Chris Brogan (born April 1, 1970) is an American author, journalist, marketing consultant, and speaker about social media marketing.

Early life and education

Brogan was born in

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Career

Brogan's book, ''Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust'' (2009), written with Julien Smith, became a ''New York Times'' bestseller, and hit the ''Wall Street Journal'' bestseller list (#8), and the Amazon top 100 list (#30). Brogan's second book was ''Social Media 101: Tactics and Tips to Develop Your Business Online'' (2010). His other titles include ''Google+ for Business'' and ''The Impact Equation'' (co-authored by Julien Smith). Brogan wrote for ''

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'' magazine. In 2012, his blog, chrisbrogan.com, was in the Top 5 of the now defunct ''

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'' "Power150" ratings. Chris launched the PodCamp

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series (aimed at bringing together people interested in blogging, social media, social networking, podcasting, video on the net) with Christopher S. Penn. He Won the Mass High Tech All Stars award for 2008. Chris Brogan is the president of Human Business Works and the founder of Kitchen Table Companies. Additionally, he used to serve on the board of advisors of

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Publications

Books

* Brogan, Chris ''The Freaks Shall Inherit the Earth: Entrepreneurship for Weirdos, Misfits, and World Dominators''. New York:

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, 2014 * Brogan, Chris and Carly, Jacqueline ''Just Start Here: Lose Weight, Get Stronger and FINALLY Succeed at Your Goals''. Boston: BossFit/Owner Media Group, 2014 *Brogan, Chris and Carly, Jacqueline ''Find Your Writing Voice''. Owner Media Group, Inc., 2016 * Brogan, Chris and Fisher, Josh ''It's Not About the Tights: An Owners Manual on Bravery''. Portland, Maine: Human Business Works, 2013 * Brogan, Chris and Fisher, Josh ''Superheroes in the Basement ''. Portland, Maine: Human Business Works, 2013 * Brogan, Chris and Smith, Julian ''The Impact Equation: Are You Making Things Happen or Just Making Noise?''. New York: Portfolio Hardcover, 2012 * Brogan, Chris ''Google+ for Business: How Google's Social Network Changes Everything''. Indianapolis, Indiana :

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, 2011 * Brogan, Chris ''Social Media 101: Tactics and Tips to Develop Your Business Online''. New York : John Wiley & Sons, 2011 * Brogan, Chris and Smith, Julian ''Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust''. New York: John Wiley & Sons], 2009

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