Social's Cutting Edge with Erik Qualman
The Social Network Show welcomes Erik Qualman to the July 2, 2014 episode.
Erik Qualman, author and Motivational Keynote Speaker gives us the scoop on Snapchat. According to Erik, 77% of college students use Snapchat as their instant messaging app thinking that this is a more private way to message than using other social networks. In this show, you will hear what Erik says about the privacy issue on Snapchat; who is using Snapchat for marketing and which businesses are doing their recruiting with them. Hear about what Erik says about data miners and what the data is being used for.
Erik Qualman is often called a Digital Dale Carnegie. He is a #1 Best Selling Author and Motivational Keynote Speaker that has spoken in 42 countries. His book Socialnomics was a finalist for Book of the Year from the American Marketing Association and is about how social media transforms the way we live and do business. Socialnomics made Amazon's #1 Best Selling List for the US, Japan, UK, Canada, Portugal, Italy, China, Korea and Germany.
His work has been featured on 60 Minutes, and ABC News, and featured in Forbes and The Wall Street Journal as well as used by the National Guard and NASA. Qualman is a sitting professor at the Harvard & MIT edX lab and was named a Top 50 Professor in the world.
His latest book What Happens in Vegas Stays on YouTube is already being adopted by Universities and Companies for training purposes. As such, he was named to Forbes Top 50 Digital Power Influencers List.
He recently gave the commencement address to 4,000 people at the University of Texas and has given keynotes for Coach, Sony PlayStation, IBM, Facebook, Starbucks, M&M/Mars, Cartier, Montblanc, TEDx, Polo, UGG, Nokia, Google, and more.
His work has been featured on almost every major media platform in addition to the aforementioned.
Qualman wrote and produced the world's most watched social media video "Social Media Revolution." He also holds a Guinness Book of World Records for the longest continuous podcast.