Chris Brogan

Chris Brogan, the president of Human Business Works, is a pioneer in the social media revolution. An eleven-year veteran of using social media and both web and mobile technologies to build digital relationships for businesses, organizations, and individuals, he seeks to show audiences how to tap into the power of social networks to build a brand's influence, reputation, and overall value.

Brogan has been deeply involved in social media since 1998, creating a blog back when the activity was still known as "journaling." He first realized the power of new media tools when he was able to save a telecommunications company he was working for $3 million by getting valuable manufacturer information from an audio podcast. His blog at chrisbrogan.com ranks in the top five of the Advertising Age Power150 and in the top ten at Technorati.

Brogan is the New York Times best-selling author of Google+ for Business: How Google's Social Network Changes Everything, as well as the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller Trust Agents, co-written with Julien Smith. Trust Agents was a game-changing book explaining that today's consumers are more savvy, informed, and cynical than ever before, and that trust itself is the most valuable currency in today's consumer market. Social networks and personal connections have far more influence on consumers than marketing messages.

Brogan hosts the Inbound Marketing Summit and Inbound Marketing Bootcamp events with CrossTech Media, bringing together experts in the field of new media marketing to share the latest strategies, tools, and best practices to utilize new marketing methods to grow businesses. He is also the co-founder of PodCamp, an international new media conference series that has held over 60 events around the world. Brogen frequently speaks at and attends marketing and social media events, sharing his passion for all things social media.