The Zen of Social Media Marketing by Shama Hyder

The Zen of Social Media Marketing by Shama Hyder

ALL NEW content on Google+, Facebook advertising, SEO, and more! Social media is a crucial tool for success in business today. People are already talking about your business using social media, whether you’re using it or not. By becoming part of the conversation, you can start connecting directly to your customers, as well as finding new ones, easily and inexpensively spreading the word about your products or services. But social media marketing isn’t like traditional marketing—and treating it that way only leads to frustration. Let Shama Hyder Kabani, social media expert and president of web marketing firm The Marketing Zen Group, teach you the “zen” of social media marketing: how to access all the benefits of social media marketing without the stress! With a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Chris Brogan, The Zen of Social Media Marketing outlines the most popular social media tools, from Facebook to Twitter to LinkedIn, and teaches you how to use them, step by step. Kabani provides proven strategies for success from the businesses she works with every day, along with shortcuts and tips to help you make the most of your time and energy. This 2012 edition includes the latest Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn updates, along with new information on Google+, social media advertising, and more.

Web and TV personality. Bestselling author. International Speaker. Award winning CEO of The Marketing Zen Group--a global online marketing and digital PR company. Shama Kabani is the face of today's digital world, and represents the best her generation has to offer. She has aptly been dubbed the master millennial of the universe and an online marketing shaman by FastCompany.com, and is an oft-quoted social media expert. Kabani has been featured by Bloomberg Businessweek, Entrepreneur, Fast Company, Inc. Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Dallas Morning News, The Huffington Post, and hundreds of blogs and social media outlets. She's also an accomplished international speaker and hosts her own Web TV show, Shama.TV. The show addresses new media marketing topics, trends, people, and relevant perspectives. She also serves as a technology and new media correspondent for the media.

Kabani formed The Marketing Zen Group in 2009. Since then, the company has grown to include a team of 30 and clients that range from publicly held, Fortune 500 companies to privately held small businesses and non-profit organizations. The company serves clients worldwide, including companies in Europe, Asia, and Central and South Americas. Since its start in 2009, average company growth is 400 percent. She holds a master's degree in organizational communication from the University of Texas at Austin and prides herself in being a constant learner. In 2009, Bloomberg Businessweek honored Kabani as one of the Top 25 under 25 entrepreneurs in North America. In 2010, Kabani won the prestigious Technology Titan Emerging Company CEO award. In 2011, Entrepreneur magazine featured her as one of four Super Sonic Youth, dubbing her a zen master of marketing.

When not working directly with her clients or shooting her shows, Kabani travels the world speaking on business, entrepreneurship, and technology. She is passionate about empowering youth and works closely with the Young Entrepreneur Council in fostering youth entrepreneurship around the world. In 2011, she was the only woman delegate invited by the U.S. State Department to mentor tech entrepreneurs in Cairo as part of President Obama's initiative in the region.

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ISBN 13	9781936661633
ISBN 10	1936661632
Title	The Zen of Social Media Marketing
Author	Shama Hyder
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	BenBella Books
Year published	2012-03-06
Number of pages	216
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