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MUST WATCH: The state of the internet and group-forming

SocialFish

The panel discuss how group activity on the internet is “the lifeblood of democracy&# and specifically refer to Alex De Tocqueville , much beloved of associations. The panelists were Alex Howard (probably better known locally as @digiphile ) O’Reilly Radar’s Gov 2.0

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From Living in a Van to IBJ’s “Forty Under 40?: The Daniel Herndon Interview

Firebelly

Where does social marketing fall into your approach? The greatest capital that any business has is their human capital, often used to refer to employees. To me this also includes social capital, meaning your customers that believe in you.

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5 Social Marketing Stories You Need To Read This Week

Firebelly

Women Use Social Mobile More Than Men By Tiphereth Gloria Nielsen posted these mobile social stats from December 2009 about the gender differences when accessing social networks via mobile devices. You may be surprised to discover women were found do use their phones to “tweet” and “friend” 10% more than men.

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Will You Abandon Your Friends to Seek Real Relevance

Convince & Convert

was that Engage was more of a reference guide than a book. Jay: And refer back. Brian: and refer back. This one, even though I’d like to think it’s also a reference guide, it tells a story. That is the difference between social capital and influence, because they’re very different.

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Why I Started Social Selling

Koka Sexton

I like to refer to this as the Dark Ages of Sales. My number wasn’t being made by these cold calls, it was being made because I was getting referred to new business by people I had already done business with. I didn’t do any “work” on LinkedIn, I was too busy being measured on number of dials and talk time.

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Why I Started Social Selling

Koka Sexton

I like to refer to this as the Dark Ages of Sales. My number wasn’t being made by these cold calls, it was being made because I was getting referred to new business by people I had already done business with. I didn’t do any “work” on LinkedIn, I was too busy being measured on number of dials and talk time.

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BMJ blogs " Blog Archive " Richard Smith: Get with Web 2.0 or become yesterday's person

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Human communication has always been about people and social capital. The value will come from tools that boost social capital and enhance serendipity between health professionals and enable us to approach health problems with a network effect multiplier. David Evans. June 12th, 2008 at 2:55 pm. Nnamdi Udezue.

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