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Neal Schaffer is a leading authority on helping businesses through their digital transformation of sales and marketing through consulting, training, and helping enterprises large and small develop and execute on social media marketing strategy, influencer marketing, and social selling initiatives.

President of the social media agency PDCA Social, Neal also teaches digital media to executives at Rutgers University, the Irish Management Institute (Ireland), and the University of Jyvaskyla (Finland).

Fluent in Japanese and Mandarin Chinese, Neal is a popular keynote speaker and has been invited to speak about digital media on four continents in a dozen countries.

He is also the author of 4 books on social media, including Maximize Your Social ...more

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	The Age of Influence: The Power of Influencers to Elevate Your Brand 3.82 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 2020 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Maximize Your Social: A One-Stop Guide to Building a Social Media Strategy for Marketing and Business Success 3.85 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2013 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Maximizing LinkedIn for Sales and Social Media Marketing: An Unofficial, Practical Guide to Selling & Developing B2B Business on LinkedIn 3.68 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Windmill Networking: Understanding, Leveraging & Maximizing LinkedIn: An Unofficial, Step-by-Step Guide to Creating & Implementing Your LinkedIn Brand - Social Networking in a Web 2.0 World 3.27 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Maximizing LinkedIn for Business Growth: Updated & Expanded: A Practical Guide to Building Your Brand and Driving Results 4.26 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Digital Threads: The Small Business and Entrepreneur Playbook for Digital First Marketing 4.22 avg rating — 23 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Social Media Myths BUSTED The Small Business Guide To Online by Laura Rubinstein (Goodreads Author), Sheri Horn Hasan (Editor), Joel Comm (Goodreads Author) (Forward) 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Social Marketing Digital Book Set by Neal Schaffer (Goodreads Author), Lon Safko, Jeff Korhan really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Digital Threads Companion Workbook: A Step-by-Step Guide for The Small Business and Entrepreneur Playbook for Digital First Marketing 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	[Maximize Your Social: A One-Stop Guide to Building a Social Media Strategy for Marketing and Business Success] [By: Schaffer, Neal] [September, 2013] by Neal Schaffer (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Ingram Spark Manual That Never Existed—Until Now! Having self-published for more than a decade, Ingram Spark has always been the wild card, and at sometimes, a very difficult to work with partner. The advice that I have always heard is that so long ...more
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Anyone who wants to become a better networker should read this! While the title is Networking 3.0, this book is about much more than just networking. It actually delves much deeper into helping you develop your own personal brand and, using the Net-Of ...more
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Great collection of timeless advice on time management The author brings together a number of popular time management “hacks” into one guide to help you acquire skills to live more efficiently. Some of these, like the Eisenhower Matrix, are well known ...more
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