The Truth about Profiting from Social Networking Paperback - 2008 - 1st Edition

Patrice-Anne Rutledge is a social media consultant, bestselling author, and Certified eMarketer (CeM). She specializes in teaching others to maximize the power of new technologies, such as social networking, blogging, podcasting, and social media, to promote their business, career, or social cause.

Patrice is the author of 25 books on technology, business, and communications for leading publishers including Pearson, Macmillan, Prentice Hall, Random House, and Ziff-Davis Press. Her most recent books include Special Edition Using Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 and The Web-Savvy Writer: Book Promotion with a High-Tech Twist. Her books have received strong reviews and endorsements, several awards, and have been translated into 11 languages. Patrice has also contributed hundreds of articles to magazines, newspapers, and websites around the world, including Interactive, Business Strategies, Microsoft Office Solutions, Dot-Com Builder, Small Business, Career Woman, InformIT, and ZDNet. In the corporate world, she has held senior communications management positions at leading technology firms including Oracle and PeopleSoft, where she led a team of 60 professional communicators around the world.

Patrice is a member of the eMarketing Association, Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), and the Social Media Club. She is active on several social networks--including LinkedIn, Facebook, and XING--which she credits with further developing her own career as well as increasing sales for her many books. She can be reached through her website at www.patricerutledge.com.