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The Reality of Social Currency

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Case in point, this morning I came across an interview with Erich Joachimsthaler, a former Harvard professor, author of over 40 articles & two books on brand strategy and the CEO of Vivaldi Partners Group. Though it was a great read, I was struck by two particular exchanges that I’m semi-condensing.

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Relationships In A Socially Connected World

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If you don’t know who Clay Shirky is, go to Amazon and read some excerpts from his two books Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organization and Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age. The parallels were neat and not lost on me.

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The Empowered Consumer Needs An Empowered CPG

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Brian Solis from Altimeter Group used the term empathetic business models in a recent blog post titled, A Critical Path for Customer Relevance, Part 1 , and though it sounds good and I would like for all businesses to “be” that in the end. The Wonder Twins, are comic book superheroes.

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Using Twitter to grow your business-Webinar

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Featuring: Brian Solis is author of the new book Engage, the complete guide to build, cultivate and measure success in the new Web. Marc Meyer is the Director of Social Media and Search at Digital Response Marketing Group in Naples, Florida. Use Twitter to engage and support your customers.

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