Social Media Resources and References

Social Media Information Resources and References

**Note that several of these have free newsletters that you can subscribe to

• http://www.Socialmediaexaminer.com
• http://www.clickz.com/
• http://www.targetmarketingmag.com
• http://www.digitaltrends.com/
• http://www.searchenginewatch.com
• http://www.facebook.com/nonprofits
• http://www.google.com/blogsearch
• LinkedIn discussion groups such as Social Media Marketing, Those in Media, Digital Marketing, Oncology Pharma
• http://www.cdc.gov/healthcommunication/ToolsTemplates/SocialMediaToolkit_BM.pdf
• https://www.changefoundation.ca/social-media-healthcare-pt1

Tracking/Monitoring

• http://socialmention.com/ (type in subject to see recent inquiries)
• http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/4-free-tools-to-help-you-socially-monitor-your-brand/
• http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/how-to-track-tweets-facebook-likes-and-more-with-google-analytics/

Toolkits

• The Change Foundation. Using Social Media To Improve Health Care Quality: A Guide to Current Practice and Future Promise.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Health Communicators Social Media Toolkit.

REFERENCES

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media
• http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/global/led-by-facebook-twitter-global-time-spent-on-social-media-sites-up-82-year-over-year/
• http://mobihealthnews.com/7505/72-percent-of-us-physicians-use-smartphones/
• http://mashable.com/2011/06/23/global-social-networks/
• (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/07/twitter-delivers-350-billion-tweets-a-day.html)
• (Kraus & Shullman, 2011)

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