing segmented into Forrester’s 5 social computing objectives (e.g. Listening, Talking, energizing, supporting and embracing).
35 Tips for getting started with social media
From Mike Fruchter’s blog- My Thoughts On Social Media: Useful steps and advice for those just getting started with social media.
40 Key Elements to Getting Started In Social Media
From Louis Gray: Social media is more than just the tools, it is about the human element. This post touches upon 40 key elements to aid your success.
Social Media Marketing – Who, What, When, Where, Why and How?
From Louis Gray: Another great getting-started post from Louis….if you’re just looking to get started in social media or deciding if it’s right for you and/or your business, he helps you ask the right questions to make your decisions.
The Essential Guide to Social Media
From Brian Solis: Download this comprehensive PDF ebook that provides an executive guide to Social Media for PR, Customer Service, Product Development and Marketing.
Social Media Marketing Campaigns: How to Set Goals and Define Your Target Market
From DoshDosh: This article talks about the most common goals for social media marketing and includes suggestions on how you can determine your target audience.
10 Secrets of the Best Social Media Users
From Digital Labz: Here are 10 steps to creating a successful social media marketing strategy.
Starting a Social Media Strategy
From Chris Brogan: Solid advice and ideas on things to consider when starting to plan your social media strategy.
Best Practices in Social Media
From the Society for New Communications Research: 6 Best Practices Tip Sheets for: Developing a Social Media Policy , Corporate Blogging, Co-creation, Blogger Relations, Online Press Releases and Using Social Networks
Social Media Strategy- The Planning Stage
From Chris Brogan: Good list of elements to consider when building a social media strategy for your organization
Five Ways to Use Social Media to Reach People Who Don’t Use Social Media
From ReadWriteWeb blog: Great advice on five strategies for using social media to reach people who don’t use social media along with a list of specific tools you can use to do it.
How To Identify & Target The Right Niche Social Media Sites
From Search Engine Land: How to identify these sites and make sure that you won’t just be wasting your time.
Superlist of What Not To Do In Social Meda
From our own collection of casestudies and articles about what not to do in social media- mistakes, blunders, failures, etc. .
Comparing Six Ways to Identify Top Blogs in Any Niche
From ReadWriteWeb: A comparison of the pros and cons of six different services to identify top blogs for your business.
The Top Ten Reasons for Building an Online Community in 2009
From Vovici: If you don’t currently have an online community, and you are not thinking of building an online community next year, you should be. Here’s the Top 10 reasons why.
How Do You Build An Online Community?
From Feverbee: Fantastically rich post on getting an online community up and running successfully with hyperlinks to detailed information.
50 Ways Marketers Can use Social Media to Improve Their Marketing
From Chris Brogan: List of 50 solid ideas of ways companies can use social media to enhance their marketing and PR efforts
10 Ways to Spy on Your Competitors
From Sitepoint: How to Use the Internet and tools like Twitter, Blogs and Bookmarks to spy on Your Competitors
25 Ways to Build Your Community
From Chris Brogan: 25 solid suggestions for building your blog and community.
Comparing Six Ways to Identify Top Blogs in Any Niche
From ReadWriteWeb: How then can you identify the top blogs in a particular niche field? There are paid services you can use to identify influencers online but they are expensive and not appropriate for quick hits in a new topic. Here’s a comparison of the pros and cons of six different options that are fast and free.
18 Ways To Engage Users Online (A Guide for Community Managers)
From Angela Connor: A Free PDF ebook with advice on how to get people to engage and interact with your community.
Social Media Marketing Tactics By Site
From SEOmoz: Review of the benefits and drawbacks of 30 of the top social media sites
Social Media Strategy – Aligning Goals and Measurements
From Chris Brogan: Discussion of importance of aligning goals and measurements to social media strategies.
An informative (and fun!) weekly video newscast/conversation that covers the week’s top 7 stories in social media marketing from Nick Mendoza, Alex Miller and Andrea Nowack.
Secret Underground Guide to Using Social Media for Organizations
From Colin McKay of Canuckflack.com: A free PDF guide for exploring the world of social media and building support for social media in a large organization.
How to: Build a Social Media Cheat Sheet for Any Topic
From ReadWriteWeb: Step-by-step instructions, with screen shots, for a process to get up to speed on the social media activity in your field or market as fast as you can.
