Right off the bat I’d like to credit and thank the very active and intelligent Social Media Today group on LinkedIn for their insight and discussion about this topic. Excellent work all! I’m glad to be a part of this group.
That said, here is a list of recommended reading if you are trying to catch up or brush up on all things social media. I have not read them all so cannot endorse everything on this list. It’s a pretty good list though, as I’ve read enough to trust the recommendations of the group as a whole. If I didn’t include your reco, don’t take it personally. There were a lot of great posts in the group.
So, here, in no particular order, is your summer reading list:
Books
- Social Media ROI by Oliver Blanchard
- The Thank You Economy by Gary Vaynerchuk
- Trust Agents by Chris Brogan and Julien Smith
- Crush It by Gary Vaynerchuk
- Curation Nation by Steve Rosenbaum
- Engage by Brian Solis
- Social Media Bible by Lon Safko
- The New Community Rules: Marketing on the Social Web by Tamar Weinberg
- The New Rules of Marketing and PR by David Meerman Scott
- The Facebook Effect by David Kirkpatrick
- The Social Media Marketing Book by Dan Zarrella
- Inbound Marketing: Get Found using Google, Social Media, and Blogs. by Brian Halligan, Dharmesh Shah, and David Meerman Scott
- Social Media 101 by Chris Brogan
- Six Pixels of Separation by Mitch Joel
- Unmarketing by Scott Stratten
- Socialnomics by Eric Qualman
- The Zen of Social Media Marketing by Shama Kabani
- The Facebook Era – Tapping Online Social Networks to Build Better Products, Reach New Audiences and Sell More Stuff by Clara Shih
- Me 2.0 by Dan Schawbel
- Promote Your Business or Cause using Social Media by Dennis J. Smith
- Facebook Marketing, an hour a day by Chris Treadaway and Mari Smith
- Social Media Metrics by Jim Sterne
- Twitter Power by Joel Comm
- Groundswell by Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff
- Empowered by Josh Bernoff and Ted Schadler
Other Resources
- 2010 Social Media Marketing Industry Report by Michael Stelzner
- Mari Smith blog
- Jeremiah Owyang blog (Altimeter)
- Mitch Joel blog
- Tom Webster blog
- All Facebook blog
- The Social Times
