Erik Qualman Joins Bazaarvoice Advisory Board
Bestselling Author of Socialnomics and Social Media Expert Will Provide Bazaarvoice with Strategic Advice
and Critical Insights on the Future of Social Commerce
June 23, 2010 12:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time
AUSTIN, Texas--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Bazaarvoice, the market and technology leader in hosted social
commerce applications that drive sales, today announced that bestselling author and noted social media expert Erik
Qualman has joined the Bazaarvoice Board of Advisors. Qualman, one of the leading thought leaders in business
today, gained a mass following with his breakthrough Social Media Revolution video which has garnered more than
two million views on YouTube as one of 2010’s most viral videos. His book, Socialnomics: How Social Media
Transforms the Way we Live and Do Business, made Amazon's #1 Best Selling List in the US, UK, Canada and
Germany, consistently ranks in the Top 100 best-selling business books list, and is currently being translated into
Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish. He brings unparalleled insight into the business case for social
media and will offer strategic guidance to Bazaarvoice as they continue to innovate new approaches and products to
drive measurable results and business transformation.
Qualman runs the www.socialnomics.com website, and has been quoted on social media in BusinessWeek, The
New York Times, CNET, San Francisco Chronicle, Mashable, USA Today, Forbes, CBS Nightly News, The
Huffington Post and many other publications. A frequent speaker at national and international conferences,
Qualman has shared the stage to speak about the power of social media with Alan Mulally (CEO of Ford); Lee
Scott (CEO/Chairman of Walmart); Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates; Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo (CEO of
Nokia); actress Julie Andrews; and former Vice President of the United States Al Gore.
Qualman also serves as an MBA Professor at the Hult International Business School. For the past 16 ye