My Birthday Wish to You

April 8, 2009 · Comments

Today is my real birthday. I just want to share my wish with you: that you realize how important YOU are, that you realize you’re doing meaningful things, and what that means to me. Here’s a video to that end. (Click through if you can’t see it in the RSS reader).

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  • HGH
    Where? Friendfeed? Not as often as I should be, but then, you can't be everywhere. : )
  • shayan
    hello mr chris
    how are u dear?i know a little english but when some people in other country speak about best feel in their country with their languge,those who can see this video can feel nice wish,nice feel,so i feel it,chris god blees u and ur dears,i,m from iran,happy birthday
  • Chris; This is so cool! I love that your thanks is heart-felt - you are really one of my inspirations in the "let's be human beings" revolution.
  • Oh...I was a bit late there...anyhoo, well...have fun!
  • Happy B-day, Chris!
    You indeed look like a cuddly bear. For a while you also reminded me of Seth Rogen :)

    Have a good one!
  • Validation - 16:23 | http://youtube.com/watch?v=Cbk980jV7Ao
    Have a wonderful year :-)
  • Hey Chris .. "Today is my REAL birthday?" So when's the fake one? hehehe LOL
    Many happy returns of the day - you know what they say: "Age's a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter!" :) Looking forward to meet you at the MarketingNow conference in Welly! :) Cheers - Adeline (I'll be "the" Corp Blogs PhD student!)
  • Happy Birthday to you! I'm 1 older than you, which I figured as much from the high school reunion that you declined to go to recently! :) I went to mine and other than not recognizing a lot of people, I quite enjoyed.

    Here's to your special day!
    @elliottng
  • Hey Chris, I'm also 39 this year! ... again :-) Happy Birthday... and my editor @gerardmclean says hey too...
  • This vid should be a must watch for first time conference goer's.

    Killer Shirt Chris! :-)
  • Chris,

    One of your gifts is realizing how connected you are to everyone you meet. One day I will shake your hand at an event and consider it an honor to have met you in person.

    Keep travelling, and spend that important family time too! Sounds like the 'Pirate Team' is destined for glory.

    Still looking for my 'sailors-map' in my on-line efforts, but I do not know how to say Quit!

    Respectfully,

    Nicholas Chase
    www.twitter.com/nachase
  • Great message. Love how you're so encouraging and accepting of everyone. Hope your birthday rocked!
  • Happy Birthday Chris. Thanks for the great posts over the last year. Best to your family.
  • Happy Birthday Chris - thanks for keeping the dream alive. I know you put in crazy hours and a lot of nights on the road, but it's definitely making an impact. Can't begin to tell you how often your name comes up in conversation (real face-to-face conversation) these days. It can't be easy to always put yourself out there and open yourself up to the entire world, but keep pushing forward and keep us posted.

    Alex
  • Adriana Casey
    Happy Belated Birthday! Thank you for the inspiring message- I hope our paths will cross one day. - Adriana
  • Happiest of Birthdays! You deserve it, especially for this video which has made me feel like it's my birthday. Keep shining. :)
  • Ana Lorena Hart
    Chris- Thank you for your B-day wishes for us! Now, can we clone you? Just kidding, can hardly keep up with the ONE CB... clons won't do, anyway, they'll still be a copy. :) Happy B-day! All the best for you and your love ones: life, happiness, peace, prosperity, health! Recieve a big happy b-day hug! - Ana.
  • Chris
    I just want o say Happy birthday o a legend. thanks for your contributions to humanity. thanks for making the world a better place toleave through your thought.
  • Have a great day Chris! :) e
  • I don't know you and you don't know me. But here where we live in cyberspace, that matters not. I look to you every day and appreciate what you tell me and teach me. Your birthday vid shows me a man who lives an attitude of gratitude and is happy to be alive and contributing. It's rare to see such humanity expressed in a business setting. Thank you.
  • Wishing you the best today and everyday throughout the year. Happy Birthday Chris, have a great day.
  • Elisabete Barbosa
    I am also late, but still wanted to wish you a Happy Birthday and thank you for the wonderfull work you've been doing here. And thanks for you nice words.
  • Wanted to drop by and wish you a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY! (so it's not technically the 8th anymore but it still counts right...)
  • You have the same birthday as my mom. Happy Birthday Live and Love to the fullest:-)
  • Hope you had a great birthday Chris!
  • Chris,

    Happy Birthday...We ordered Sun for you in Detroit just for your birthday!! Hope you like our gift:)

    It was great meeting with you in Royal Oak. I'm glad that you are spending your birthday here with us in Detroit. My birthdays is 8th May! Star Trek is releasing on that day!! What a gift!

    Enjoy! and will see you on Friday!
    @JanakMehta
  • BIG Happy Birthday to you, Chris. We'll have to enjoy a belated Canadian Club later this year. Cheers!
  • Hey....happy birthday to you...and its my birthday to. Keep up the good work. I enjoy reading your posts.
  • Happy Bday you social tool! Hope it was a great day!
  • Loved this. Happy birthday. I will see you at 39 in 2 weeks.
  • Judy
    very sweet message -- have a wonderful birthday!
  • Happy Birthday, Chris

    Be sure to play your favorite song today :-D
  • You're great Chris. Happy real birthday from Seattle.

    This sector and our society are better off because we have people like you working in them. Thank you!

    May this year be the best yet!
  • Oh isn't your mum fabulous for comment?!

    Happy Birthday Chris. Your words inspire me everyday - so thank you for doing what you're doing.

    By the way, your shirt is brilliant.
  • Happy Birthday son. You are just as special today as the day your were born.

    Love,
    Mom
  • Happy birthday Chris!!! How shall I put it, hmmm? You're an Aries (that shows in your ginger mane and in everything you do - fiery nature!), but an Aries has a pair of horns, like a Bull (or Taurus). Please use this double horn-power to give us more and share more of your knowledge and experience!!!

    Further pleasant greetings from a fellow Fire sign (Sag, that is)

    Julia :)
  • Jasmine
    Wow, it is also my birthday today! Happy Birthday to you! You are the 4th person I know who share this wonderful birthday!
  • Happy Birthday Chris...You don't look a day over 16. Enjoy!
  • I forgot about today being your real birthday, and I'm glad you reminded me. I always feel funny telling people I know only over the net, "Happy birthday." I'm sure you've received dozens, if not hundreds, of birthday messages already. It makes a single b-day wish seem unimportant.

    This video, however, makes me think about what's really important, and even though everyone and their dog is sending wishes your way... Happy Birthday!
  • Happy birthday Chris, to many many more and may inspiration stick with you forever!
  • Hi Chris - Happy Birthday!! Wow, 39...(wait til next year :))

    Thanks for your wonderful message in the video...enjoy 39!

    Robin Ogden
  • Stumbled across your site via a Facebook friend, so I just thought I would stop by and say happy birthday. Only one more year in the life really begins lol as they say. Cool video by the way.
  • Lindsay
    Happy Birthday!
  • Happy birthday to you
    Happy birthday to you
    Happy birthday dear Chris
    Happy birthday to you

    I suspect that you are proof that most of us, most of the time, do the right and honourable thing and that humans are, overall, innately decent social animals.

    Sam
  • Happy Birthday and Best Wishes!
  • Happy birthday Chris! My company shares a birthday with you!

    Great video, and I agree with you wholeheartedly. Everyone does matter, no matter what they do. We can't all be super stars. Some people help others in meaningful ways but will never be praised publicly for it, and to those people I say thank you for making our world a better place.

    Happy birthday again bud!
  • Thank you Chris and everyone that has commented here. Chris's message is one of the most important messages out there. With all the social marketing stuff going on and the complexity of the web, internet and all the ways to market and connect it is so important to remember why we are doing this and to remember how important all of us are. It is about RELATIONSHIPS! And how we relate to each other! We are emotional beings and we need that part for all this to create and to work.
  • Patch Canada
    Chris! Here is wishing you the best birthday ever. Cheers.
  • chris,
    that's a lovely way to celebrate your birthday, by sharing your good wishes with all of us. thanks for that, and best wishes for your day and the year ahead.
  • Happy Birthday fellow April baby, tweeter and MA resident!! How I wish to be 39 again but atlas I must move onto 42 this week, but hey not complaining I have used those years wisely!
  • Hi Chris, Happy Birthday!

    A friend on Facebook posted the link to your "Social Media and Social Networking Starting Points". What perfect timing for me as I share your thoughts and inspiration with a new client just getting her feet wet in social marketing.

    Thank you so much and have a wonderful day, week, month, year!!

    To you ongoing success!
    Sharon
  • Happy birthday buddy! Nice post.
    Hope to see you soon.

    Cheers,
    Dave
  • Happy Birthday Chris. I'm new to this whole social networking thing, but it's been people like you who have made me feel welcome. I'm here to learn, share and have fun. And, after all, we're all in this together. Support each other and be supported by each other. Isn't life awesome?!!! Have a blast today and every day!
  • Thank you for taking the lead in making sure we support each other as a community and keep things real.

    Happy Birthday.
  • Brogan, happy bday bro! 24th or 25th???
    Best,
    @d_rey
    :-)
  • Jennifer McCauley
    Happy Birthday! We share the day! Have a great 39th! I'll be rockin the 3-0!
  • Happy Birthday Chris Brogan. Today is as good a day as any to mark one! (as that's what I chose to do as well)
  • Pretty cool video.
    Happy Birthday,
    Look forward to meeting you some day,
    Steve
  • Happy Birthday to you
    Happy Birthday to you
    Happy Birthday to Chris
    Happy Birthday to you!

    (there)
  • Chris,
    You are Important! I notice you didn't say how old you are. I don't feel like researching to find out...
    Feliz Cumplianos
    :)
  • Happy Birthday, Chris!!!! :-)
  • Katie Roth
    Happy Birthday, I hope it is a great one Sansei
  • kat
    happy bday
    you kumbaya grassmole
    shut-up looker
  • Shawn Strzepek
    Did you shoot that in the bathroom?
  • Chris-thank YOU for the thought provoking content you provide. It's hard to keep up with all the information these days, but you help cull out the most important stuff. Happy Birthday.
  • Happy Birthday to you... and many more... You're the first Social Tool I have ever met!
  • Happy birthday, Chris. Your video was precious in that you really seem to have a grasp on this whole "social media bubble" in which you live and thrive. I was talking to my husband this morning--a very anti social media guy, lol--about how I see mom bloggers in particular having ravenous appetites being fed in this arena; that they're sensing significance and recognition with trips or attention from companies or WHATEVER.

    But you've touched on something that resonates with me--the intrinsic value of every person and what they have to offer...THEIR unique voice!

    It's your birthday but you're giving little treat bags to everyone who stops in today. Now I'm wishin' I would've marched up to ya and introduced myself in the lobby of the Hilton in Austin. It was about 1 in the morning & you had quite the entourage & I didn't want to interrupt. Something tells me you wouldn't have minded so much :).
  • Becky
    Thanks Chris! Nice message. Happy Birthday!
  • HBTY. HBTY. HBDC. HBTY! :-)

    <3 -LJ
  • Andy
    Hey Chris:

    A very happy birthday to you man! Go get 'em....And many, many more.

    Your message is really great. It is really nice to be a subscriber to your blog. Thanks.
  • Doğum günün kutlu olsun Chris!!!
    Doğum günün kutlu olsun Chris!!!
    Doğum günün kutlu olsun Chris!!!
    Doğum günün kutlu olsun Chris!!!
  • Happy Birthday Chris Brogan! Thanks for being YOU! Wishing you tons of continued success today and always!
  • Ed
    Wishing you another 61 healthy, happy years :)
  • Happy Birthday Chris!!

    No wonder you're so good in the arena of social media! You are about people and you have a grateful heart. That's appealing to people. You touched on something that's so true; people want to be valued. On your birthday you reached out to thank others and to tell them that they are important.

    God bless you Chris. Thanks for your patience and for teaching us about social media. And have a great birthday. You're still so young!!!!
  • Donna Tocci
    Happy Birthday neighbor!
    Thank YOU for the video today. What great messages you send to all. All the best to you in the coming year - may you have safe travels, good health and lots of quality time with your family...and, of course, many laughs and good interactions with the people you meet along the way.
  • Uh, this kind of interaction makes Chris a success in any medium. Wish I could hold a candle to the energy that he brings when he goes into a room. Mainly, because his energy is so positive, forward thinking, and accurate. Tough blend, but awesome if you can pull it off. Happy birthday Chris!
  • Happy Birthday, Chris. Nice message. Your blog is extremely helpful, keep it up. That t-shirt is hilarious. I want one now.
  • Really nice message! Happy Birthday! Have a great day!
  • Happy Birthday, Chris. And I am grateful for all your posts on social media, you embody the new social web and the sharing community! Thank you for that, and have a great day today with the people you care about.
  • happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear chrriiisss, happy birthday to you!! ;) hope *your* day is great!!
  • Jami Strangio
    Chris,

    You are so on target and I love the way you think. Enjoy your day and hi to Colin

    Jami _ "-Mzinga-ite"
  • Happy Birthday Chris. Great message man.
  • Video link is broken for me. :-( Not my birthday, I guess. I will check back form home. Happy Birthday, CB!
  • Wow Chris! You are such a class act. Happy Birthday to you. What a wonderful message. Even though we haven't met in person yet, I feel like I can say you are a friend of mine. I only hope that I can be the same way for the people I meet in this wild wonderful space that is social media.
  • Thank you for taking time out of your special day to talk with all of us... What a great "reverse birthday gift" you have given us! Continued success in all that you do! :-)
  • Wow, what a wonderful gift to all of us. The video message was truly uplifing! I wish I had one as wonderful to give you on your special day. Happy birthday, Chris.

    Karen Chaffee
  • Chris,
    A very happy birthday to you. Thank you for making the trek our way (Detroit) and a thank you for your empowering message! Many happy returns!
  • Ahhhhh.....great thoughts on "being grateful"....LOVE your philosophy...I hold those same values dear to my heart, Chris. A Very Happy Birthday To You! You surely know how to make people feel special! Hope you have a wonderful, happy and prosperous year.
  • Have a really great REAL birthday Chris!
  • Happy Birthday and thanks for sharing the most relevant social media news with your fans each and every day!
  • Happy Birthday Chris,
    Thia seems like a Birthday gift in reverse? We should be telling you those positive, uplifting things that you just said to us in your video. But, then I guess that IS what your saying to us. That we play a role and matter and can move on and upward and reach our goals too.

    I know you've helped me in just a few tiny places already. And, that the only reasons the help is so tiny right now is that I am just getting started in the social marketing/knowledge and meeting new people arena and have to learn how to receive and apply all the wealth of info coming at me.

    I'm glad I've stumbled upon a few men and women through twitter that seem to have a good grip on the ins and outs of social and commercial blogging so soon.

    I so wish you a happy Birthday, and thank you again for all your efforts in mixing knowledge, strategies and color commentary through your blogs, tweets and jokes and look forward to an even more exciting year ahead.

    God Bless,
    Bernard
  • I validate you, CB! Happy birthday.
  • Happy Birthday Chris! I wish I would have known this yesterday, we would have brought a cake with us to the Detroit Tweet up! Enjoy your day!
  • Happy REAL birthday, Chris! Hope we continue to bump into each other here and there :).
  • keep blogging - we need you!
  • HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRIS! Great meeting you in Royal Oak last night. See your Friday at Module9.
  • This is great stuff Chris - thanks for the birthday wish and happy birthday! Have an awesome day.
  • Chris - I'm glad we finally had the chance to meet yesterday and thanks for spending your birthday-eve with your friends in Metro Detroit. Hope you enjoy your stay!
  • Chris,
    You are a wonderful kind cute teddy bear, I hope you have the best birthday E-V-E-R!!
    Thanks for all your sweetness!
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