Focus.com Launches New Interactive Summits; Announces Fall Schedule

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Focus.com, the leading community for business expertise, with more than 850,000 members and over 5,000 business and technology experts, today announced the fall schedule for its Focus Interactive Summits.

The Focus Interactive Summits, which are free to all members of Focus.com, are world-class online events that bring together some of the most influential experts from the Focus Expert Network to share insights, tips and knowledge with an engaged audience of thousands of business and technology professionals from dozens of industries. Among the business leaders and experts that will be hosting Summit events this fall are New York Times Chief Search Strategist Marshall Simmonds, renowned social media guru Chris Brogan, and former NFL player and small business expert Fran Tarkenton. Each Summit event will address a critical business challenge facing today's professionals.

The full Focus Interactive Summits fall schedule is as follows:

• Thursday, 9/9 - Smarter Search Engine Marketing
• Thursday, 9/16 - Demystifying Unified Communications
• Wednesday, 9/29 - Capitalizing on Social Media
• Tuesday, 10/12 - Breaking Through Cloud Computing
• Thursday, 10/21 - Evolving Your Sales Game Plan  
• Thursday, 10/28 - All Things Small and Mid-Size Business
• Wednesday, 11/10 - Business Intelligence – Defining Success
• Thursday, 11/18 - Virtualization – The Ongoing Revolution
• Thursday, 12/2 - Progressive B2B Marketing
• Wednesday, 12/15 - Empowering Business with Open Source

Focus Interactive Summits are free, easily accessible online, and offer a range of social media features which members can use to interact with Focus Experts and each other in real-time.

"The aim of the Focus Interactive Summits is to create an open forum where business professionals can interact, discuss and learn from top industry experts, as well as each other," said Scott Albro, CEO of Focus.  "The fall schedule features a robust offering of today's most important business issues, led by some of the most highly respected leaders with expertise on each topic. With the launch of these events, business professionals from all walks will have a platform where they can share valuable insights and engaging commentary, and learn about the latest strategies that will help them make better business decisions."

Since the launch of Focus.com in early 2010, the site's services, including access to more than 5,000 business experts, has helped their rapidly growing network expand to over 850,000 members, and achieve record-setting revenue performance. Crain's BtoB Magazine named Focus.com one of the "Top 10 Media Sites" of the year, and the best overall business media site to have launched in 2010.

For more information, including instructions on how to register as a Focus business expert, as well as gain access to the latest business research and expertise on the Focus network, please visit www.focus.com. To register for free for an upcoming Focus Interactive Summit event, please visit http://www.focus.com/interactive-summits.

About Focus.com

Focus is a private, venture-funded company based in San Francisco. Its online service provides millions of professionals with the expertise they need to make better business decisions. Focus.com features a network of world-class business and technology experts, real-time Q&A, relevant product and service information and advice, and personalized support that so many businesses now depend on. Focus.com is free and available to anyone who wants to make better business decisions, faster.  For more information, please visit http://www.focus.com/.

SOURCE Focus.com