private founded october 2009 headquarters poway california u.s. founder s michael stelzner slogan s your guide to the social media jungle website socialmediaexaminer.com alexa rank 1938 november 2013 update 1 type of site magazine & blogging available in english current status active social media examiner is a u.s. based media company founded by michael stelzner . it publishes online magazines blogs and podcasts about how business people can use social networks on two websites socialmediaexaminer.com and mykidsadventures.com . the online magazine publishes original research has a weekly podcast show and oversees multiple communities for social media marketers . mykidsadventures.com publishes information on creative activities and is aimed at parents and grandparents . 2 contents 1 founder 2 reports and conferences 3 awards 4 references 5 external links founder edit in 2006 michael stelzner published his first book writing white papers how to capture readers and keep them engaged . 3 he founded social media examiner with the stated goal of providing free how to information about social media . 4 in 2011 stelzner wrote launch how to quickly propel your business beyond the competition wiley . 5 reports and conferences edit in 2013 3 000 marketers participated in social media examiner s study of how marketers and businesses are using social media . 6 the report has been cited in entrepreneur 7 and inc. magazine . 8 social media examiner hosts the social media marketing world conference . 9 awards edit technorati ranks the site as one of the top 100 business and top 100 small business blogs . 10 social media examiner has been discussed in several books including the new relationship marketing how to build a large loyal profitable network using the social web by mari smith 11 and the entrepreneur s information source book charting the path to small business success 2nd ed . by susan c. awe . 12 references edit socialmediaexaminer.com site info . alexa internet . retrieved 2013 11 07 . about mykidsadventures.com . social media examiner . stelzner michael 2006 . writing white papers how to capture readers and keep them engaged . whitepapersource publishing . how to launch a successful social media strategy . small business guide to social media . experian . stelzner michael june 21 2011 . launch how to quickly propel your business beyond the competition . wiley . social media marketing industry report 2013 pdf . social media examiner . retrieved may 2013 . check date values in access date help belicover michael e. how marketers use social media . entrepreneur . retrieved april 12 2011 . rubin courtney . why social media is really worth your time . inc. retrieved april 23 2010 . social media marketing world . social media examiner . retrieved october 3 2013 . blog directory . technorati . archived from the original on october 5 2013 . retrieved october 2013 . check date values in access date help smith mari 2011 . the new relationship marketing how to build a large loyal profitable network using the social web . wiley . p. 139 . awe susan c. 2012 . the entrepreneur s information source book charting the path to small business success 2nd ed . abc clio inc. pp. 113 128 . external links edit social media examiner website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title social media examiner & oldid 736511677 categories american blogsaudio podcastswebsites about digital mediamedia in san diego county californiapoway californiacompanies based in san diego county californiahidden categories cs1 errors datesarticles containing potentially dated statements from november 2013all articles containing potentially dated statements navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 28 august 2016 at 01 01 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view