Social Media Examiner
{{Short description|U.S.-based media company}}
{{Infobox website
| name = Social Media Examiner
| logo = SocialMediaExaminerlogo.jpg
| company_type = Private
| foundation = October 2009
| founder = Michael Stelzner
| location_city = Poway, California
| location_country = U.S.
| url = [http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com SocialMediaExaminer.com]
| website_type = Magazine & blogging
| language = English
| current_status = Active
}}
Social Media Examiner is a U.S.-based media company, founded by Michael Stelzner. It publishes online magazines, blogs and podcasts about how business people can use social networks, on SocialMediaExaminer.com. The online magazine publishes original research, has a weekly podcast show and oversees multiple communities for social media marketers.
Founder
In 2006, Michael Stelzner published his first book, Writing White Papers: How to Capture Readers and Keep them Engaged.{{cite book|last=Stelzner|first=Michael|title=Writing White Papers: How to Capture Readers and Keep them Engaged|year=2006|publisher=WhitePaperSource Publishing|isbn=0977716937 }} He founded Social Media Examiner with the stated goal of providing free how-to information about social media.{{cite web|title=How to Launch a Successful Social Media Strategy|url=http://www.experian.com/small-business/michael-stelzner.jsp|work=Small Business Guide to Social Media|publisher=Experian}} In 2011, Stelzner wrote Launch: How to Quickly Propel Your Business Beyond the Competition (Wiley).{{cite book|last=Stelzner|first=Michael|title=Launch: How to Quickly Propel Your Business Beyond the Competition|date=June 21, 2011|publisher=Wiley|isbn=978-1118027233 }} In 2012, Stelzner started the Social Media Marketing podcast.{{Cite web|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/social-media-marketing-podcast-helps-your-business/id549899114?mt=2|title=Social Media Marketing Podcast helps your business thrive with social media by Michael Stelzner, Social Media Examiner on Apple Podcasts|website=Apple Podcasts|language=en|access-date=2018-06-02}}
Reports and conferences
In 2018, 5,700{{Cite news|url=https://www.marketingcharts.com/digital/social-media-83462|title=Social Media Marketing Update: Preferred Platforms and Content Types in 2018 - Marketing Charts|date=2018-05-21|work=Marketing Charts|access-date=2018-06-02|language=en-US}} marketers participated in Social Media Examiner's study of how marketers and businesses are using social media. The report has been cited in Entrepreneur{{cite web|last=Belicover|first=Michael E|title=How Marketers Use Social Media|url=http://www.entrepreneur.com/blog/219442|work=Entrepreneur|date=12 April 2011 |accessdate=April 12, 2011}} and Inc. magazine.{{cite web|last=Rubin|first=Courtney|title=Why Social Media is Really Worth Your Time|url=http://www.inc.com/news/articles/2010/04/how-social-media-helps-small-business.html|work=Inc.|accessdate=April 23, 2010}} Social Media Examiner hosts the Social Media Marketing World conference.{{cite web|title=Social Media Marketing World|url=http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/smmworld/|publisher=Social Media Examiner|accessdate=October 3, 2013}}
Awards
Technorati ranks the site as one of the Top 100 Business and Top 100 Small Business blogs.{{cite web|title=Blog Directory|url=http://technorati.com/blogs/www.socialmediaexaminer.com|publisher=Technorati|accessdate=October 5, 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005011358/http://technorati.com/blogs/www.socialmediaexaminer.com|archivedate=October 5, 2013}} Social Media Examiner has been discussed in several books including, The New Relationship Marketing: How to Build a Large, Loyal Profitable Network using the Social Web by Mari Smith,{{cite book|last=Smith|first=Mari|title=The New Relationship Marketing: How to Build a Large, Loyal Profitable Network Using the Social Web|year=2011|publisher=Wiley|page=139}} and The Entrepreneur’s Information Source Book: Charting the Path to Small Business Success, 2nd ed. by Susan C. Awe.{{cite book|last=Awe|first=Susan C.|title=The Entrepreneur's Information Source Book: Charting the Path to Small Business Success, 2nd Ed.|year=2012|publisher=ABC-CLIO, Inc.|pages=113, 128}}
References
https://skillspere.com/digital-marketing-write-for-us/.
External links
- [http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/ Social Media Examiner website]
- Social Media
Category:Websites about digital media
Category:Mass media in San Diego County, California
Category:Companies based in San Diego County, California
Category:Internet properties established in 2009