Brian Solis

Brian Solis is a digital analyst, speaker and author. He is a principal analyst studying disruptive technology and its impact on business at Altimeter Group, a research firm acquired by global brand management consultancy Prophet in 2015.[1] Solis publishes annual industry reports that track technology and business trends and offer change management direction to companies.

Brian Solis
Solis speaking in Geneva, 2011
Born (1970-12-08) December 8, 1970
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Principal Analyst at Altimeter, a Prophet Company, Author, Speaker
WebsiteBrianSolis.com

The author of several books discussing digital marketing, evolving business models, customer experience and brand innovation, Solis shares his research and insights as a frequent keynote speaker at technology, business and creativity events.[2][3] His work is credited with influencing the early digital and social marketing landscape. Most notably, he is known for developing the Conversation Prism, “a visual map of the social media landscape,” in 2008[4][5][6][7] and revising/re-releasing it again in 2013.[8]

Career

Early years

Solis began his career as a programmer and database architect in 1991 at Dodge and Mansfield, a technology-focused advertising and marketing agency in Ventura, California. While at Dodge and Mansfield, he applied his technology skills to the firm’s marketing activities.[9]

As a 23-year-old, Solis published Reality Magazine, a free newsprint publication distributed in the greater Los Angeles area that focused on entertainment, fashion and social issues.[10]

From 1996 to 1999, he held the position of director at The Benjamin Group, a Silicon Valley agency later acquired by Weber Shandwick.[11]

1999 to 2011

In 1999, Solis started a digital and social media marketing company called FutureWorks.[12] FutureWorks helped startups with digital and traditional marketing programs, often experimenting with new channels and networks,[13] as well as global and national brands like Cisco, Conde Nast, Stella Artois and Swarovski. Ashton Kutcher took an interest in FutureWorks, and his media company Katalyst partnered with FutureWorks in 2009 to work on several early social and digital campaigns for the likes of Oprah Winfrey, the United Nations, Pepsi and the launch of The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.[14]

From 2008 to 2010, Solis served as co-founder to BuzzGain, a cloud-based platform for identifying digital influencers and managing influence campaigns . In 2010, BuzzGain was acquired by Meltwater.[15]

In 2011, Solis joined the Altimeter Group as a principal analyst, overseeing research that studies disruptive technology’s impact on business and society.[16]

Conferences and authorship

Between 2011 and 2014, Solis served, with Mike Edelhart and William Lohse, as executive producer and host of the annual Pivot Conference, an event with speakers addressing digital innovation and business transformation that has been referred to as the “TED of Marketing.” Speakers at Pivot included Counting Crows lead singer Adam Duritz, Al Roker, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, “thinkfluencer” Jeff Jarvis, author Douglas Rushkoff and Deloitte futurist John Hagel.[17]

Solis is often asked to interview celebrities on stage. He interviewed the likes of Anthony Edwards, Jermaine Dupri and Mark Burnett. In 2012 and 2013, he interviewed Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan and Shaquille O'Neal[18] at Austin’s popular South by Southwest festival.

Solis has been named one of the “100 Most-Wanted Speakers” at tech conferences, ranked as an “Influential Keynote Speaker,” listed as one of “14 Speakers to Book for Conferences Right Now”[19] and one of “25 Keynote Speakers You Need to Know.[20]

Blogging
Brian Solis signing a book at SXSW in Austin, TX, March 13, 2011.

Solis’ blog is ranked as a Top 10 Ad Age Power 150 blog.[21] He is also a regular contributor to AdAge, Forbes, The Washington Post and MarketWatch.

During the Fall of 2010, Solis partnered with Landini Media to launch (R)evolution, a YouTube-based series featuring interviews with startup entrepreneurs, investors, business and political leaders, celebrities and innovators. Previous guests include Katie Couric, Adrian Grenier, and Peter Guber.

In 2012, Solis was invited to become a LinkedIn Influencer, joining a highly curated group of leaders, thinkers, and authors on the network’s dedicated publishing channel Pulse.

In 2013, Solis received a Webby Award Honoree for Best Web Personality/Host in the online film and video category.[22]

Publications

Solis authored Engage!: The Complete Guide for Brands and Businesses to Build, Cultivate, and Measure Success in the New Webpublished in 2011, with a foreword by FutureWorks investor Ashton Kutcher.[23]

The End of Business As Usual followed in 2012, with a foreword by broadcast journalist Katie Couric.[24] In 2013, Solis published the book What's the Future of Business: Changing the Way Businesses Create Experiences. [25]

In 2015, Solis published the book “X: The Experience When Business Meets Design.” [26] In it, he explained how experiences in human interaction with products defined brands to become the new “social currency.”[27]

As a co-author, Solis has released three books. His first book was co-authored with digital marketer Geoff Livingston, Now is Gone: A Primer on New Media for Executives and Entrepreneurs. Next, he partnered with media expert Dierdre Breakenridge on 2009’s Putting the Public Back in Public Relations: How Social Media Is Reinventing the Aging Business of PR. In 2013, Solis along with Altimeter Group colleague Charlene Li released The Seven Success Factors of Social Business Strategy.[28]

Bibliography

Awards
  • 2008: 40 Under 40 - Silicon Valley Business Journal[29]
  • 2009: 40 Under 40 - PRWeek[30]
  • 2009: Blogger of the Year - PRNews[31]
  • 2009: Marketing Hall of Fame - NYAMA[32]
  • 2010: Influential Leader of the Year - CRM Market Awards (CRM Magazine)[33]
  • 2012: Twitter 140: Music Industry Characters You Need To Follow - Billboard[34]
  • 2012: Who's Who: Leader of the Marketing Industry - BtoB Magazine
  • 2013: Best Web Personality/Host - The Webby Awards[35]
  • 2014: Blogger of the Year - PRNews[36]
  • 2015: Top 20 Mobile Influencers - Mobile FOMO[37]
  • 2015: The 30 Best People in Advertising to Follow on Twitter - Business Insider[38]
  • 2015: The Top 10 People to Know in Silicon Valley - Huffington Post[39]
  • 2015: 25 Keynote Speakers You Need to Know - Inc.[20]

References
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  2. Rosenbloom, Stephanie. "For the Plugged-In, Too Many Choices". The New York Times.
  3. Norman, Joshua. "Boomers Joining Social Media at Record Rate". CBS News.
  4. Jones, Kelsey (February 1, 2014). "Brian Solis' Conversation Prism Catalogs The Best Social Platforms". Search Engine Journal. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  5. Lazar, Shira (November 18, 2011). "Brian Solis on Five Common Social Media Mistakes and How to Avoid Them". Entrepreneur Magazine.
  6. Constine, Josh (March 21, 2012). "Klout and PeerIndex Don't Measure Influence. Brian Solis Explains What They Actually Do". TechCrunch.
  7. Marshall Kirkpatrick (March 9, 2011). "Corporate Social Strategy Firm Altimeter Adds Industry Leader Brian Solis to Its Team". ReadWriteWeb. Archived from the original on March 12, 2011. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
  8. Todd Wasserman (July 1, 2013). "2013's Complex Social Media Landscape in One Chart". Mashable.
  9. Executive Profile, Bloomberg Business, retrieved January 14, 2016
  10. Kurt Pitzer (February 26, 1994), "A Publisher's Dream Becomes Issue of Reality", Los Angeles Times, retrieved March 11, 2016
  11. Courtney Boyd Myers (April 14, 2011). "An Interview with Brian Solis". TNW Social Media.
  12. Ciarallo, John (October 2, 2009). "Interview: Brian Solis, FutureWorks Principal, Blogger, Author". Media Bistro.
  13. Miller, Claire Cain (July 4, 2009), "Spinning the Web: P.R. in Silicon Valley", The New York Times, retrieved July 19, 2016
  14. Most Innovative Companies - Advertising & Marketing, FastCompany.com: FastCompany, October 2010, retrieved July 19, 2016
  15. Meltwater Buys Social Media Monitor BuzzGain For $4 Million, gigaom.com: Gigaom, February 24, 2010, retrieved July 19, 2016
  16. Owyang, Jeremiah (March 8, 2011), Brian Solis Joins Altimeter Group, Web Strategy LLC, retrieved January 14, 2016
  17. Greenberg, Paul (January 24, 2013). "Lessons from and for 21st Century Leaders". EnterpriseIrregulars.com.
  18. Griggs, Brandon (March 12, 2013). "Shaq at SXSW: 'I'm the world's tallest geek'". CNN. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  19. Berg, Jenny (October 13, 2014). "13 Speakers to Book for Conferences Right Now". BizBash.
  20. "25 Social Media Keynote Speakers You Need to Know". Inc.com. September 4, 2015.
  21. "Power 150". Ad Age.
  22. "Revolution". The Webby Awards.
  23. Solis, Brian (April 23, 2010). "21 Twitter Tips From Socially Savvy Companies". Fast Company.
  24. Thomas, Jesse (April 12, 2012). "Engagement Ain't Nothin' But A Number: Brian Solis on Connected Customers". Forbes.
  25. Clark, Dorie (May 3, 2013). "So What Is the Future of Business?". Forbes. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  26. Zwilling, Martin (December 24, 2015). "It's Time To Design Human Experiences, Not Just Products". Forbes. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  27. Mainwaring, Simon (November 6, 2015). "Book Review: X: The Experience When Business Meets Design by Brian Solis". Huffington Post. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  28. Asghar, Rob. "Building A Truly Social Business: A Conversation With Brian Solis". Forbes. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
  29. "Story". www.bizjournals.com. 2008.
  30. "40 Under 40 2009". www.prweek.com. August 1, 2009.
  31. "2009 PR People Awards: PR Blogger of the Year – PR News". Archived from the original on August 10, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
  32. Cardenas, Nancy. "Marketing Hall of Fame Academy". Marketing Hall of Fame.
  33. "CRM Magazine Announces Winners of 2010 CRM Market Awards". CRM Magazine. August 2, 2010.
  34. "Billboard's Twitter 140: The Music Industry Characters You Need to Follow". Billboard. July 27, 2012. Archived from the original on January 12, 2019. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  35. "Revolution - The Webby Awards".
  36. "Digital PR Awards: Blogger". PR News. October 13, 2014.
  37. "The Top 20 Mobile Influencers on Twitter in 2015". MobileFOMO. December 30, 2015. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  38. O'Reilly, Lara. "The 30 best people in advertising to follow on Twitter". Business Insider.
  39. Lorenzen, Richard (October 30, 2015). "The Top 10 People to Know in Silicon Valley". HuffPost.
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