500 Social Media Marketing Tips: Essential Advice, Hints and Strategy for Business: Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google+, YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn, and More! Paperback – February 7, 2013

This is an outstanding book. Worth 10x the price paid.Please disregard the reviews that say this is for "newbies" or "I already knew most of the stuff in the book"... Nonsense--I disagree wholeheartedly with these statements.Not only are the tips very in-depth and meaty, but you can digest them quickly.Sure, out of 500, you're going to know some of them if you've stepped foot in the social media ring at all, but I'll bet at least 70-80% of them you won't know, or hadn't thought of. The only way someone would know most of these is if they had written a book themselves.I'm pretty social media savvy, not an expert but not a novice, and most of the stuff in this book I hadn't thought of or didn't know. There's stuff in here about YouTube & Facebook you would NEVER figure out without someone telling you, as well as the other networks. Its a huge value-add for me.Here's the really good thing - if you're an Attention Deficit Disorder Biz Owner (like me) with tons to do and a distraction around every corner, this is the book for you. You can pick it up and in 30 seconds read a few tips. Unlike other books, you don't have to even finish a chapter or 5 pages straight to get something out of it. So for people with very little time and lots on their mind but need a kick in the pants to get moving, this is a must-have.I've started taking notes in the back of the book, and in the margins in each chapter I've written a "Done?" check-box so I can check off each applicable tip as I've implemented it. Some are very simple, you can implement the tip in 30 seconds, others (like making an online vid or upgrading your profile) will take longer... but almost every tip I've read has been pure gold.The best online marketing book I have bought in a long time.UPDATE 12/14/13:Still my favorite marketing media book and am still getting things out of it. Regretfully I don't have the full time hours to delve completely into every chapter and implement the hundreds of suggestions, but I have done at least 15-20 or so and all were worthwhile and made a difference. And, as I mentioned before, many of these were obscure technical tweaks that I could NEVER FIGURE OUT on my own without a how-to book like this. Example is some of the Facebook & YouTube tweaks with little features you didn't know were there.Can't recommend this book enough.The best part about it is you can just pick it up and read a page or two and get something out of it without having to take in a whole chapter. I receive no accolades or anything from the author, just honestly stumbled upon this book on Amazon as you did, and am telling you to pick this one up--it's a winner.

This is a great book for people at any skill level. I have only read specific chapters, as I am only trying to learn how to better hone my skills in specific social media apps, mainly Twitter & Instagram. I have to say for not even reading the whole book, this is jam packed with valuable information. I plan to read the whole book in due time just because of how great the information is in this book. I have to give major props to the author for breaking down the chapters and the tips so well. It really is super easy to read and follow because the way the book is structured it is catered towards any type of reader. I really tend to like books that are straight to the point and are separated into sections that are easy to follow, and this book does it perfectly. The information is also updated for 2017, which is great, but a lot of the information on the book is not specific to the year and is valuable just in general marketing. I am a college student working towards my marketing degree and if social media marketing is something that you want to focus on, then this is definitely the go-to book.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thanks for reading my review! I post lots of reviews on Amazon so I would suggest that you check out my profile so that you can see other reviews that I have written. I also post a lot of content on my YouTube channel and you can find me by just searching my name ---"Denzel Garcia" I do also post a bunch on my social media accounts, so you can find me there!Instagram & Twitter - denzelgarcia_Snapchat - dg-15Email for Inquiries/Promotions - [email protected]

I grabbed this for summer reading, looking for more ideas for social media marketing, and this book was a worthwhile read.You don't read this in order, you jump around reading, digesting and trying the ideas. Yes, some are simple and obvious, others clever and you would need to drill deep to find them on your own, but taken all together, this book provides a great resource for SMM, from those getting started to the experienced online marketer looking for more.It is written in easy, business style with a lot of actionable items.I bought the paperback book, I wanted it for beach and boat reading, places I don't want my iPad or Kindle to be. Paperback gives you that portability, tabbing pages and notes in the margin. I think the digital book would work better, there are a lot of links that I could click through on with the digital book. And Mr. McCarthy offers free updates to the book every month online, forever! Paperback updates quarterly.This book has so many good tips, I am thinking of adopting it for my marketing courses- the price point, the updates, the info, the updated info- it is better, more relevant, and updated than anything the big text book publishers could deliver.@jazmac182, the LesserProfessor.com

For someone just getting started or for some reason needing to read the equivalent of a sketched map of the “backsides” of many social media networks, 500 Social Media Marketing Tips is just that - about 500 quick, informative tips that you can use to become familiar with what to expect on your journey to the backside. For other users with internet access, the same or very similar information is available, usually for free, and often from the social networks themselves to help you get started. As something to read while passing time but still feeling “productive,” this book works. For all other purposes, go right to the sources.