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The Zen of Social Media Marketing top Twitter author

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

Social Media Marketing Magazine named Shama Kabani, author of The Zen of Social Media Marketing, one of the top marketing authors on Twitter: http://www.smmmagazine.com/exclusives/top-marketing-book-authors-on-twitter/

The following sites posted about/reviewed The Zen of Social Media Marketing:

*Strategic Marketing Solutions: http://strategicdriven.com/blog/?p=174

*Diva Toolbox: http://www.divatoolbox.com/business/marketing/3257-part-2-of-social-media-interview-with-shama-kabani.html

*Ask Aaron Lee: http://askaaronlee.com/the-zen-of-social-media-marketing-by-shama-kabani-book-review/

*Meeting in Cyberspace: http://vellgroup.blogspot.com/2010/06/book-review-zen-of-social-media.html

*The IMsider: http://www.theiminsider.com/social-media-marketing-author-shama-at-sxsw-2010

*BlogTalkRadio’s “The Webinar Show”:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/the-webinar-show/2010/06/14/30-minutes-with-shama-kabani

The Accidental Millionaire featured as Pacific Book Review’s book of the month

Friday, June 11th, 2010

The Accidental Millionaire was June 2010’s featured book on Pacific Book Reviews: http://www.pacificbookreview.com/

Gary Fong, author of The Accidental Millionaire, was on the following radio shows and sites:

* “‘X’ Zone Radio with Rob McConnell”: http://traffic.libsyn.com/xzone/20100518_seg4.mp3

*Pump Up Your Book!: http://www.pumpupyourbook.com/2010/06/02/new-book-for-review-memoir-the-accidental-millionaire-by-gary-fong/

*Zedomax: http://zedomax.com/blog/2009/11/17/book-review-how-to-become-an-accidental-millionaire/

*Cspost79 blog: http://cspost79.wordpress.com/2010/05/22/the-accidental-millionaire-author-gary-fong-a-book-review/

The Broadband Connection on SmartBrief

Friday, June 11th, 2010

The Broadband Connection author Aaron Carroll wrote a column pertaining to the book that appeared in SmartBrief on ExecTech, an e-newsletter that is blasted out to thousands of IT executives. The column also appeared on SmartBrief’s Workforce blog: http://smartblogs.com/workforce/2010/05/24/delivering-an-effective-it-presentation/

The Happy Herbivore Cookbook e-newsletter exposure

Friday, June 4th, 2010

The Happy Herbivore Cookbook was mentioned on:

*Nasoya.com: http://www.nasoya.com/recipes/blogger-recipe.html

*Vegan Mainstream online newsletter: http://www.veganmainstream.com/vmnewsletter/veghot5.15.html

The Vision Revolution in journals, on Psychology Today site

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

In addition to a regular blog column on Scientificblogging.com, Mark Changizi, author of The Vision Revolution, will be writing regular blog posts for Psychology Today’s Web site (3.2 million page views/month). His first column can be found here: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/nature-brain-and-culture

The Vision Revolution was positively reviewed in the June 2010 issue of The Quarterly Review of Biology (circ. 3,000), the premier review journal in biology since 1926. The reviewer says “the book contributes an interesting set of new ideas that are explained in a way that should engage a wide range of readers.”

The book was also positively reviewed in The Psychologist (circ. 47,000), the official monthly publication of The British Psychological Society. The reviewer says, “The Vision Revolution is essential science writing, not because the ideas are definitely correct, but because the book can give the ordinary reader an glimpse of how science can work. Changizi is unusual in the range and quality of his ideas, and the clarity and humour with which he can lay them out; but the real value of this book is in the excitement of the scientific process that it conveys.”

In addition, The Vision Revolution and Mark Changizi were featured in Professional Lighting Plus: http://www.changizi.com/prcolor_profLightingDesign.pdf. Professional Lighting Design is an international journal that deals exclusively with the professional lighting design, unique.

Changizi was also interviewed on Neuronarrative, the site of science writer David DiSalvo: http://neuronarrative.wordpress.com/2010/05/05/everything-we-knew-about-human-vision-is-wrong-author-mark-changizi-tells-us-why/

You Don’t Have to Learn the Hard Way wins IBPA Benjamin Franklin award

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

You Don’t Have to Learn the Hard Way is the winner in the Interior Design—1-2 Color category for the 2010 Benjamin Franklin Awards, sponsored by IBPA.

You Don’t Have to Learn the Hard Way (9781933771748) is featured on the following sites:

*College News: http://www.collegenews.com/index.php?/article/book_review_iyou_dont_have_to_learn_the_hard_way_i_051820101145487/

*Simply Stacie: http://simplystacie.net/book-review-you-dont-have-to-learn-the-hard-way-by-j-r-parrish/

*Free Squat: http://www.freesquat.com/?p=4584

Toxic Beauty on Denver radio show

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

Sam Epstein, author of Toxic Beauty, was interviewed on KGNU-Denver/Boulder’s “Tributaries” radio show.

Zen of Social Media Marketing in AMA newsletter

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

The Zen of Social Media Marketing was featured in the newsletter of American Marketing Association-Dallas/Ft. Worth chapter (circ. 1,000). The review said: “It is as good as any of the books I have read on the subject but far easier to read and use than most.”

The Zen of Social Media Marketing has been featured on the following sites:

*Reading for Your Success: http://www.readingforyoursuccess.com/

*Online Social Networking: http://online-social-networking.com/25-common-web-marketing-mistakes

*Onslaught Marketing: http://www.abacmarketing.com/the-zen-of-social-media-marketing-an-easier-way-to-build-credibility-generate-buzz-and-increase-revenue.html

*Virtual Lockbox: http://blog.vlockbox.com/2010/06/01/socail-media-experts-worth-following/

*Andy Wergedal: http://andywergedal.wordpress.com/2010/06/01/alexandra-levits-water-cooler-wisdom-social-media-is-a-must-for-job-seekers/

*Meeting in Cyberspace: http://vellgroup.blogspot.com/2010/06/book-review-zen-of-social-media.html

*Creatives Marketing: http://www.creativesmarketing.com/2010/05/author-shama-kabani-get-zen-with-social-media-marketing/

*Smaller Indiana: http://smallerindiana.com/profiles/blogs/wow-everything-you-need-to

*Sabiha Siddiqui’s blog: http://www.sabihasiddiqui.com/blog/the-zen-of-social-media-marketing-an-easier-way-to-build-credibility-generate-buzz-and-increase-revenue/