Chris Brogan is coming to town! Woo hoo!

Matt Fagioli is putting together a killer event (September 25, 2009) and he kindly gave me a 10% discount to share with friends.

According to the New Media Atlanta website, It’s time to take a hard look at the business case for Social Media. New Media Atlanta is for the business professional who is tired of the hype and wants to see where the rubber really meets the road.

Early bird discount passes (only ’til 8/31) $89.10  (Discounted 10%)

Read all the details:   www.newmediaatlanta.com and you can register here – use the discount code “NAGEL” for 10% off

Have you been curious about what social media can mean for your own business?

Are you interested in learning from a group of experts who have the experience to guide you along the way long-term?

This conference is meant for you and other business owners who are curious about social media but haven’t quite made the leap, or maybe you have and want to get better at using social media to improve your business.

Consider this:

• The Association of National Advertisers completed a recent study – 2/3 of marketers now use social media: Facebook (74%), Youtube (65%), Twitter (63%), and LinkedIn (60%)
• Google and YouTube are the number one and number two search engines respectively.
• Almost 60% of Americans interact with companies on a social media Web site, and 25% interact more than once per week, 2008 Cone Business in Social Media Study says

Chris Brogan will be a key presenter talking about his new book ‘Trust Agents‘ he co-wrote with Julien Smith. Chris Brogan is President of New Marketing Labs, a new media marketing agency, and home of the Inbound Marketing Summit conferences and Inbound Marketing Bootcamp educational events. He works with large and mid-sized companies to improve online business communications like marketing and PR through the use of social software, community platforms, and other emerging web and mobile technologies.

This conference aims to teach attendees more about social media and how to leverage its power to build your company, product, brand, service, etc. You’ll have an opportunity to ask your burning questions of the speaker panel and get real answers.

The Conversation Prism

The Conversation Prism by Brian Solis and Jesse Thomas

I am in love with this graphic. Love love love it.

Love the color, showing the spectrum of social media channels.

Love the 360 degree design. Love the concentric circles.

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