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A Week in PRWeek

PRWeek published two articles this week that I wanted to share with you…

First, I am proud and humbled to have been named among 39 other incredible PR and communications thought leaders and practitioners in the 2009 PRWeek edition of the annual 40 Under 40 list.  For the record thought, they added another year to my age before its time… 😉

Second, Eric Chandler published a great review on PRWeek of my new book with Deirdre Breakenridge, “Putting the Public Back in Public Relations.”

Brian Solis and Deirdre Breakenridge feel now is the time for PR to lead the charge in owning social media communications. Putting the Public Back in Public Relations is a call to action that sheds light on how PR pros have a window of opportunity to reclaim a leadership position.

The authors convincingly explain how PR has always been about storytelling. Somewhere along the line, targeting “audiences” with “messages” stole the thunder and eroded PR’s reputation. Today, we’re talking to real people – not “users” –who are customers, reporters, bloggers, and visionaries. They crave real, meaningful conversations, free of marketing fluff and corporate-speak.

This book examines how social media can help reestablish those connections. It offers an organized, methodical approach to the underlying theories and technologies that define social media: traditional vs. new journalism, blogger relations, social media releases, VNRs 2.0, corporate blogging, social networking, and micromedia…

As Eric so eloquently notes at the end of his review, “This is a must-read for all PR pros.”

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23 COMMENTS ON THIS POST To “A Week in PRWeek”

  1. secretsushi says:

    Congratulations Brian. You've been hustling for quite some time. It's well deserved.

  2. Ken Yeung says:

    Congratulations for the nod by PRWeek for the 40 under 40. Well-deserved for all the work that you've done and the two awesome books that you've produced. Looking forward to more awesomeness!

  3. Cathy Browne says:

    Congratulations to @briansolis for being named to PRWeek's 40 under 40 for 2009 – well deserved! (I'm gunning for 60 under 60, myself…)

  4. Adam Helweh (secretsushi) « A Week in PRWeek | PR2.0 « Chat Catcher says:

    […] 2009-08-02T11:25:14  RE: @briansolis Congratulations Brian. You've been hustling for quite some time. It's well deserved. [link to post] […]

  5. Chris Saad says:

    Something new on this page 🙂

  6. secretsushi says:

    Congratulations Brian. You've been hustling for quite some time. It's well deserved.

  7. Ken Yeung says:

    Congratulations for the nod by PRWeek for the 40 under 40. Well-deserved for all the work that you've done and the two awesome books that you've produced. Looking forward to more awesomeness!

  8. Cathy Browne says:

    Congratulations to @briansolis for being named to PRWeek's 40 under 40 for 2009 – well deserved! (I'm gunning for 60 under 60, myself…)

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