Pinterest for Dummies by Kelby Carr

Stars: ★★★★★ Wiley (2012)Pinterest is the hot new social network. I don’t know anyone who has started using Pinterest who has bad things to say about it. For those who are less tech-savvy, learning a new social network can be hard and no one makes new subjects easier to understand than the Dummies series. Pinterest… Read More »

The World According to Twitter by David Pogue

Stars: ★★★★☆ Thomas Allen & Sons (2009) Summary: The wit and wisdom of the Twittersphere captured in a hilarious, occasionally poignant, and often useful collection of hand-picked tweets. […] David Pogue has tapped into the brilliance of his half-million followers on Twitter by posting a different, thought-provoking question every night. […] Out of 25,000 tweets,… Read More »

Angel’s Laws of Blogging: What You Need to Know If You Want to Have a Successful and Profitable Blog by Angel Laws with Carole Moore

Stars: ★★★★★ Summary: Self-taught Angel Laws, the founder of ConcreteLoop.com, created a successful and profitable blog, one that receives more than 500,000 unique hits a day. Offering readers simple, step-by-step advice on how to turn a blog into a career or at the very least a money maker Laws will help anyone with an interest… Read More »

Likeable Social Media by Dave Kerpen

Stars: ★★★★★ Subtitle: How to Delight Your Customers, Create an Irrestistible Brand, and Be Generally Amazing on Facebook (and other social networks) Summary: The secret to successful word-of-mouth marketing on the social web is easy: be likeable. Likeable Social Media provides 18 strategies for creating an authentic “brand personality” through Facebook and other social media platforms.… Read More »