Best FREE E-Books on Personal Branding, Job Search, Social Media, Career Marketing

 

Think you can’t get something for nothing? Not so. Many subject matter experts publish free e-books offering a wealth of information and advice. Take advantage of them.

I’ll be adding to this list, as more come my way. Please send me links to your favorite relevant free e-books and, if they’re good, I’ll include them.

Here’s what I have so far:

♦  My own e-book: Executive Branding and Your LinkedIn Profile: How to Transform Your Executive Brand, Resume, and Career Biography Into a Winning LinkedIn Profile

♦  The Best Career Strategies of 2009: How to Get Hired or Get Ahead, Even When the Economy is Getting Worse, by Bonnie Lowe – a compilation of advice and tips from subject matter experts

♦  Using the Social Web to Find Work, by social media guru Chris Brogan

♦  Personal Branding for the Business Professional, by Chris Brogan

♦  20 Free eBooks About Social Media, Chris Brogan did the research to compile this solid list

♦  Guide on Boomer Encore Careers – “Looking for an encore career? The guide to finding work that matters”, by encore.org

♦  How to Really Find a Job Online, by job search expert Alison Doyle

♦  30 Ideas: The Ideas of Successful Job Search, by Tim Tyrell-Smith of Tim’s Strategy

♦  Green Careers Advice Guide: Practical Advice for Advancing Your Personal Brand in the Green Industry, by Reach Certified Personal Branding Strategists

♦  15 Minute Guide to Layoff Self-Defense: Six Steps to Protect Yourself and Your Income, by Susan P. Joyce, Online Job Search Expert and Editor/Publisher of job-hunt.org.

♦  Using Craig’s List to Find a Job, by Susan Joyce

♦  Successful Interviewing: What Candidates Need to Know, by Jeff Lipschultz, founding partner of recruiting firm A-List Solutions

♦  Winning Negotiation Strategies for Your New Job, by Barbara Safani, owner of Career Solvers.

♦  Job Search Networking for Introverts, by Wendy Gelberg, author of The Successful Introvert

♦  Top 25 Free eBooks on Social Media, compiled SocialMediaToday

♦  Road to Me 2.0: Free 52 Page Complete Blogging Guide! by personal branding guru Dan Schawbel

♦  Top 10 Free E-books For Bloggers (2007), by Palin Ningthoujam at Mashable

♦  The New Rules of Viral Marketing: How Word-of-Mouse Spreads Your Ideas For Free, by marketing strategist David Meerman Scott

♦  Thriving on Less: Simplifying in a Tough Economy, by Leo Babauta, founder and simplicity blogger at zenhabits.net

♦  The MarketingApple eBook by former Apple marketing executive Steve Chazin

♦  Identity in the Age of Cloud Computing: The next-generation Internet’s impact on business, governance and social interaction, by Socialmedia.biz founder J.D. Lasica, for the Aspen Institute