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Comet Radio Favorites: Socialnomics – is the social Web changing life as we know it?

On Wednesday, June 9 at 11am Central, Comet Branding Radio will revisit a show from earlier this year with Erik Qualman, author of Socialnomics: How social media transforms the way we live and do business. Erik has caused a lot of buzz in the social media world. During the my last semester of college, I showed his video, Social Media Revolution, to my senior capstone class leaving my professor absolutely speechless.

At Comet, we often receive advance copies of new books on the topics of public relations, marketing and social media, some of which are noteworthy and others that are not. However when this book arrived unannounced, I was stopped in my tracks. The name alone piqued my interest.

As the left brain of this outfit, Sara was absolutely titillated (yes, titillated) by the abundance of data and statistics collected in Socialnomics, to prove the point. It’s my kind of book. But it’s not just a book for data nerds like herself. It’s a book for skeptics who are holding out on their conclusions about the influence of online media upon our way of life. It’s a book for believers seeking more proof for their dinner table arguments. It’s a book for business people looking for more information about how the world is changing around them.

Even after a few pages, the conclusions are undeniable. Something is happening. And a lot of it is happening online.

It’s an exciting time of information evolution and communications revolution. So what? Well, the so what is determined by what you decide to do about it. You have two options: 1.) keep on doing what you’re doing or 2.) get on this high speed train before it leaves without you.

Have you seen the video companion to the book? If you haven’t, you are missing out on something 1.45 million other viewers have found fascinating.

Erik Qualman (@equalman) is the author of Socialnomics: How social media transforms the way we live and do business. Socialnomics made Amazon’s #1 Best Selling List only after three weeks of publication & has been in the Top 100 Best Selling Business Books List consistently since its launch in August. Qualman is a frequently requested International speaker of the Fortune 500 and has been highlighted in numerous media outlets including: BusinessWeek, The New York Times, CNET, San Francisco Chronicle, Mashable, USA Today, Forbes, CBS Nightly News, and The Huffington Post. He has been fortunate to share the stage with Alan Mulally (Ford CEO), Lee Scott (CEO/Chairman Walmart), Jose Socrates (Prime Minister of Portugal),Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo (Nokia CEO), Julie Andrews (Actress) and Al Gore (former Vice President).

Join us on Comet Radio to hear from Erik about his insights, his experience and maybe some of his predictions for what comes next. It’s sure to be an interesting conversation.