About

Social Nerdia Consulting is a consultancy focused on the convergence of technology + marketing + social media, providing strategy and management services for big brands, advertising agencies and startups.

Social Nerdia was created as a creative outlet by Esteban Contreras in March of 2009. 

Social Nerdia evolved from a website to a blog, podcast and content hub for opinion pieces and interviews with influential industry leaders from companies like GM, TechCrunch, Google, Samsung, BusinessWeek, Comcast, HP, Storify, CP+B, Altimeter Grou, Eloqua and many more.

Esteban Contreras is the President of Social Nerdia Consulting, providing strategy services for startups like Sprinklr, Inc. and BÜMII.

Esteban is also the author of the book SOCIAL STATE: Thoughts, Stats and Stories about the State of Social Media in 2013, available now on Amazon.

Esteban was formerly the Social Media Marketing Manager for Samsung where he led the strategy, execution, management and measurement of social media marketing for the Samsung brand in the United States. This included the brand's presence across the social web as well as pioneering programs such as Samsung Nation, Samsung’s sponsorship activations at SXSW Interactive, and more.

Named one of PR News' 15-to-Watch, Esteban is a speaker/panelist at conferences like SXSWi, CES, CSM Summit, BlogWorld, The Gamification Summit, Internet Week, DCM East, Americas IT Forum, and M2C.