Read This First: The Executive's Guide to New Media-From Blogs to Social Networks (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781440166853)

If you want proof that business communication has changed forever, just type your company's name into a search engine like Google or Yahoo and behold its online reputation. The results are frequently jarring because instead of finding brand messages carefully crafted by those on your payroll, most executives find a mishmash of content created by those who aren't--new influencers who are using New Media technologies to share their thoughts about your products and services. If you want to learn how to monitor and manage your online reputation, if you'd like to know how to properly influence these new influencers, if you'd like to hire employees who are well equipped to work in our new online world, you need to Read This First.

You will learn:

*Why you can no longer control your brand and why you shouldn't try.

*Low cost, low risk, step-by-step methods to bring New Media into your organization. *How to use free, web-based tools to increase employee productivity while enhancing your company's online reputation.

*How New Media is the most measurable medium in the history of corporate communications.

*Case studies of real companies, big and small, using Social Media.

Author: Ron Ploof
ISBN-10: 1440166854
ISBN-13: 9781440166853
Publisher: iUniverse
Language: English
Published: 11/12/2009
Pages: 180
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.41d