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Mashed Quotes Brian Solis in Article that Explores Burger King Customer Engagement Strategies

Mashed Quotes Brian Solis in Article that Explores Burger King Customer Engagement Strategies

Mashed featured Brian Solis in a recent article that explored how Burger King’s design and marketing is so effective in customer engagement. Excerpt… Brian Solis, a digital anthropologist who studies technology and its impact on society, writes in Forbes that instant gratification actually increases impatience. And what do increasingly impatient people crave? Instant gratification. The process triggers an endless loop that feeds itself, and Burger King is undeniably a part of that system as one of the biggest purveyors of…

Financial Times: Maersk hits cultural storms en route to digital destination

Financial Times: Maersk hits cultural storms en route to digital destination

FT author Peggy Hollinger explores Maersk’s attempt to rebrand as a technology-led, end-to-end logistics provider is creating tensions. Original story link. An article in that appeared in FT (Financial Times) referenced award-winning research conducted by Capgemini and Brian Solis. The report, “The Digital Culture Challenge: Closing the Employee-Leadership Gap,” was an industry-first study that measured the digital divide between front-line change agents and executives. How Maersk deals with the tensions that arise from these changes could determine the success or failure…

The Future Of Marketing Starts Now

The Future Of Marketing Starts Now

A summary of Brian Solis’ keynote presentation at the recent Martechvibe Fest event in South Africa by Suparna Dutt DCunha People keep saying it: everything has changed. As the days spent in our homes blur together, outside in the world of marketing, huge shifts in consciousness are happening. The pandemic is teaching marketers not just to be digital, but to use it to bring new experiences that are more intuitive, productive, efficient and exciting for customers, and also be empathetic,…

Multi-tasking is not a superpower, it’s a weakness – without mastery, digital distractions are causing more harm than good

Multi-tasking is not a superpower, it’s a weakness – without mastery, digital distractions are causing more harm than good

It’s 2021, the second year in a row that SXSW is not being held live in Austin. During the last, live SXSW, I launched my latest, and first personal book on individual empowerment to overcome our social dilemma. Algorithms have certainly earned their wages lately as it’s time for the virtual edition of SXSW 2021 and I’m flooded, thankfully, with memories of 2019. During the craziness of the Lifescale launch at SXSW 2019 in Austin Texas, I met the international…

Designing for Digital-First Customers: Focus on Experience for Breakthrough Innovation – Sound & Communications

Designing for Digital-First Customers: Focus on Experience for Breakthrough Innovation – Sound & Communications

NSCA hosted Brian Solis in its 2021 Business & Leadership Conference Virtual (BLCv) as keynote speaker. NSCA’s Business & Leadership Conference is the industry’s most notable platform for executive-level education and discussion. Brian’s topic focused on a “Discussion Of Digital-First Customers Informs NSCA Business & Leadership Conference Attendees.” Following his presentation, Sounds & Communications, a publication reaching the commercial AV technology and application industry, shared a thorough summary of his keynote. Discussion Of Digital-First Customers Informs NSCA Business & Leadership Conference Attendees…

CNET Asks Brian Solis to Weigh-In on the Rapid Rise of Clubhouse and Audio-Based Social Networking

CNET Asks Brian Solis to Weigh-In on the Rapid Rise of Clubhouse and Audio-Based Social Networking

Clubhouse is the latest Silicon Valley unicorn and it is white hot within the circles of early tech adopters and networkers. Writing for CNET, Erin Carson explores how the popular audio social network is capturing the attention of notable names like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. She reached out to Brian Solis for his thoughts. Excerpt: Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg use Clubhouse: What to know about the exclusive service Clubhouse, which is still in beta and isn’t yet available to…

Salesforce Hires Brian Solis as Global Innovation Evangelist

Salesforce Hires Brian Solis as Global Innovation Evangelist

Amit Chowdhry at Pulse 2.0 covered the big news! Brian Solis officially joined Salesforce as Global Innovation Evangelist. Renowned keynote speaker and digital evangelist Brian Solis announced he has been hired as Global Innovation Evangelist at Salesforce. Solis is known for studying global digital trends in order to understand their impact on market dynamics and identifying opportunities for innovation. Solis researches digital transformation, innovation, customer experience, disruption, and digital commerce. And as a “digital anthropologist,” he also observes the evolution…

Brian Solis Named Among the 20 Top Virtual Keynote Speakers

Brian Solis Named Among the 20 Top Virtual Keynote Speakers

Brian Solis ranked #2 on the list of “Top Virtual Keynote Speakers You’ll Ever Hear” via ReadWrite. If you were organizing an event for your company and don’t know how to continue, contact a virtual keynote speaker. With modern technology, video conference calls are easy to set up and can be done remotely if necessary, with all of the same benefits. Brian Solis Few people understand the impact that technology has had on business and society more than Brian Solis….

USAToday Explores the Rapid Renewal of Live Social Media Video in Times of the Coronavirus

USAToday Explores the Rapid Renewal of Live Social Media Video in Times of the Coronavirus

Jefferson Graham of USAToday explored the renewed phenomenon of live social video in the era of Coronavirus. He interviewed Brian to discuss its impact and also, whether live social video thrives in a post Coronavirus world. Here’s an excerpt: Independent analyst Brian Solis says live viewership had taken a dip and was rediscovered for a simple reason: “The idea of live rekindles the early sense of social media,” he says. “It feels good to be with people.”   And Live…

The Drum: Tips to help brands excel in 2020

The Drum: Tips to help brands excel in 2020

The Drum aims to help readers demystify marketing disruption through expert insights. A recent article on helping brands excel in 2020 featured Brian Solis’ premise of “Digital Darwinism” and its impact on market evolution. “Each business is a victim of Digital Darwinism, the evolution of consumer behaviour when society and technology evolve faster than the ability to exploit it. Digital Darwinism does not discriminate. Every business is threatened.” …so says Brian Solis, a thought leader in the area of social…

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