Week 5: April 30
The Secrets of Social Media Marketing


Guiding Questions:
- How do marketers get started with social media?
- What have been the common threads of inquiry among our clients?

Anticipated:
- Skype Chat with Paul Gillin, author “Secrets of Social Media Marketing”
Watch it here!

Readings:
Gillin Chapters 1-4, 9
Each student must post one question each for Paul Gillin prior to class on the Media Space at
this link.

Assignment due May 7th “Discovery” and “Potential Tools” phase of client project.
Why Benkler is Right, Why Benkler is Wrong (3-5 pages, 3 sources for each of the two arguments; alternatively why Von Hippel/ZIttrain is right/wrong). Due Week 6, 6 p.m. via Collect-It

Google Document.

Class Slides: Week 5 April 30



Article on CDC and Social Media