Thanks to my friend and seminar marketing pro, Jenny Hamby, I can now say, “I co-authored a book with social media superstars.” Today’s post features an excerpt from my chapter. I’m the book’s LinkedIn expert.

Jenny’s the one who suggested I talk with Mitch Meyerson about contributing to his book, Success Secrets of the Social Media Superstars. Published by Entrepreneur Press, the book includes about 20 social media authors and will be in bookstores this summer.

Mitch is the author of …

Update: Thanks to Office Depot WebCafe for featuring me as the LinkedIn PR Expert – listen to the webinar. Sign up for a complimentary 7-day LinkedIn PR ecourse.

Tomorrow I’m presenting a LinkedIn webinar for Office Depot – here’s the registration information. Hope you can join us!

Tuesday, April 27th at 4pm ET
Leveraging LinkedIn: 5 Power Strategies to Stand Out and Be Sought Out (60min)
What You Need To Do To Raise Your Visibility And Influence
Why You Need A Social Media Strategy …

How does social media affect the news? A new study gives us insights and answers. Because one of the participation incentives was a copy of the results, I participated in the 2010 PR Week/PR Newswire Media Survey. Released recently, the survey measures the uses and applications of social media by PR practitioners and journalists. You’ll find a few results here including how blogs, Facebook, LinkedIn and twitter factor into news making, reporting and placement.

A few of the more …