Free e-book: Social Media Monitoring w/ Google Reader

August 12, 2009 by ian

I've been kind of a jerk lately, even by my standards. My guilt is your gain, though - I just finished writing an e-book, and I'm making it available free, no strings attached:

The Fat-Free Guide to Conversation Monitoring shows you how to monitor what folks say about you in social media using Google Reader and a few keyword searches.

You can read it online in Scribd format, or download it, both from this link:

Download the Fat Free Guide to Conversation Monitoring

Disclaimer: There are some exceptionally cool social media monitoring tools out there. I am in no way trying to say you can do what those tools do using nothing but Google Reader. But it's a great way to start.

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Marketing Know-Nothing says:

August 13, 2009 10:49

Thank you very much for the free download! I will hopefully get a chance to read further into it later in the week. So far the insights look great and I can't wait to read the whole thing.

Travis says:

August 13, 2009 11:32

Thanks Ian,

This is a win/win. I love it when you are a big fat jerk, it makes for some entertaining yet educational reading material. And now, with the guilt you are carrying around we get a "free" book.

Does it get any better?

Caleb Mardini says:

August 14, 2009 01:14

Ian, Thanks that was helpful. I use Google Reader fairly heavily, but hadn't brought these queries into it before.

Sarah Edwards says:

August 18, 2009 00:46

Thanks for that, just discovered Google reader recently and need to try and make the most of it, hopefully this will help!

Rick Mann says:

August 29, 2009 10:37

Hi Ian,

Thanks for the book. I appreciate that you are willing to share your knowledge with the masses. I am a somewhat regular reader who enjoys your blog and your style of writing.

Rick

Beth says:

September 17, 2009 11:11

Fabulous, thank you! It's easy to use and is going to be incredibly useful. Thanks so much.

Gregory says:

October 15, 2009 15:02

This is a great feature. Thanks Ian.

Calle says:

January 23, 2010 09:37

I have used Reader just for reading blogs for a long time, but this was great new advice! Great tips, and really fun to read through!

Thanks!