Top Social Media Marketing books curated by experts

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Fundamentals of Social Media Marketing

Understanding the concepts of Social Media Marketing starts with understanding the fundamentals. On your way to mastery, it's crucial for you to understand how certain concepts were derived, and why things work like they do. Starting with these resources is the best way to do so.

Ultimate Guide to Social Media Marketing

Ultimate Guide to Social Media Marketing

Ultimate Guide to Social Media Marketing takes readers through a 360-degree perspective of social media marketing in businesses, from strategy to tactics, from organic to paid, from B2B to B2C, encompassing all of the current networks.

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Everyone Is An "Influencer": Building A Brand By Engaging The People Who Matter Most

Everyone Is An "Influencer": Building A Brand By Engaging The People Who Matter Most

In Everyone is an “Influencer,” Kelly Keenan, Founder of Brand Story Experts, unlocks the code to recognizing and utilizing true Influencers that will change the trajectory of your business in a powerful way. For over 13 years Keenan has been using the process detailed in this book to help hundr…

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The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users

The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users

They guide you through steps to build your foundation, amass your digital assets, optimize your profile, attract more followers, and effectively integrate social media and blogging.

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Hug Your Haters: How to Embrace Complaints and Keep Your Customers

Hug Your Haters: How to Embrace Complaints and Keep Your Customers

are not your problem.Ignoring them is. Eighty percent of companies say they deliver out

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Hook Point: How to Stand Out in a 3-second World

Hook Point: How to Stand Out in a 3-second World

Hook Point: How to Stand Out in a 3-Second World, by out of the box thinker Brendan Kane, breaks down the most effective strategies to generate new opportunities, innovate and scale your business, and create a compelling brand—both online and off—so you can thrive in the new micro-attention worl…

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Instagram Secrets: The Underground Playbook for Growing Your Following Fast, Driving Massive Traffic & Generating Predictable Profits

Instagram Secrets: The Underground Playbook for Growing Your Following Fast, Driving Massive Traffic & Generating Predictable Profits

Instagram Secrets is NOT a book about getting likes and comments or which hashtags to use. Instead, the information found inside of the 21 chapters lays out a step-by-step formula for the two things online entrepreneurs care about most: 1. Building a large following FAST. 2. Converting those fol…

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Additional Social Media Marketing Reading

These books are not required for you to learn Social Media Marketing, but they are highly recommended for you to deepen your knowledge.

Participation Marketing: Unleashing Employees to Participate and Become Brand Storytellers

Participation Marketing: Unleashing Employees to Participate and Become Brand Storytellers

Trust is an invaluable commodity in any business environment. Organizations benefit from being viewed as transparent, open and human, and one of the best ways of achieving this is through authentic employee advocacy. Participation Marketing takes a detailed look at the benefits that arise when e…

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Brand Storytelling: Put Customers at the Heart of Your Brand Story

Brand Storytelling: Put Customers at the Heart of Your Brand Story

Despite understanding essential storytelling techniques, brands continue to explain how their product or service can help the customer, rather than showcasing how the customer's life has changed as a result of them. This second edition of Brand Storytelling contains new trends in storytelling, a…

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The YouTube Formula: How Anyone Can Unlock the Algorithm to Drive Views, Build an Audience, and Grow Revenue

The YouTube Formula: How Anyone Can Unlock the Algorithm to Drive Views, Build an Audience, and Grow Revenue

Derral Eves has generated over 60 billion views on YouTube and helped 24 channels grow to one million subscribers from zero. In The YouTube Formula: How Anyone Can Unlock the Algorithm to Drive Views, Build an Audience, and Grow Revenue, the owner of the largest YouTube how-to channel provides t…

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Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook

Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook

Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook by Gary Vaynerchuk is a marketing book that teaches businesses how to create social media content that resonates with their audience and drives engagement. It offers practical advice and examples for crafting effective marketing campaigns on different platforms.

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One Million Followers, Updated Edition: How I Built a Massive Social Following in 30 Days

One Million Followers, Updated Edition: How I Built a Massive Social Following in 30 Days

Over 60 billion online messages are sent on digital platforms every day, and only a select few succeed in the mad scramble for customer attention. This means that the question for anyone who wants to gain mass exposure for their transformative content, business, or brand or connect with audience…

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The Growth Hacking Book: Most Guarded Growth Marketing Secrets The Silicon Valley Giants Don't Want You To Know

The Growth Hacking Book: Most Guarded Growth Marketing Secrets The Silicon Valley Giants Don't Want You To Know

They Ask You Answer is a straightforward guide to fixing your current marketing strategy. Regardless of your budget, you are almost certainly overspending on television, radio, and print ads, yet neglecting the number-one resource you have at your disposal: the Internet. Content marketing is no …

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Specializations and Deeper Social Media Marketing Knowledge

You've got your basics in order – time to move on to some advanced and specialized concepts. Social Media Marketing is evolving every day, these books can help you master it.

Faster, Smarter, Louder: Master Attention in a Noisy Digital Market

Faster, Smarter, Louder: Master Attention in a Noisy Digital Market

Fortunately, two seasoned digital marketers have a plan to make your brand succeed. In Faster, Smarter, Louder, Aaron Agius and Gián Clancey share the secrets that transformed their two-person agency into a global leader in digital marketing.

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