Brian Solis

Founder and President
@briansolis

brian_solis_bwBrian Solis is Principal of FutureWorks, an award-winning PR and New Media agency in Silicon Valley. Solis is globally recognized for his views and insights on the convergence of PR, Traditional Media and Social Media. Considered one of the original thought leaders who paved the way for Social Media and PR 2.0, Solis is co-founder of the Social Media Club and is an original member of the Media 2.0 Workgroup.

His blog, PR 2.0 is among the top 1.5% of all blogs tracked by Technorati and is ranked as one of the leading voices in the Ad Age Power 150 index of worldwide marketing bloggers. He also runs bub.blicio.us and contributes to TechCrunch, BrandWeek, and WebProNews.

He actively contributes his thoughts and experiences through keynote speaking appearances, books, articles and essays as a way of helping the marketing industry understand and embrace the new dynamics fueling new communications, marketing, and content creation.

New PR and Marketing
Brian Solis has been actively writing about new PR since the mid 90s to document how the Web was redefining the communications industry — he coined PR 2.0 along the way. He was among the original thought leaders working to defend and define “Social Media” as a definitive media category.

He has dedicated his free time to helping PR professionals adapt to the new fusion of PR, Web marketing, and community relations. He’s a strong supporter of fusing social sciences in Social Media Marketing and New PR and believes that communications always comes down to people talking to people instead of companies to influencers and then to customers.

Books
His new book written with co-author Deirdre Breakenridge and published by Financial Times Press, “Putting the Public back in Public Relations,” is now available at bookstores nationwide

In concert with Geoff Livingston, Solis released “Now is Gone”, an early, award-winning book that helps businesses learn how to engage in Social Media. He has also written several ebooks on the subjects of Social Media, New PR, Customer Service, and Blogger Relations.

His forewords are also featured in PR 2.0 by Deirdre Breakenridge, published by FT Press and MySpace Marketing by Sean Percival, published by Que.

Solis has also written and published several ebooks on new PR, social media, customer service, personal branding and blogger relations.

Web 2.0, Silicon Valley, and Beyond
Among new marketing tools and philosophies, Solis is also an expert and thought-leader in the Web and new technology landscape. He documents the rapid evolution of products and services and how businesses and consumers can actually use these tools. He is an active leader in spotlighting and cultivating new startups and emerging visionaries in Silicon Valley and beyond.

Solis is also co-organizer of the monthly Silicon Valley NewTech Meetups and also donates his expertise, time, and resources to promoting and advising San Francisco NewTech Meetup, various BarCamps, STIRR, SF Beta, Twiistup, TechCrunch, TechCocktail, DEMO, Office 2.0, and Dealmaker Media events.

Speaking
Brian Solis actively keynotes, moderates, and speaks at industry conferences, corporate events, motivational discussions, and training workshops with topics including “Internet Fame and MicroCelebrity,” the new Web landscape, Social Media and New Media, personal branding, and PR 2.0.

TechSet
Together with Stephanie Agresta (InternetGeekGirl), the duo started the TechSet, a celebration of the people who are actively contributing to the evolution of the social economy. From Las Vegas to New York, Austin to Los Angeles, and back to San Francisco, Stephanie and Brian host premier events that fuses glamour and technology in each of the cities where innovation is bustling.

The TechSet represents a new era of celebrity, bringing together hundreds of up-and-coming, successful and popular personalities, artists, entrepreneurs, bloggers, and connectors to forge new relationships that serve as catalysts to future projects and engagements.

Photography
Solis is also known for photographing prominent tech figures, thought leaders, artists, celebrities, and events. His work has been featured in BusinessWeek, The New York Times, Wired, The Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, Wikipedia, CNET/CBS, among many other outlets. He also publishes his photos on Bub.blicio.us and on flickr.

Videos
Government to Regulate Social Web

For more information on Brian Solis, visit http://www.briansolis.com/

Connect with him on Twitter, FriendFeed, LinkedIn, Tumblr, Plaxo, Plurk, Identi.ca, BackType, Social Median, or Facebook.

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