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Brian Solis

Company: Future Works

Track: Keynote

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Bio: Brian 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 a founding 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, AllThingsD, and WebProNews.

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 worldwide.

In concert with Geoff Livingston, Solis released "Now is Gone" in 2007, 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, Social Customer Relationship Management, and Blogger Relations which can be found at http://briansolis.com.