A completely revised and updated edition of the BusinessWeek bestseller on effective, modern marketing and PR best practices

The New Rules of Marketing and PR shows you how to leverage the potential that Web-based communication offers your business. Finally, you can speak directly to customers and buyers, establishing a personal link with the people who make your business work.

This new second edition paperback keeps you up-to-date on the latest trends.

• New case studies and current examples are included to illustrate the very latest in marketing and PR trends.
• Completely updated to reflect the latest marketing and PR techniques using social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube
• Includes a step-by-step action plan for harnessing the power of the Internet to communicate directly with buyers, increase sales, and raise online visibility
• David Meerman Scott is a renowned online marketing strategist, keynote speaker and the author of World Wide Rave, from Wiley

The New Rules of Marketing and PR, Second Edition gives you all the information you need to craft powerful and effective marketing messages and get them to the right people at the right moment-at a fraction of the price of a traditional marketing campaign.

Social Media Marketing Top Seven
Amazon-exclusive content from author David Meerman Scott

People and organizations that participate in social media (creating YouTube videos, participating on sites like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter, starting a blog and the like) become part of a vibrant online community and show that market that they are worthy of doing business with.

Unlike non-targeted, in-your-face, interruption-based advertising, social media is content that people actually want to see. How cool is that? Rather than forcing you to convince people to pay attention to your products and services by dreaming up messages and ad campaigns, search engines deliver interested buyers right to your company’s virtual doorstep. This is a marketer’s dream-come-true.

However, most marketers don’t know how to harness this exciting form of marketing. Their most common mistake is to spend way too much time talking about your company’s products and services and worrying too much about being “on message.” In addition, many companies are fearful of jumping into the social media waters because it seems scary to put yourself out there.

Top Seven Ways to Get the Most Out of Social Networking Sites:
1. Target a specific audience. Create a page that reaches an audience that is important to your organization. It is usually better to reach a small niche market than try to go large.

2. Be a thought leader. Provide valuable and interesting information that people want to check out. It is better to show your expertise in a market or at solving a buyer’s problems than to blather on about your product.

3. Create lots of links. Link to your own sites and blog, and those of others in your industry and network. Everybody loves links—it makes the Web what it is. You should certainly link to your own stuff from a social networking site (like your blog), but also link to other people’s sites and content in your own market.

4. Encourage people to contact you. Make it easy for people to reach you online, and be sure to follow up personally on your fan mail.

5. Participate. Create groups and participate in online discussions. Become an online leader and organizer.

6. Make it easy to find you. Tag your page and add your page into the subject directories. Encourage others to bookmark your page with del.icio.us and DIGG.

7. Experiment. These sites are great because you can try new things. If it isn’t working, tweak it. Or abandon the effort and try something new. There is no such thing as an expert in social networking—we’re all learning as we go!

Comprehensive and current, Public Relations: Strategies and Tactics 9/e helps readers better understand the basic concepts, strategies, and tactics practiced in public relations today. In its ninth edition, Public Relations: Strategies and Tactics combines numerous real-life case studies with fundamental concepts of the field to help readers relate theory to the actual practice of public relations. The text is grounded in scholarship and includes references to landmark studies and time-honored public relations techniques. Written in a disarming and accessible style, this edition focuses on the application of technology and encourages readerss to think about creative uses of new media.

In a time when society is holding individuals and organizations to high standards of conduct, Public Relations: A Values-Driven Approach addresses how to build ethical, productive relationships with strategic constituencies. This book provides an introduction to the dynamic, growing, and honorable profession of public relations as it relates to a broader social context. Grounded in public relations theory and traditions, Public Relations: A Values-Driven Approach appeals to readers through lively anecdotes, an informal writing style, and a very reasonable price. Each chapter helps the reader understand how public relations activities reflect and affect an organization's core values.

Comprehensive and current, Public Relations: Strategies and Tactics, Ninth Edition helps readers better understand the basic concepts, strategies, and tactics practiced in public relations today. Public Relations: Strategies and Tactics combines numerous real-life case studies with core theoretical to help students relate theory to the actual practice of public relations. This comprehensive text is grounded in scholarship and includes references to landmark studies and time-honored public relations techniques. Written in a disarming and accessible style, this edition focuses on the application of technology and encourages you to think about creative uses of new media. The Study Edition offers an additional bonus: perforated chapter quizzes.

The Practice of Public Relations is an “in-your-face” book giving readers the knowledge and skills they need to know to be successful in today’s world of public relations. Seitel’s use of case studies, interviews, and news photos, coupled with his humorous and lucid text, brings the process to life. The 11th edition includes heavy emphasis on social media and ethics.

Defining Public Relations. The History and Growth of Public Relations. Communication. Public Opinion. Management. Ethics. The Law. Research. Media Relations/Print & Broadcast. Employee Relations. Community Relations. Government Relations. Consumer Relations. International Relations. Public Relations Writing. Writing for the Eye and Ear. Integrated Marketing Communication. Public Relations and Social Media. Crisis Management. Launching a Career.

A useful, up-to-date reference for Public Relations professionals.

Coverage of global markets, new technologies, and multiculturalism throughout make this dynamic text the cutting-edge choice for public relations courses. Accompanied by unique, free online video interviews of leaders in the public relations field, the text presents and explains in a personal, jargon-free style the fundamental tools of public relations practice, providing a multi-disciplinary understanding of the emerging trends within the field.

Critical changes in society and technology lend importance to the increasing emphasis in the management function of public relations. While traditional media is still the foundation of public communication, the new social media now provides a much more personal and interactive form of public relations. This book thus provides the user with the ability to create effective messages using both the new social media as well as traditional media.

Effective Public Relations, 10/e, presents a comprehensive summary of public relations concepts, theory, principles, history, management, and practices. This “bible” of the public relations field continues in its role as the single most authoritative and complete reference for public relations professionals. Still the most comprehensive and authoritative introductory book, continuing its long-standing tradition as the most-cited reference book. Often referred to as the “bible of public relations,” the new edition covers the many aspects of public relations theory and practice in a variety of settings. This text also serves as the basic reference for accreditation programs worldwide. Updates examples, sources, and references to provide readers with contemporary cases, contexts, and perspectives that illustrate major concepts and issues essential to understanding the field. The new edition offers an up-to-date synthesis and interpretation of the scholarly and professional literature. Expands discussions of how the public relations field relates to marketing, integrated marketing communication (IMC), and related management functions, clarifying the unique and essential role of the public relations management function in organizations. An excellent, essential desk reference for those in the practice.

Public Relations Writing and Media Techniques is the most comprehensive and up-to-date public relations writing book available. With real-world examples of award-winning work by PR professionals, this new edition continues to help readers master the many techniques needed to reach a variety of audiences in today’s digital age. Clearly written and well-organized, this book emphasizes the nuts and bolts of writing, producing, and distributing public relations materials through traditional and social media. The author provides step-by-step procedures illustrated by examples from actual campaigns. This text also serves as an invaluable resource for public relations practitioners in the field.

A concise handbook, THE PR STYLEGUIDE: FORMATS FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS PRACTICE serves as a complete style guide and reference tool. Learn to present messages that display great form and style with THE PR STYLEGUIDE. The most widely used and accepted practices in developing PR pieces are included, along with many visual examples and a breakdown of the goals for each piece.