Social media and its impact on our shows is a HOT topic today. Now navigating the social media landscape can be complicated. Last week IAEE announced that at EXPO EXPO 2 leading social experts are going to be on stage.
For those of us who are into the social media world we are very excited that Chris Brogan and Guy Kawaski will be together and on stage for us. Generally most people know Guy because of his best selling books. But a lot of the EXPO EXPO audience is clueless as to who Chris person is. This blog post is an attempt to provide enlightenment.
Chris Brogan is everywhere on the social media scene – Twitter, blogging and on and on. (I wonder if he actually sleeps.) Either he is talking or countless others (thousands) are talking about what he has written or spoken. It is amazing to see the comment section of his blog posts! As a blogger, I would be thrilled to have a small percentage of those comments here.
Conversations are at the heart of social media and Chris KNOWS how to start and maintain those conversations. In the process he has built a reputation of “trust”. His new book, Trust Agents is on the market and you can find it here. I am sure it will be a best seller in a short time frame.
Trust is a vital element in our associations and organizations. I believe we can learn from Chris. He knows are world too. His company produces conferences which are held around the country.
The media has recognized his accomplishments by:
- Top 5 Marketing Blog in the world according to AdAge Power 150
- 2. Top 100 Blog in the world according to Technorati
- 3. 91,000 followers on Twitter and over 25,000 subscribers to his blog
When Warren Buffet speaks, the business world listens. In the social media world when Chris speaks all ears and keyboards are engaged.
