Vocus hosted a webinar which discussed the Future of Business and Marketing with WTF author and Altimeter Principal Analyst Brian Solis. At the end of his presentation, Solis received more questions than he could answer live. He took the time to think through the most recurrent themes and shared his thoughts with Vocus for a follow-up article. Q: We are a computer / network system integrator. Our audience are IT managers in mid-sized corporations, with an age range of 40…
The 100 Must Follow On Twitter 2014
Vala Afshar just published his Top 100 “Must Follow” Twitter accounts for 2014 on Huffington Post. Brian Solis (@briansolis) joins 99 other thought leaders and market makers. According to Afshar, “These 100 Twitter account will educate you on the very latest and best business, technology and leadership practices. They will inspire you and also accelerate your personal and professional growth potential. And most importantly, these 100 accounts will generously engage with you. Better connections, better experiences.”
Brian Solis on how to improve social’s standing
Brian Tarran interviewed Brian Solis for Research, a leading international magazine for the global market research business. The conversation spanned Solis’ views on the evolution of social business and his recent book release with Charlene Li, The Seven Success Factors of Social Business Strategy. Your business is on Facebook. You have a Twitter account set up. You even have a YouTube channel featuring a video of your CEO explaining his vision for the company. You probably think you have this…
The Rise and Fall of Sony, Panasonic, and Sharp and How to Survive Digital Darwinism
When I learned that my last book The End of Business as Usual was selected for distribution in Japan, I felt that something more than mere translation was needed to help its message resonate with those who read it. In fact, I paused development of my latest book What’s the Future of Business to revisit the original manuscript. After six months of work, much of the U.S. book was revised to more closely address the current climate of the Japanese…
Social Business is not Dead: New charts and data reveal the real evolution of social businesses
In recent times, Iâve noticed a rise in discussions around the âdeath of social businessâ and also an increase in alternative âfill in the blank but donât use the word socialâ businesses. Some of those discussions have been hosted here recently. Thereâs strong merit to the discussions of course, especially those Iâve hosted (be sure to read the comments). But as an analyst tracking the evolution of social businesses and equally the cause and effect of digital transformation overall, Iâm…
Today is #GivingTueaday – Please gift our stylish pocket squares and support cancer research
Wolf & Wylan – History of the Pocket Square – PART 5 from Jesse Redniss on Vimeo. Joint post by Jesse Redniss and Brian Solis Today is #GivingTuesday and we (Wolf & Wylan) have been officially selected by Crowd Funding platform Indiegogo as a â#GivingTuesdayâ Partner. This is great news as it means Indiegogo will match 1% of the funds we raise during #GivingTuesday. As the holiday and giving season begins, we need your help. We are personally very proud…
Leadership Unplugged: Stripping out the noise to uncover a new direction
Guest post by Roland Deiser and Sylvain Newton Twenty years ago, on November 18th, 1993, the music band Nirvana agreed to an unplugged performance at the Sony Music Studios in New York City. It was part of a television series called âMTV Unpluggedâ, which invited popular music groups to perform their songs ânaturallyâ. Unlike in a studio, the sound of instruments would not be electronically amplified and engineered; the artists had rather to rely on the ârawâ performance of a…
Brian Solis on Why Yahoo Hired Katie Couric
Mashable’s Seth Fiegerman and Brian Solis exchanged thoughts on why Yahoo announced the hire of Katie Couric as its Global Anchor. Here’s a snapshot of the discussion… Brian Solis, a principal analyst with Altimeter Group who has worked with Couric, notes that the anchor has experimented in the past with creating news items targeted to specific mobile platforms, which may be part of her appeal to Yahoo. “The two are going to really play to see if they can create…
Information Week Asks Brian Solis for His 5 Top Social Media Trends For 2014
Information Week’s Kristin Burnham asked Brian Solis for his thoughts on the biggest trends for Social Media heading into 2014. According to Brian Solis, principal analyst at Altimeter Group, this year marked social media’s move into the mainstream. “It’s no longer passed over as a fad or something that’s going away any time soon,” he said. “Social media is now part of our fabric of society, like mobile phones and computers — it’s a staple of our everyday life.” In…
17 Cartoons that Will Change Your Business
When writing my new book, What’s the Future of Business, Changing the way businesses create experiences, I felt that text wasn’t enough. So, I sought the wit and creativity of my good friend from the ole Web 2.0 days Hugh MacLeod aka @gapingvoid to help summarize each chapter in the form of a toon. Then we got to talking, why limit the cartoons to just the book? Hugh MacLeod is not only a dear friend but also one of my…
