Social Networking: Learn About it From 5 Acclaimed Experts on the “Gab With the Gurus Radio Show”

Social networking is one of the hottest new trends happening today. But what is it exactly?

Learn all about it today *May 13 at 3 p.m. EDT) when I present a special, one-hour Gab With the Gurus Radio Show featuring five experts:

• New media specialist Sreenath Sreenivasan
• Author/speaker/author’s guide Yvonne DiVita
• Marketing blogger Rohit Bhargava, author of Personality Not Included
• Diva marketer Toby Bloomberg
• Self-improvement expert David Riklan

To get an advance look at the subject of social networking, check out the following:

• The 15 Top Social Networking Sites, which appears on SelfGrowth.com.
• Sree Netiquette for Facebook, LinkedIn And Social Networking
• Toby’s article, 16 Social Media Networking Ideas for Marketers
• An article about social networking sites from Keith Hanks
• Who’s Harnassing Social Networks from BusinessWeeks Rachael King
• Rohit’s blog post, What Most Social Networks Do That People Hate
• Rohit’s piece, 10 Secrets of Successful Online Community
• How Digg Can Help Market Your Business by Chris Bennett
• How StumbleUpon Can Work For You by Brian Reeder
• Toby’s blog post, Friday Fun: The "Real" Women of WowOWow Tell Their Stories

Now you’ll find more details about the five distinguished panelists:

1. New media specialist Sreenath Sreenivasan, Dean of Student Affairs and new media professor at Columbia Journalism School.

Sree also is WNBC’s technology reporter, founder of a helpful Sree Tips site and creator of the New to Sree blog.

He also teaches Smarter Surfing: Better Use of Your Web Time and Figuring Out Blogs and Whatever’s Next.

FYI, Sree also hosts a Sree Tips Radio Show on BlogTalkRadio.com, the same site where I host my show.

2. Yvonne DiVita, author, speaker and president/founder of Windsor Media Enterprises, an author’s services company that helps authors write, edit, produce and market their books.

Yvonne runs a whopping seven blogs: Lipsticking, A-ha! (Authors Helping Authors), WME, Beneath the Cover, Scratchings and Sniffings (a pet blog), Labor and Employment Law Blog and WME Books Blog.

(As I mentioned earlier, I’m trying to figure out how Yvonne has time to work on so many blogs?!)

3. Rohit Bhargava, founder of the Influential Marketing Blog, named one of the top 50 most influential marketing blogs in the world by AdAge magazine.

Rohit also is author of the new book, Personality Not Included, which is a guide for companies on "how authenticity is the new standard that brands need live up to in the social media era."

His book features a forward by bestselling author and entrepreneur Guy Kawasaki.

Rohit is senior vice president, Digital Strategy & Marketing, Ogilvy Public Relations.

He is also a founding member of the pioneering 360 Digital Influence team at Ogilvy, a leading agency in helping clients navigate the social media universe.

4. Toby Bloomberg, creator of the Diva Marketing blog.

Toby has over 15 years of traditional strategic marketing experience.

Using lessons learned from adventures in social media over the past four years, Toby’s company, Bloomberg Marketing, helps marketers join the new conversation, from blogs, to social networking to blogger relations.

And they can do this, without, as she puts it, "getting blown-up."

5. David Riklan, president and founder of Self Improvement Online, the leading provider of self-improvement and personal growth information on the Internet.

David also is founder of four websites on self-improvement and natural health, SelfGrowth.com, SelfImprovementNewsletters.com, NaturalHealthNewsletters.com and NaturalHealthWeb.com.

David is also author of Self Improvement: The Top 101 Experts Who Help Us Improve Our Lives and  101 Great Ways to Improve Your Life.

Remember, if you miss the Gab With the Gurus Radio Show live, you can always listen later, at your convenience.

Please spread the word about this sure-to-be provocative, exciting and enlightening show.

(FYI, for those of you who’ve heard my radio show previously, you’ll notice that I’ve changed the name to the Gab With the Gurus Radio Show rather than the Stop SUGAR SHOCK! Radio Show to more accurately reflect the fact that I interview experts in a variety of fields, not just health. Please, note, however, that the URL remains the same — www.BlogTalkRadio.com/stopsugarshock)