Earlier this week social media guru Brian Solis posted a blog entry about the state of social media. It is long, detailed and fascinating. It brings together much of the data and thoughts that have been published over the last six months or so and puts it all into perspective.

With the current economic conditions on everyone’s mind, this is a great piece that reminded me about how entrepreneurs and companies can harness the power of social media in their marketing efforts for very low cost with dramatic results.

Brian’s piece is a great read. He is also very prolific and can be found disseminating words of wisdom and thought provoking information at www.twitter/briansolis. He is also a featured speaker at this week’s Social Media Marketing Summit. He’s someone worth listening to.