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:
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!