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Shashi Bellamkonda is a man from Potomac, Maryland, USA

Shashi Bellamkonda is the Social Media Swami (otherwise known as: Director, Social Media) of Network Solutions, a company which helps Small Business' establish an online presence and conduct online marketing.

Shashi Bellamkonda was featured in Washingtonian's Top 100 Tech Titans list in the Community and Thought leadership category of the Washington Tech Titans list : http://bit.ly/ttshashi and the Washington Business Journal called him the Social Listener http://bit.ly/wbjshashi. Other media mentions include Washington Post, WUSA9, NY1 TV, Webmaster Radio, BlogTalk Radio, SAP Global Survey by Shel Israel, Shel Holtz's ForImmediateRelease, Tech BisNow, Capitol Communicators and many other digital and media publications.
Shashi is passionate about helping small business and has spoken on Small Business and social media tools at conferences like SXSW, IABC, PRSA, and Affiliate Summit. Blogging is a passion and along with http://blog.networksolutions.com he blogs at http://www.shashi.name and writes for The Washington Business Journal, blog, examiner.com and occasionally for techcocktail.com. Shashi speaks at national and regional small business, communications and marketing conferences. Few examples are SXSW, PRSA Digital Impact 2010, Optimization Summit, Affiliate Summit, Affcon, All Services Social Media Council, New Comm Forum (SNCR.org) 2009, American Independent Writers, NVTC,Tech Council of Maryland, Greater Baltimore Technology Council , DC Chamber of Commerce, and IABC.

Shashi has presented to several audiences on " 'Social Media Tools for Small Business', 'How to Sell Social Media to Your Boss' and "Online Reputation Management - Best Practices & Lessons Learned", at national and regional conferences like SXSW, NewComm Forum, Society of New media Communications and Research (SNCR.org), Online Media Bootcamp, DC Chamber of Commerce, Affiliate Summit, American Institute of Writers, and Pod camps, Efactor Event in Atlanta, Blog Potomac, Legal Marketing Association Round Table, Tech breakfast, All Services Social Media Conference, Prince William Regional Chamber of Commerce, DMA DC Social Media Day.Shashi Bellamkonda is writes a regular DC Social Media Marketing column in the Examiner.
Shashi had a very pleasant surprise when Washingtonian magazine included him in the Washington's Top 100 Tech Titans list. Washington Business Journal profiled Shashi Bellamkonda in the people and Community feature. Other media mentions include Washington Post, WUSA9, NY1 TV, Webmaster Radio, BlogTalk Radio, SAP Global Survey by Shel Israel, Shel Holtz's ForImmediateRelease, Tech BisNow, Capitol Communicators and many other digital and media publications.

Shashi started his blog ( http://www.shashi.name ) to keep his thousands of on and offline friends and fans up to date on the coolest new sites and tech-toys to check out, and to answer their questions about social media and technology. Some of the topics include how to prevent pop-ups, how to avoid viruses, how to save computers from hackers, and the ever popular 'Why is my computer freezing?' A resident of Maryland, Shashi Bellamkonda speaks 7 languages and ardently works to spin his favorite hobbies into his profession. Shashi lives for technology, testing new innovations and helping people with small businesses to succeed. A self-described 'Internet junkie' and thought leader,

Community Sites:
http://www.GrowSmartBusiness.com
http://blog.networksolutions.com
http://about.networksolutions.com/site/online-community-at-network-solutions/
http://www.mysolutionspot.com
http://www.linktogether.com
http://www.unintentionalentrepreneur.com
http://www.carryoncurry.com
Speaking Engagements

* SXSW
* Affiliate Summit
* New Comm Forum (SNCR.org)
* Online Media Bootcamp
* American Independent Writers
* Telecom HUB
* Blog Potomac
* Podcamp DC, Philly
* SocialDevCamp Baltimore
* Tech Council of Maryland
* Greater Baltimore Technology Council
- DC Chamber of Commerce
- International Association of Business Communicators (IABC)

Interviews/Media
Featured in Washingtonian's Top 100 Tech Titans list in Community and Thought leadership category (http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/people/12164.html)
Profiled in the Washington Business Journal's People and Community Column as Shashi Bellamkonda : Social Listener
Shel Israel, PR guru and co-Author of Naked Conversation's blog http://redcouch.typepad.com/weblog/2008/02/sap-global-surv.html
Shel Holtz and Nveille Hobson For Immediate Releasehttp://blog.holtz.com/index.php/weblog/fir_interview_shashi_bellamkonda_social_media_swami_network_solutions/
Jiyan Wei on WebMasterRadio.fm `s Cover story
* http://www.webmasterradio.fm/Public-Relations/Cover-Story/Social-Media-Driving-Customer-Acquisitions.htm
Brent Leary on Business talk Radio
John C Havens On Blog Talk Radiohttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/iabc/2008/04/16/interview-with-shashi-bellamkonda
Use Friendly Thinking Show on Blog Talk Radio by Paul Chaney http://www.blogtalkradio.com/userfriendlythinking/2009/05/08/a-conversation-with-the-social-media-swami
Gab with the Gurus show interview with Connie Benetthttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/gabwiththegurus/2009/03/24/facebook-fast-path-to-friends-fame-fun-join-gurus-jesse-stay-mari-smith-greg-atwan-etc
Cio Update : http://www.cioupdate.com/trends/article.php/3850306/Tweeting-for-Dollars--Embracing-Social-Media.htm
Marketing with Social Media on Imi Tech Talk http://www.gcast.com/user/imitechtalk/podcast/main?nr=1&&s=95598143