Free e-book: Social Media Monitoring w/ Google Reader

August 12, 2009 by in Featured, Social Media

I’ve been kind of a jerk lately, even by my standards. My guilt is your gain, though – I just finished writing an e-book, and I’m making it available free, no strings attached:
The Fat-Free Guide to Conversation Monitoring shows you how to monitor what folks say about you in social media using Google Reader and a few keyword searches.
You can read it online in Scribd format, or download it, both from this link:

Disclaimer: There are some exceptionally cool social media monitoring tools out there. I am in no way trying to say you can do what those tools do using nothing but Google Reader. But it’s a great way to start.

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Ian Lurie
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Portent's Founder & CEO

Ian Lurie is founder and CEO of Portent Inc., an internet marketing agency that has provided internet marketing, including PPC, SEO, social and analytics services, since 1995. more >

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11 Responses to “Free e-book: Social Media Monitoring w/ Google Reader”

  1. Marketing Know-Nothing - August 13, 2009 at 10:49 am #

    Thank you very much for the free download! I will hopefully get a chance to read further into it later in the week. So far the insights look great and I can’t wait to read the whole thing.

  2. Travis - August 13, 2009 at 11:32 am #

    Thanks Ian,
    This is a win/win. I love it when you are a big fat jerk, it makes for some entertaining yet educational reading material. And now, with the guilt you are carrying around we get a “free” book.
    Does it get any better?

  3. Caleb Mardini - August 14, 2009 at 1:14 am #

    Ian, Thanks that was helpful. I use Google Reader fairly heavily, but hadn’t brought these queries into it before.

  4. Sarah Edwards - August 18, 2009 at 12:46 am #

    Thanks for that, just discovered Google reader recently and need to try and make the most of it, hopefully this will help!

  5. Rick Mann - August 29, 2009 at 10:37 am #

    Hi Ian,
    Thanks for the book. I appreciate that you are willing to share your knowledge with the masses. I am a somewhat regular reader who enjoys your blog and your style of writing.
    Rick

  6. Beth - September 17, 2009 at 11:11 am #

    Fabulous, thank you! It’s easy to use and is going to be incredibly useful. Thanks so much.

  7. Gregory - October 15, 2009 at 3:02 pm #

    This is a great feature. Thanks Ian.

  8. Calle - January 23, 2010 at 9:37 am #

    I have used Reader just for reading blogs for a long time, but this was great new advice! Great tips, and really fun to read through!
    Thanks!

  9. Sally - July 1, 2010 at 3:45 am #

    Hey Ian
    Wow your guide was great, it really helped me, didn’t have a clue about the twitter search page, I am going to have a think about my main keywords then set up alerts for them right now.
    The book was really easy to understand, short and too the point, not filled with rubbish, which is always a good thing in my eyes.
    Thanks so much, Sally :)

  10. Peter Lurie - July 28, 2011 at 2:04 am #

    Hi Ian:
    Thanks for the eBook…
    Glad to see the family name extends to the Pacific NW.
    Greetings from London (ex-SA).
    Peter

  11. Kent Looft - September 7, 2011 at 8:14 pm #

    Ian:
    Thanks for sharing…it’s a good thing.

    I’ve used Google Alerts for brand monitoring, but not Reader.
    Will give it a view and check out your queries.

    Kent