Speaker Bios & Photos
Here you’ll find three biographies about me of differing lengths. You are also free to download the photos posted below by simply clicking on the image.
Full Biography
Paul Gillin is a veteran technology journalist with more than 25 years of editorial experience. Since 2005, he has advised marketers and business executives on strategies to optimize their use of social media and online channels to reach buyers cost-effectively. He is a popular speaker who is known for his ability to simply complex concepts using plain talk, anecdotes and humor.
Paul was previously founding editor-in-chief of TechTarget, one of the most successful new media entities to emerge on the Internet. Prior to that, he was editor-in-chief and executive editor of the technology weekly Computerworld for 15 years.
His critically acclaimed 2007 book, The New Influencers, chronicles the changes in markets being driven by the new breed of bloggers and podcasters. Among the more than 100 positive published reviewers of The New Influencers were The Wall Street Journal, The San Jose Mercury News and the BBC. The book was also awarded a silver medal in the business category by Foreword magazine. His next book, Secrets of Social Media Marketing, will be published in the fall of 2008.
In addition to his consulting and speaking, Paul writes columns for BtoB and Deliver magazines and online for Ziff-Davis Enterprise. His work has appeared in scores of publications, including The New York Times, Advertising Age and the San Jose Mercury News. His website is www.gillin.com. He also writes the popular Newspaper Death Watch blog, as well as his own blog: paulgillin.com.
Paul is a Research Fellow and a member of the advisory board of the Society for New Communications Research and he co-chairs the social media cluster for the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council. Married with two children, he lives in Framingham, MA, where he lives and dies by the fortunes of the Boston Red Sox.
Shorter Biography
Paul Gillin is a writer and content marketing consultant specializing in technology and new media. He advises business-to-business marketers on strategies to optimize their use of online channels to reach buyers cost-effectively at different stages of the buying cycle. He specializes in social media and the application of personal publishing to brand awareness and business marketing.
Paul is a veteran technology journalist with more than 23 years of editorial leadership experience. He was founding editor-in-chief of TechTarget, one of the most successful Internet media companies. Previously, he was editor-in-chief and executive editor of Computerworld. His award-winning book, The New Influencers, chronicles the changes in markets being driven by the new breed of bloggers and podcasters. His next book, Secrets of Social Media Marketing, will be published in the fall of 2008.
Paul is a Research Fellow at the Society for New Communications Research. He also chairs the Social Media cluster for the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council. His website is www.gillin.com and he blogs at paulgillin.com.
VERY Short Biography
Paul Gillin is a writer, speaker and online marketing consultant. He specializes in social media and the application of personal publishing to brand awareness and business marketing. Paul is a veteran technology journalist with more than 25 years of editorial leadership experience. His book, The New Influencers, was published in 2007 and his next book, Secrets of Social Media Marketing, will be published in the fall of 2008. His website is www.gillin.com and he blogs at www.paulgillin.com
Facts about Paul Gillin
- 26 years of technology and media journalism experience
- Editor-in-chief and executive editor of Computerworld for 12 years; publication received more than 100 editorial awards during that time.
- Winner of several awards for editorial writing
- Founding editor-in-chief and sixth employee at TechTarget, a successful technology publisher that now employs more than 475 people and has a market capitalization of nearly $600 million
- Have been interviewed and quoted hundreds of times by the media, including CBS, CNN, Fox, MSNBC and nearly every major newspaper.
- Frequent speaker; have keynoted more than a dozen technology and media conferences, spoken at more than 100 others
- Currently write the New Channels column for BtoB Magazine
- Is a Boston Red Sox season ticket holder.
- Born Aug. 29, 1957
- Married, two children
- Interests: cooking, jazz music, history, baseball, scuba diving, golf
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