SXSW Interactive 2014 takes place in Austin from March 7-11. Brian will be in town and hopes to meet with you at one of the following locations or events…. Thursday, March 6th 8:30 – ?: Annual Calm Before the Storm Party, Gingerman Friday, March 7th ALL DAY: Techset/Paypal Social Media Lounge, Austin Convention Center, 4th Floor – Rooms 19 A & B (NOTE: Happy Hour is at 4:30) A great place to connect with other digital influencers throughout the show….
This is the End of Business as Usual
Bryan Elliott wrote a provocative post on the future of business at Huffington Post that features points from Brian’s book, The End of Business as Usual to make the case. Excerpt… We can probably all agree that things are changing fast but there are certain signs that signal, as author Brian Solis has written, that 2014 is The End of Business as Usual. What are these signs? They are all around us from the collapse of big box retailers like…
4 Steps To An Unbelievable Client Experience
by Jeff Bennett 360 presented a webinar hosted by author/analyst Brian Solis and myself which featured content from Brianās latest book #WTF?Ā Whatās The Future Of Business?Ā Brian has done mountains of research around the great sea changes taking place in the modern business landscape and makes a really compelling argument for businesses to focus more on customer experience.Ā In fact, during the presentation, I was struck in particular by the great utility of his 6 Qualities That Define Engagement…
USAToday: Shh! Whisper adds celebrity gossip to confessions
Whisper co-founder Michael Heyward and editor in chief Neetzan Zimmerman at the company basketball court.(Photo11: Jefferson Graham) USAToday’s Jefferson Graham asked Brian Solis for his thoughts on Whisper’s evolution from anonymous social network to…? “Whisper has morphed from an anonymous network into a hybrid gossip, confessional, and allegation media network,” says Brian Solis, an analyst with the Altimeter Group. Read the full article over at USAToday.
Los Angeles Times Quotes Brian Solis on IMGUR’s popularity
Humorist Andy Herald of Pasadena created the “banana sdded for scale” meme that has been hugely popular on the photo-sharing service Imgur. (Luis Sinco, Los Angeles Times / February 12, 2014) Imgur pictures itself as YouTube for viral images Online image-sharing service Imgur figured out early on how to cash in on its fast-growing popularity. The company says it is profitable and has 130 million people visiting the site each month. And that is why Imgur has become such a…
Digital prophet Brian Solis on what post-digital people want
by Mark Cameron, BRW I spoke to Brian last week to get his views on how and why social media is having such a dramatic impact on the way that businesses are evolving. Our discussion centred around how businesses are dealing with managing the changes in communication that social media has brought, and the economics of relationships at scale – a fundamental issue in todayās environment. This is not a technology issue. To quote Brian, it revolves instead around the…
4 claves para conectar con la GeneraciĆ³n C
via @ticbeat, Marcos Merino Brian Solis (analista digital de Altimeter Group, conferenciante y autor de best-sellers) redactĆ³ recientemente un informe para IBM titulado āThe Connected Consumer and the New Decision-Making Cycleā (El Consumidor Conectado y el Nuevo Ciclo de Toma de Decisiones). SegĆŗn la compaƱĆa, el objetivo del informe era enseƱar a ir mĆ”s allĆ” de segmentos y datos demogrĆ”ficos para comprender la dinĆ”mica de la participaciĆ³n en las redes y poder asĆ transformar la relaciĆ³n de las compaƱĆas con…
Lithium’s Thought Leadership Series Hosts Brian Solis
Join Lithium CEO Rob Tarkoff (@rtarkoff) and Brian Solis (@briansolis), prominent author and digital analyst, for a conversation around the effects of technology on businesses and culture. In addition to exploring themes in Brianās latest book, āWhatās the Future of Businessā, this discussionĀ will provide insights for anyone looking to understand the landscape of connected consumerism and how business and customer relationships unfold and flourish. Watch the video over at Lithium.
2 Social Business Questions Answered Ahead of the Social Business Summit in Melbourne
Brian Solis answers 2 questions from attendees ahead of the Social Business Summit in Melbourne. 1) How can small businesses, with upwards of 150 employees, think about social strategically without straining resources or losing focus while still delivering ROI? 2) How do we get executives involved in social media the right way…if at all? See you on February 18th, 2014! Register here: http://www.socialbizevents.com.au Use discount code: BrianSolis@SB14
Author and analyst Brian Solis dismisses Princetonās prediction of the death of Facebook
Smart Focus recently hosted a discussion about the future of marketing in London. As the presentation was concluding, Solis received a question from the audience asking for his impression of Princeton’s prediction of the death of Facebook. Here’s what Solis had to say… “Facebook has a simple but important purpose – to change and improve how the world connects and communicates. Facebook has 1.2 billion users, email has 3.3 billion. We keep talking about networks that we say are going…
