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Social Media Marketing is the most talked about business marketing platforms today. With Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Tumblr, Foursquare and others are the protagonists and it is difficult for business owners and marketing to see if and how they can get into the game. For many, the question is why, how.

The debate boils down to the Old World compared to the marketing of the new world. The industries of television and newspapers are showing diminishing returns, but some are still not changing direction. Some businesses are sticking to old methods and does not change accordingly. Marketing methods are constantly changing with new technology and social media marketing, in particular, is gaining the business world by storm.

Many companies realize this change and wants to be a social media campaign marketing immediately, however, there are certain questions that need to be answered initially. Social Media can help your company sell? Who is your customer? Are you B2B or B2C? What platforms are most appropriate? Do you know what each medium can and should be used?

Facebook has become a hotbed of Internet marketing, it has more members than any other option. Many vendors are missing the boat with Facebook as a marketing platform, and finally returns to pay-per-click ads and other tactics will not support the budget required. Facebook is a great tool, but must be used properly.

Facebook is the place for the community, not advertising. It is the place to build a house for his fans, where everyone has a voice. If you put together the right campaign, Facebook can be hugely rewarding for you and your customers. Think of all the data can be collected for listening! If you can build a place for people to come and encourage the commitment, giving away prizes, and give people a reason to be on your page, you will experience a positive return. If you just use the wall to launch a bid, you will decrease your performance and campaign on fire.

Twitter is the fastest growing platform for today’s social networks, and business benefits can be enormous. Twitter is great for directing traffic. Think of it as a gigantic news service points multiple directions of traffic based on impressions, conversions, etc..

You must have the complete package designed to take advantage indeed. Where to go traffic? Do you have an attractive website with a call to action? It’s a Blog that flows relevant content that would be a perfect place to send the traffic? Do you have innovative products that people need to know? The principles of advertising apply the same old, we are all playing in a sandbox different.

LinkedIn and YouTube are means of social media that are growing rapidly, but for different reasons. LinkedIn recently surpassed 100 million members and network capabilities than any other platform like Facebook. LinkedIn may be the number one priority for your business, or may be less, depending on your industry. A real estate agent can find the best tool LinkedIn on the market in a shoe store it difficult to build a network of people. Implementation is everything.

YouTube has recently become the # 2 search engine behind Google. With this traffic and attention, it is easy to see how a video of your company creates can go viral and spread to the masses, although it is much easier said than done. The main reason for using YouTube is for SEO purposes. If done correctly, optimizing your videos short (30 seconds to 1 minute) can help increase your web presence. Think about the power of YouTube can be for you to drive traffic to videos that have posted on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

Now you can see the integration. Tumblr can help you deploy and optimize your blog, and Foursquare can promote their points of sale, offering participants offers and exclusive promotions! Facebook houses its community of fans who are thirsty to know more and make their voices heard. LinkedIn helps you network with other professionals and clients. Twitter may distribute the information and send traffic through links short. YouTube helps your website gain relevance and provides much of the material for your audience.

Strategic social marketing campaigns, direct web traffic and sales, promoting products or services and grow your presence and increase sales should be the goal and focus their marketing efforts in social media. At day’s end, a sale is made, and if your Internet marketing efforts are driving the sales line should probably let the professionals take a crack at it.

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Flash Mobile: Developing Android and iOS Applications $44.95 Build rich media applications for the iOS and Android platforms with this primer to Flash mobile development. You get all of the essentials—from setting up your development environment to publishing your apps to the Google Market Place/Apple iTunes App Store.Develop elementary applications without coding; then realize the power of ActionScript 3 to add rich complexity to your applications. Step-by-step instruction is combined with practical tutorial lessons to deliver a working understanding of the development stages including: *Rapid prototyping *Adding interactivity, audio, and video *Employing iOS and Android Interface Calls *Hardware optimization with AIR *Game development; game engines, controlling physics, and 3D *Designing for iPad, Android tablets, and Google TV *Code optimization, testing, and debugging User interfaces are presented in full color to illustrate their nuances. The companion website, www.visualizetheweb/flashmobile, includes all of the AS3 code, project files, and a blog to keep you up to date with related news and developments.

Flash Mobile: Developing Android and iOS Applications $24.25 Build rich media applications for the iOS and Android platforms with this primer to Flash mobile development. You get all of the essentials—from setting up your development environment to publishing your apps to the Google Market Place/Apple iTunes App Store.Develop elementary applications without coding; then realize the power of ActionScript 3 to add rich complexity to your applications. Step-by-step instruction is combined with practical tutorial lessons to deliver a working understanding of the development stages including: *Rapid prototyping *Adding interactivity, audio, and video *Employing iOS and Android Interface Calls *Hardware optimization with AIR *Game development; game engines, controlling physics, and 3D *Designing for iPad, Android tablets, and Google TV *Code optimization, testing, and debugging User interfaces are presented in full color to illustrate their nuances. The companion website, www.visualizetheweb/flashmobile, includes all of the AS3 code, project files, and a blog to keep you up to date with related news and developments.

Implementing and Developing Cloud Computing Applications $83.95 From small start-ups to major corporations, companies of all sizes have embraced cloud computing for the scalability, reliability, and cost benefits it can provide. It has even been said that cloud computing may have a greater effect on our lives than the PC and dot-com revolutions combined.Filled with comparative charts and decision trees, Implementing and Developing Cloud Computing Applications explains exactly what it takes to build robust and highly scalable cloud computing applications in any organization. Covering the major commercial offerings available, it provides authoritative guidance through the implementation process. It puts cloud computing into historical context and considers how cloud computing affects project management, budgeting, and lifecycle management in your organization. It also explains how to:Choose the best combination of platforms, tools, and servicesDevelop new cloud applications from scratch Migrate legacy software Prevent lock-in to a single vendorEstimate costs and benefitsAddress reliability, availability, and security concernsUse interclouding, Cloud Brokers, and other techniques for safe deployment in public, private, and hybrid cloudsTake advantage of the latest developments, including OpenStack From software and testing tools to best practices and service providers, this book considers the entire cloud application environment. It details the platforms available, tools that facilitate development, as well as the costs involved. Designed for software developers and their managers, this complete resource includes case studies that illustrate the latest cloud computing technologies, implementation issues, and solutions. It also provides access to a blog to keep you current on the latest developments.

Library Technology Reports Expert Guides to Library Systems and Services $92.97 collaborative work both within and outside their organizations to expand or enhance library services. Most of this report focuses on the tools themselves and real-world examples of how they”ve been used, thus encouraging readers to experiment with these tools on their own. It shows how to make the case that efficient use of social networking is a boon to productivity, and includes hard data and concrete proposals that will save time and money in just about any collaborative effort. This issue is filled with easy-to-implement examples of how day-to-day activities can be improved by using collaborative platforms like Google Docs, a wiki, or an internal blog to facilitate communication.

Memory Dump Analysis Anthology, Volume 1 $40 This is a revised, edited, cross-referenced and thematically organized volume of selected DumpAnalysis.org blog posts about crash dump analysis and debugging written in 2006 – 2007 for software engineers developing and maintaining products on Windows platforms, technical support and escalation engineers dealing with complex software issues and general Windows users.

Memory Dump Analysis Anthology, Volume 2 $40 This is a revised, edited, cross-referenced and thematically organized volume of selected DumpAnalysis.org blog posts about crash dump analysis and debugging written in January – September 2008 for software engineers developing and maintaining products on Windows platforms, quality assurance engineers testing software on Windows platforms and technical support and escalation engineers dealing with complex software issues. The second volume features:- 45 new crash dump analysis patterns- Pattern interaction and case studies- Updated checklist- Fully cross-referenced with Volume 1- New appendixes

Memory Dump Analysis Anthology, Volume 3 $25.67 This is a revised, edited, cross-referenced and thematically organized volume of selected DumpAnalysis.org blog posts about crash dump analysis and debugging written in October 2008 – June 2009 for software engineers developing and maintaining products on Windows platforms, quality assurance engineers testing software on Windows platforms and technical support and escalation engineers dealing with complex software issues. The third volume features: – 15 new crash dump analysis patterns – 29 new pattern interaction case studies – Trace analysis patterns – Updated checklist – Fully cross-referenced with Volume 1 and Volume 2 – New appendixes

Memory Dump Analysis Anthology: Color Supplement for Volumes 1-3 $13.22 Used – This is a supplemental volume of selected articles with 68 full color illustrations from Memory Dump Analysis Anthology: revised, edited, cross-referenced and thematically organized volumes of selected DumpAnalysis.org blog posts about modern crash dump analysis and debugging written in August 2006 – June 2009 for software engineers developing and maintaining products on Windows platforms, quality assurance engineers testing software on Windows platforms, technical support and escalation

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Multimedia Journalism $53.95 Multimedia Journalism: A Practical Guide offers clear advice on working across multiple media platforms and includes guides to creating and using video, audio, text and pictures. It contains all the essentials of good practice and is supported by an Companion Website at: www.multimedia-journalism.co.uk which demonstrates how to apply the skills covered in the book, gives examples of good and bad practice, and keeps the material up-to-date and in line with new hardware, software, methods of working and legislation. The book is fully cross-referenced and interlinked with the website, which offers the chance to test your learning and send in questions for industry experts to answer in their masterclasses.Split into three levels — getting started, building proficiency and professional standards — this book builds on the knowledge attained in each part, and ensures that skills are introduced one step at a time until professional competency is achieved. This three stage structure means it can be used from initial to advanced level to learn the key skill areas of video, audio, text, and pictures and how to combine them to create multimedia packages. Skills covered include:writing news reports, features, email bulletins and blogs building a website using a content management system measuring the success of your website or blog shooting, cropping, editing and captioning pictures recording, editing and publishing audio reports and podcasts shooting, editing and streaming video and creating effective packages creating breaking news tickers and using Twitter using and encouraging user generated content interviewing and conducting advanced online research subediting, proofreading and headlining, including search engine optimisation geo-tagging, geo-coding and

Quantitative Trading : How to Build Your Own Algorithmic Trading Business $33.31 By some estimates, quantitative (or algorithmic) trading now accounts for over one-third of trading volume in the United States. While institutional traders continue to implement this highly effective approach, many independent traders—with limited resources and less computing power—have wondered if they can still challenge powerful industry professionals at their own game? The answer is “yes,” and in Quantitative Trading, author Dr. Ernest Chan, a respected independent trader and consultant, will show you how.Whether you’re an independent “retail” trader looking to start your own quantitative trading business or an individual who aspires to work as a quantitative trader at a major financial institution, this practical guide contains the information you need to succeed.Organized around the steps you should take to start trading quantitatively, this book skillfully addresses how to:Find a viable trading strategy that you’re both comfortable with and confident inBacktest your strategy—with MATLAB®, Excel, and other platforms—to ensure good historical performanceBuild and implement an automated trading system to execute your strategyScale up or wind down your strategies depending on their real-world profitabilityManage the money and risks involved in holding positions generated by your strategyIncorporate advanced concepts that most professionals use into your everyday trading activitiesAnd much moreWhile Dr. Chan takes the time to outline the essential aspects of turning quantitative trading strategies into profits, he doesn’t get into overly theoretical or sophisticated theories. Instead, he highlights the simple tools and techniques you can use to gain a much-needed edge over today’s institutional traders.And for those who want to keep up with the latest news, ideas, and trends in quantitative trading, you’re welcome to visit Dr. Chan’s blog,

RSS for Educators: Blogs, Newsfeeds, Podcasts, and Wikis in the Classroom $9.95 A powerful technology, but a simple concept, RSS (‘Really Simple Syndication’) makes it possible to easily access frequently updated content on the Internet. RSS allows you to ’subscribe’ to content and have updates automatically delivered to your computer. Many Web 2.0 tools, including blogs, podcasts, and wikis, have been made even more useful with the advent of RSS technology.Let expert John Hendron show you how to use a news aggregator to harness the power of RSS for a variety of purposes, including classroom projects, professional development, and keeping students and parents informed.* Learn how to use free and inexpensive software such as Garage Band and Audacity to manipulate audio files and create podcasts.* Explore the pros and cons of various blogging platforms.* Have your students blog, and use RSS to deliver their assignments to you automatically.With RSS and the Read/Write Web, the possibilities are endless.A glossary and an extensive list of online resources round out this essential guide to the power of Web syndication.Also available:Web 2.0: New Tools, New Schools – ISBN 1564842347Toys to Tools: Connecting Student Cell Phones to Education – ISBN 1564842479About the AuthorJohn G. Hendron has been employed since 1999 as a teacher and instructional technologist for Goochland County Public Schools in Virginia. Hendron produces a regular podcast for members of the Virginia Society for Technology in Education (VSTE). He also freelances as a graphic and Web designer. In December, 2006, he received the Virginia State Technology Leadership Award from the Virginia Department of Education.

RSS for Educators: Blogs, Newsfeeds, Podcasts, and Wikis in the Classroom $29.95 A powerful technology, but a simple concept, RSS (‘Really Simple Syndication’) makes it possible to easily access frequently updated content on the Internet. RSS allows you to ’subscribe’ to content and have updates automatically delivered to your computer. Many Web 2.0 tools, including blogs, podcasts, and wikis, have been made even more useful with the advent of RSS technology.Let expert John Hendron show you how to use a news aggregator to harness the power of RSS for a variety of purposes, including classroom projects, professional development, and keeping students and parents informed.* Learn how to use free and inexpensive software such as Garage Band and Audacity to manipulate audio files and create podcasts.* Explore the pros and cons of various blogging platforms.* Have your students blog, and use RSS to deliver their assignments to you automatically.With RSS and the Read/Write Web, the possibilities are endless.A glossary and an extensive list of online resources round out this essential guide to the power of Web syndication.Also available:Web 2.0: New Tools, New Schools – ISBN 1564842347Toys to Tools: Connecting Student Cell Phones to Education – ISBN 1564842479About the AuthorJohn G. Hendron has been employed since 1999 as a teacher and instructional technologist for Goochland County Public Schools in Virginia. Hendron produces a regular podcast for members of the Virginia Society for Technology in Education (VSTE). He also freelances as a graphic and Web designer. In December, 2006, he received the Virginia State Technology Leadership Award from the Virginia Department of Education.

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The Definitive Guide to MongoDB: The NoSQL Database for Cloud and Desktop Computing $35.99 MongoDB, a cross-platform NoSQL database, is the fastest-growing new database in the world. MongoDB provides a rich document orientated structure with dynamic queries that you’ll recognize from RDMBS offerings such as MySQL. In other words, this is a book about a NoSQL database that does not require the SQL crowd to re-learn how the database world works!MongoDB has reached 1.0 and already boasts 50,000+ users. The community is strong and vibrant and MongoDB is improving at a fast rate. With scalable and fast databases becoming critical for today’s applications, this book shows you how to install, administer and program MongoDB *without* pretending SQL never existed. What you’ll learn Set up MongoDB on all major platforms, including Linux and Cloud platforms Model data within a document-oriented database Work with your data using non-SQL commands Write applications using MongoDB’s PHP API Optimize MongoDB Master MongoDB administration, including replication Who this book is for This book will appeal to everyone with some experience in database administration, and provides the entry point for those of us who don’t want to hear about database theory but still need to implement a NoSQL-based database. PHP developers will also profit from this book, since it will add an important NoSQL database to their toolkit. Table of Contents Introduction to MongoDB Installing MongoDB The Data Model Working with Data GridFS PHP and MongoDB Python and MongoDB Creating a Blog Application with the PHP Driver Database Administration Optimization Replication Sharding

The Developer’s Guide to Social Programming: Building Social Context Using Facebook, Google Friend Connect, and the Twitter API $14 “With the advent of the social web, companies must know how to leverage new technologies to stay competitive. The author, Mark Hawker, shows readers in simple steps what social programming really means. He walks you through examples of integrating with many of today's most successful social platforms–getting you up and running with social programming in no time at all.”–Joseph Annuzzi, Jr., Web Architect, PeerDynamic.com”An essential reference for the social web, present and future…a must-have for making your website known on the social graph.”–Joshua T. Gross, Cortex CreationsIn this book, Mark Hawker shows developers how to build applications that integrate with Facebook, Twitter, and other social networking technologies–reaching customers wherever they prefer to be reached.Unlike competitive books that focus on a single social media platform, this book covers all three leading platforms: Facebook, Google, and Twitter. Hawker identifies the characteristics of superior, highly-engaging social media applications, and shows how to use Facebook, Google Friend Connect, and the Twitter API to create them.You’ll find practical solutions and code for addressing many common social programming challenges, from site registration to search, blog commenting to creating location-based applications. Hawker concludes by walking you through building a complete, integrated social application: one that works seamlessly across all leading platforms, and draws on powerful features from each.Coverage includes· Working with the Twitter API, Twitter Search API, and API methods· Authenticating users with Twitter OAuth· Supporting retweeting, user lists, and location-based applications· Mastering Facebook, the Facebook API, FQL, and XFBML· Performing registration, authentication, and translation with Facebook· Using

Video with Adobe Flash CS4 Professional Studio Techniques $47.99 The definitive guide to creating video for the WebIn Video with Adobe Flash CS4 Professional Studio Techniques, Robert Reinhardt goes beyond the entry-level coverage found in other books to bring you a comprehensive look at what you really need to know to produce, host, and distribute Flash-compatible video on the Web, including FLV and AVC/H.264 content. Real world examples and hands-on projects with sample video files provide the expert training you need with tips and insights that everyone can benefit from.You’ll learn:Basic methods, from preproduction through delivery, includingcapturing, processing, and compressing your video.Production essentials for sharing your footage on the Web, including setting up your Web page and server for seamless video playback and how to create your own video player.Advanced techniques, including building an index and play list, adding captions and banner ads, and designing a comprehensive video experiencefor your audience.The DVD-ROM includes complete sample Flash files as shown throughout the book. More than 2 GB of source files are provided, including High Definition (HD) clips, which you can use to perfect your video compression skills. The source files for each chapter are found in the corresponding Lessons folder on the disc.Robert Reinhardt is a highly respected authority on Flash and Flash video. He has authored or co-authored numerous books on Flash, including the Flash Bible and the Flash ActionScript Bible, and his blog and other online articles draw a wide audience. He has developed multimedia courses for educational facilities in Canada and the United States and is an Adobe Certified Instructor for Flash courses at Portland State University. He is a former Vice President of the Multimedia Platforms Group at Schematic and now works with a wide range of clients from his base in Portland, Oregon. A frequent presenter at conferences such as Flashforward, FITC,

Video with Adobe Flash CS4 Professional Studio Techniques $59.99 The definitive guide to creating video for the WebIn Video with Adobe Flash CS4 Professional Studio Techniques, Robert Reinhardt goes beyond the entry-level coverage found in other books to bring you a comprehensive look at what you really need to know to produce, host, and distribute Flash-compatible video on the Web, including FLV and AVC/H.264 content. Real world examples and hands-on projects with sample video files provide the expert training you need with tips and insights that everyone can benefit from.You’ll learn:Basic methods, from preproduction through delivery, includingcapturing, processing, and compressing your video.Production essentials for sharing your footage on the Web, including setting up your Web page and server for seamless video playback and how to create your own video player.Advanced techniques, including building an index and play list, adding captions and banner ads, and designing a comprehensive video experiencefor your audience.The DVD-ROM includes complete sample Flash files as shown throughout the book. More than 2 GB of source files are provided, including High Definition (HD) clips, which you can use to perfect your video compression skills. The source files for each chapter are found in the corresponding Lessons folder on the disc.Robert Reinhardt is a highly respected authority on Flash and Flash video. He has authored or co-authored numerous books on Flash, including the Flash Bible and the Flash ActionScript Bible, and his blog and other online articles draw a wide audience. He has developed multimedia courses for educational facilities in Canada and the United States and is an Adobe Certified Instructor for Flash courses at Portland State University. He is a former Vice President of the Multimedia Platforms Group at Schematic and now works with a wide range of clients from his base in Portland, Oregon. A frequent presenter at conferences such as Flashforward, FITC,

WordPress Quickstart Guide $44.1 Used – If you would like to take your online presence to the next level with a sophisticated website or blog that you can manage yourself, then the “The WordPress Quickstart Guide” is the instruction manual you need. WordPress is one of the most popular blogging platforms available today and Michael Hayslip has created a streamlined guide to help you get a WordPress powered site up in no-time.

WordPress Quickstart Guide $54.95 New – If you would like to take your online presence to the next level with a sophisticated website or blog that you can manage yourself, then the “The WordPress Quickstart Guide” is the instruction manual you need. WordPress is one of the most popular blogging platforms available today and Michael Hayslip has created a streamlined guide to help you get a WordPress powered site up in no-time.

WordPress Quickstart Guide $32.02 Used – If you would like to take your online presence to the next level with a sophisticated website or blog that you can manage yourself, then the “The WordPress Quickstart Guide” is the instruction manual you need. WordPress is one of the most popular blogging platforms available today and Michael Hayslip has created a streamlined guide to help you get a WordPress powered site up in no-time.

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Writing for Digital Media $45 Writing for Digital Media teaches students how to write effectively for online audiences—whether they are crafting a story for the website of a daily newspaper or a personal blog. The lessons and exercises in each chapter help students build a solid understanding of the ways that the Internet has introduced new opportunities for dynamic storytelling as digital media have blurred roles of media producer, consumer, publisher and reader. Using the tools and strategies discussed in this book, students are able to use their insights into new media audiences to produce better content for digital formats and environments.Fundamentally, this book is about good writing—clear, precise, accurate, filled with energy and voice, and aimed directly at an audience. Writing for Digital Media also addresses all of the graphical, multimedia, hypertextual and interactive elements that come into play when writing for digital platforms. Learning how to achieve balance and a careful, deliberate blend of these elements is the other primary goal of this text. Writing for Digital Media teaches students not only how to create content as writers, but also how to think critically as a site manager or content developer might about issues such as graphic design, site architecture, and editorial consistency. By teaching these new skill sets alongside writing fundamentals, this book transforms students from writers who are simply able to post their stories online into engaging multimedia, digital storytellers. For additional resources and exercises, visit the Companion Website for Writing for Digital Media at: www.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415992015.

Writing for Digital Media $45 Writing for Digital Media teaches students how to write effectively for online audiences—whether they are crafting a story for the website of a daily newspaper or a personal blog. The lessons and exercises in each chapter help students build a solid understanding of the ways that the Internet has introduced new opportunities for dynamic storytelling as digital media have blurred roles of media producer, consumer, publisher and reader. Using the tools and strategies discussed in this book, students are able to use their insights into new media audiences to produce better content for digital formats and environments.Fundamentally, this book is about good writing—clear, precise, accurate, filled with energy and voice, and aimed directly at an audience. Writing for Digital Media also addresses all of the graphical, multimedia, hypertextual and interactive elements that come into play when writing for digital platforms. Learning how to achieve balance and a careful, deliberate blend of these elements is the other primary goal of this text. Writing for Digital Media teaches students not only how to create content as writers, but also how to think critically as a site manager or content developer might about issues such as graphic design, site architecture, and editorial consistency. By teaching these new skill sets alongside writing fundamentals, this book transforms students from writers who are simply able to post their stories online into engaging multimedia, digital storytellers. For additional resources and exercises, visit the Companion Website for Writing for Digital Media at: www.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415992015.

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