“To thrive and win in the dynamic new world of social business, you need a strong foundational understanding, a clear and purposeful strategy, and playbook to turn concepts and intentions into actions and results. Michael Brito delivers these essentials so you can get going--now--on the path to social business success. Read, conceptualize, customize, execute, win.”
Mark Yolton, Senior Vice President, SAP
“It’s time to get serious about social media execution. Michael Brito shows you how. This book will transform your thinking and inspire change across your organization.”
Clara Shih, Author of The Facebook Era and CEO/Founder of Hearsay Social
“It isn’t enough to just be on Twitter and Facebook to be ‘social’ in business today. Michael Brito expertly leads you into the 2012 world where being social in business is expected, not an extra frill done by some geeks in the corner. This book will get your company up to date and will show you the management and tooling changes you need to make to keep up with the Facebook generation.”
Robert Scoble, Chief Learning Officer, Rackspace
“Smart Business, Social Business should be in the hands of every executive who knows social media is transforming the way we do business and doesn’t want to get left behind.”
Ben Parr, Editor-at-Large, Mashable
“Michael Brito is one of the real deals. In a world where it’s hard to find accredited sources in disruptive technology, Michael Brito has brand side experience, as well as agency side perspective. His new book is a likely desktop reference for organizations to understand the social customer and to humanize its business operations.”
Jeremiah Owyang, Partner, Altimeter Group
“It’s clear now that every business needs to begin its transformational journey towards becoming a social enterprise. This book gets right to it with practical steps to take, models to follow, roles to create, and case studies to inspire. The essence of today’s modern thinking in one nice, neat package.”
David Alston, Chief Marketing Officer, Radian6
Become an Authentic, High Performing, and Collaborative “Social Business”
...and Reap the Rewards of Driving Real Business Value
You’ll learn how to
• Transform from a “social brand” to a fully collaborative “social business”
• Have productive internal conversations with stakeholders that lead to successful external conversations with the community
• Create effective organizational models that drive collaboration and communication
• Overcome the conflicts of social media ownership from behind the firewall
• Tear down the “organizational silos” that prevent crucial collaboration
• Select the right social media tools, technologies, and agencies that will add value to the business
• Implement moderation strategies and governance models that address social media policies and procedures
• Embrace today’s new social customer and implement a next-generation “Social CRM” strategy
• Measure the effectiveness of your social media presence and initiatives
• Utilize social techniques to engage better talent and put it to work
• Use community feedback to shape your business models, products, and processes
Many companies are active on Twitter and Facebook…have blogs and online communities…but behind the firewall, chaos, anarchy, and conflict reign. In this book, top social business expert Michael Brito shows how to build a rock-solid internal framework to operationalize social media and make external engagement and community building more effective, meaningful, and sustainable. Brito systematically reviews the people, process, and technology obstacles you’ll face within the organization, and shares best-practice solutions drawn from his extensive experience with leading-edge brands. Step by step, you’ll learn how to humanize business operations and build a collaborative organization that can effectively engage with the social customer.
Michael Brito is a vice president at Edelman Digital and leads the digital team in Silicon Valley. He provides strategic counsel, guidance, and best practices to several of Edelman’s top global tech accounts and is responsible for driving new business, growing existing business, mentoring junior staff members, and maintaining strong client relationships. Previously, Michael worked for major companies in Silicon Valley, including Sony Electronics, Hewlett Packard, Yahoo!, and Intel Corporation, working in various marketing, social media, and community management roles.
He is the founder of Silicon Valley Tweetup and is actively involved in the Social Media Club, Silicon Valley Chapter. He is a business advisor for the social media marketing company Izea and online resource MarketingZone.com; a business advisor to Lonesome George & Co.; and he is an early investor of social business hub OneForty. He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences as well as a guest lecturer at various universities, including Cal Berkeley, the University of San Francisco, Stanford University, Syracuse University, and Saint Mary’s College of California. Michael has a Bachelor of Arts in Business degree from Saint Mary’s College and a Master of Science, Integrated Marketing Communications degree from Golden Gate University. He proudly served eight years in the United States Marine Corps.
Michael believes that marketing can be evil at times; but if done right, it can drive customer loyalty, product innovation, and brand advocacy. He believes that marketers need to spend more time listening to the social customer and less time sending one-way marketing messages. He is confident that if brands love their customers, they’ll love them back and tell others about it. He also believes that organizations cannot and will not have effective, external conversations with consumers, unless they can have effective internal conversations first.
