Back to Press Releases Crimson Consulting Group Partner Karen O’Brien to Speak at SVAMA Web Strategy Morning Forum - June 5, 2008 O’Brien to Discuss How Companies Can Tap Social Networking Sites to Reach Marketing Goals Los Altos, Calif. - June 3, 2008 - What: Crimson Consulting Group Partner Karen O’Brien to speak June 5, 2008 on “Social Media Marketing” at the Silicon Valley American Marketing Association (SVAMA) Web Strategy Morning Forum Who: Karen O'Brien Crimson Consulting Group Partner Topic: Getting Involved in the Conversation: Social Media Marketing Social Media sites are creating a lot of buzz for marketers, Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, LinkedIn, Wikipedia, Flickr - but how can companies actually leverage these sites to achieve their marketing goals? O’Brien, an expert in interactive marketing, social networking and communities (and 2007 recipient of SVAMA’s Thought Leadership Award), will discuss the companies that have successfully tapped into social networks and created a buzz - and got people talking about their brand to others. She’ll describe the social tools being used today to create community and how can marketers benefit. When:Thursday, June 5, 2008. 7:30 am – 9:00 am PDT Where: Intuit 2535 Garcia Avenue Mountain View, CA RSVP on the SVAMA site. Crimson Consulting Group (www.crimson-consulting.com) provides marketing strategy and implementation consulting services to some of the most successful companies in the world. Clients include Adobe, BEA, Cisco, HP, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, Seagate, Symantec and Verizon. Crimson is an expert in the marketing of technology solutions. Read Crimson’s blog at (http://www.achievemarketleadership.com) For more information: Maura McNulty Mediahook (650) 804-4456 maura_mcnulty@yahoo.com