At Giraffe we are compulsive readers; we’re addicted to reading books of all topics. But seeing as this is a blog about social media, we figured it’d be silly to tell you our favourite book about emotional intelligence or deciphering dreams – so here are our top 5 social media books for business owners.
If you’re a business and you’re looking to educate yourself so that you can’t start taking over the social media sphere – look no further than these 5 great books.
Facebook for Business Owners
Likeable Social Media: How to Delight Your Customers, Create an Irresistible Brand, and Be Generally Amazing on Facebook by Dave Kerpen.
This was one of the first books we read on social media. It offers great analysis for anyone who is looking to understand how marketing your business on Facebook works. It does touch on other social networks, but to be honest this book is worth reading for the Facebook stuff predominantly. Mr Kerpen has a very readable writing style and offers countless easy and actionable tips in this book that can get you started pretty much from the first chapter onwards! If you’re looking to master using Facebook for business, this is the book.
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Social Media Marketing Zen
The Zen of Social Media Marketing: An Easier Way to Build Credibility, Generate Buzz, and Increase Revenue by Shama Hyder Kabani
This book offers a really good insight to each social network. It doesn’t cover one more than others, but it gives you a broad basis of knowledge that will be a good foundation to push on from. Shama offers a lot of good advice, but her strengths lie in explaining things in a way that is both informative and fun. This book also will answer any questions as to ‘why’ your business needs to start implementing social media.
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Social Media and Technology
Groundswell, Expanded and Revised Edition: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies by Charlene Li & Josh Bernoff
This book shows how to take the threats of social media on your business, and turn them into opportunities. The first few chapters may drag for people who aren’t beginners, but stay with it as there is a lot of good advice and insights to take away. The book is extremely well written, and a pleasure to read. It also looks to address some of the bigger picture, of what is next and how can we predict where these technologies are going.
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Twitter for Business Owners
Twitter Power 2.0: How to Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time by Joel Comm
Looking to understand Twitter, and fully utilise it to maximise your business’ potential? Look no further. This book is everything you need to know about Twitter and how to use it for Business. Much like Kerpen conquers Facebook and breaks it down for you, Joel Comm does the same here for Twitter. It was a pleasure to read, and has insights for people of all abilities.
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The 7-day Detox Plan
The Social Media Detox: The 7 Day Detox that will Dramatically Increase the Brand Visibility, Web Traffic and Sales of your Business by Phil Treagus
Alright, you got us – this is our book. But without floating our own boat too much, we really do feel like this 7-day plan can help anyone of any ability get started on social media. It is a walk through guide for beginners to using social media for business. We focus predominantly on Facebook and Twitter and show you how to optimise each for your best chance of success. Take the 7 day detox and see your results increase.
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