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The Facebook Era: Tapping Online Social Networks to Market, Sell, and Innovate (2nd Edition) [Paperback]

Clara Shih
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Book Description

July 31, 2010 0137085125 978-0137085125 2

“Clara’s book is a fun read and can be useful to anyone who wants to learn more about this powerful new era we’re in of social business.”

Tony Hsieh, CEO, Zappos

 

NEW Best Practices and Techniques for Growing Your Business with Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn! Completely Updated!

• Five new chapters: planning/metrics, customer service, and much more

• New and revamped case studies

• New guest contributions from world-class experts, such as Charlene Li

• New, instantly actionable “To Do” lists after every chapter

• New Facebook discussion threads and much more!

 

Whatever your business or organizational goals, this book will help you use social networking to achieve them. Renowned social networking innovator Clara Shih brings together powerful new insights, best practices, and easy-to-use “To Do” lists packed with proven solutions from real-world case studies.

 

Writing for entrepreneurs and business professionals across marketing, sales, service, product development, and recruiting, Shih demonstrates how to move from tactical, reactive use of social networks toward strategic, proactive approaches–and how to accurately measure success.

 

This edition adds extensive new coverage, including hands-on techniques for hypertargeting, engaging customers through Twitter and LinkedIn, leveraging changing social norms, and much more. You’ll also find more than three dozen guest contributions from world-class experts such as author Don Tapscott and Harvard Business School professor Mikolaj Piskorski, as well as a brand-new chapter on customer service and support, today’s fastest-growing area of business social networking.

 

Shih has even added new chapters focused on advice for small businesses, healthcare and education organizations, nonprofits, and political campaigns–making this the one indispensable social networking guide for every organization!


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Editorial Reviews

About the Author

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Clara Shih is Chief Executive Officer of Hearsay Social, a rapidly growing Silicon Valley technology company whose leading social marketing platform is used by large global brands including Farmers Insurance and 24 Hour Fitness to manage their corporate and local Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google+ Pages.

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Shih is a pioneer in the technology industry, as an engineer, celebrated author, thought leader and successful technology entrepreneur. Shih has been named one of FORTUNE's Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs of 2011, one of Fast Company's Most Influential People in Technology, and one of Businessweek's Top Young Entrepreneurs. She brings a wealth of experience from previous technology, product, and marketing positions at Google, Microsoft, and Salesforce.com.

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In 2007, Shih developed the first business application on Facebook called Faceconnector, and subsequently authored The New York Times-featured bestseller, The Facebook Era: Tapping Social Networks to Market, Sell, and Innovate, which has been translated in nine languages and is used as a marketing textbook at Harvard Business School.

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Shih holds BS and MS degrees from Stanford University, as well as an MS from Oxford. She also serves as an advisor for Good Karma (formerly Camp Amelia), a non-profit she founded which develops and funds technology education programs, curriculum, and software for developing countries in Africa and the Middle East.

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Additionally, Clara was appointed to the Board of Directors of Starbucks Corporation (Nasdaq:SBUX) in December 2011. See here: http://news.starbucks.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=602

Product Details

  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional; 2 edition (July 31, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0137085125
  • ISBN-13: 978-0137085125
  • Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 0.8 x 9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #210,516 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 12 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Dry repetitive writing with nothing new June 12, 2011
Format:Kindle Edition
This book is a waste of time and difficult dry reading. The first 5% has the author going on and on about herself and credentials. Nothing written in the first few chapters is any news and probably a book suitable for my recently internet literate Mother. It doesn't tell social media folks anything they don't already know. Found it dry, boring and repetitive with old case studies.
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Informative, easy-to-read, and comprehensive . . . August 22, 2011
Format:Paperback
Book review by Richard L. Weaver II, Ph.D.

It should be clear from the outset that I am reviewing the 2011 (second edition) of this book, not the first. Most of the reviews at Amazon.com (as I write this) are of the first edition, and there have been significant and important changes since then.

Changes from the first edition? Shih writes of the changes on page 2:

-- Each chapter now ends with a summary of takeways and an actionable to-do list.

-- There are now two dozen case stuides and example that bring concepts to life.

-- Rather than discuss Facebook alone, Shih now offers extensive coverage of Twiter and Linkedin as well.

-- There are expert opinion sidebars from well known social media authorities.

-- Five new chapters have been added including one on customer service, one on innovation and collaboration, one on ways to develop an individualized Facebook Era plan, one that offers advice for small businesses, and one on advice for nonprofits, healthcare, education, and political campaigns.

The book is divided into four parts:

1. Why social networking matters for business

2. Social networking across your organization

3. Step-by-step guide to social networking for business

4. Social networking strategy

This is a basic book written for beginners. If you are a regular Facebook (Twiter, Linkedin, MySpace, Renren in China, Mixi in Japan, Odnoklassniki in Rusia), you may not find a whole lot that is new here, but Shih is not writing this book for you.

I found the book informative, easy-to-read, and comprehensive. If there is anything about Facebook that you don't know, you will find it here. I found the gray boxes by other authors ("more than three dozen guest contributions from world-class experts") interesting and valuable. The inclusion of actual pictures from Facebook pages was helpful.

Although I regret the fact that Shih avoided using any references (other than the boxes by guest authors who were all experts in their respective fields) or offered "Other Books to Read," or even a bibliography, there is a great deal of information here to digest.

I found her hands-on techniques useful, her insights valuable, and her easy-to-use "To Do" lists solid. This is a book for anyone who wants a complete look at social networking.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Information for management personnel January 18, 2013
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
In view of user migration from PCs to hand held mobile divices, an updated edition is needed to describe how Facebook marketing strategy for PC users marketing strategy for users of hand held mobile devices.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book!
This book really gives you great insight on what you can do with social networking platforms. It is very well written and laid out. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Gambit
1.0 out of 5 stars Silly, and Useless -
I've never understood why Facebook is so admired - it now has about an $80 billion valuation based on trade in the secondary markets with only $4 billion in revenues, about $1... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Loyd E. Eskildson
3.0 out of 5 stars Good but disappointing
For such a young person--or anyone for that matter--Clara Shih is extremely bright and incredibly accomplished, but for some reason, I found her book hard to digest; I just didn't... Read more
Published 23 months ago by pen name
5.0 out of 5 stars "The Facebook Era:(2nd Edition) - Additional Indispensable Social...
"The Facebook Era:(2nd Edition)" is a MustRead for the 500 Million+ People / Clients spending 20 Billion+ minutes in a 24/60 day logged in to Social Networking Sites such as... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Michael Sykes
5.0 out of 5 stars My Kind of Transaction
I received my book right away in perfect condition. Just the way I like a transaction to go. I will use this vendor again.
Published on November 21, 2010 by cristo309
5.0 out of 5 stars Great education on social media if you are a professional or have a...
Social media has its own etiquette and social norms. If you don't want to embarrass yourself, you need to get familiar with the environment. Social media is developing fast. Read more
Published on November 13, 2010 by James Ulvog
5.0 out of 5 stars A 'must' for computer and business collections
Clara Shih's THE FACEBOOK ERA provides a fine social networking guide that's been completely updated with five new chapters and new case studies along with new 'to do' lists after... Read more
Published on November 13, 2010 by Midwest Book Review
1.0 out of 5 stars Scetchy reviews
8 out of the 11 5 star reviews come from reviewers with only one review. I've been seeing a lot of this lately in books about social media marketing. Read more
Published on November 1, 2010 by Erin
5.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful!
The Facebook Era was an informative read while still being fun and entertaining. Ms. Shih's own experience coupled with expert commentary from the field helped give concrete... Read more
Published on October 6, 2010 by Mark from AdvoBank
5.0 out of 5 stars Significant changes and improvements over first version
This is a fantastic book for companies that are looking to develop a social media strategy but aren't sure how to get started. Read more
Published on October 2, 2010 by JonC
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