Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust

by Chris Brogan (Author), JulienSmith (Author)

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  Paperback
  2010

  $3.28

  The New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller-now in a new, updated paperback edition

  Today's online influencers are Web natives who trade in trust, reputation, and relationships, using social media to accrue the influence that builds up or brings down businesses online. In Trust Agents, two social media veterans show you how to tap into the power of social networks to build your brand's influence, reputation, and, of course, profits.

  In this revised paperback version, learn how businesses are using the latest online social tools to build networks of influence and how you can use those networks to positively impact your business. Combining high-level theory and practical actions, this guide delivers actionable steps and case studies that show how social media can positively impact your business. * New edition features specific first moves for entering social media for small businesses, educators, travel and hospitality enterprises, nonprofit organizations, and corporations * Authors both have a major presence on the social Web as well as years of online marketing and new media experience If you want your business to succeed, don't sit on the sidelines while new markets and channels grow. Instead, use the Web to build trust with your consumers using Trust Agents.

• Used

  Hardcover
  2009

  $4.25

  This book shows how to tap the power of social software and networks to build your business. In Trust Agents , two social media veterans show you how to tap into the power of social networks to build your brand's influence, reputation, and, of course, profits. Today's online influencers are web natives who trade in trust, reputation, and relationships, using social media to accrue the influence that builds up or brings down businesses online. The book shows how people use online social tools to build networks of influence and how you can use those networks to positively impact your business. Because trust is key to building online reputations, those who traffic in it are 'trust agents,' the key people your business needs on its side. This book delivers actionable steps and case studies that show how social media can positively impact your business. It is written by authors with over ten years of online media experience. It shows you how to build and wield influence online to benefit your brand. It combines high-level theory with practical step-by-step guidance. If you want your business to succeed, don't sit on the sidelines. Instead, use the Web to build trust with your consumers using Trust Agents .