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AUGUST 10, 2010

The tsunami of data being created, collected and parsed every second of every day now makes influence identification instantaneous, and possible from the comfort of your desk chair. Last week, I interviewed three men that are helping create an all-new field of marketing and customer service – the emerging discipline of influence mining.

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APRIL 28, 2010

But now, social media is enabling companies to make influencer outreach a foundational marketing tactic. Labeled “Mass Influencers&# this army of 29 million opinionated chatterboxes may very well be the key to your social media success. Fly more miles, get priority seating on an airline. population.

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MAY 25, 2010

I was there speaking at the Counselor’s Academy PRSA annual conference. Thanks for bringing it to CA conference! Counselor’s Academy is the section of PRSA for owner’s of small and medium independent agencies). link] Jose Huitron Jay, thanks for sharing these outstanding keys. If you missed it, read the recap.

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APRIL 13, 2010

All of us have influences. Tell me in the comments who influenced you and why, and you could win a copy of the uber-classic book “ How to Win Friends and Influence People. Sounds like the playbook for successful brand/customer relationships on the social Web, does it not? Who influenced you, and why?

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Combined with their above average income and above average education, Twitter users’ propensity to interact with brands make them a huge potential source for Mass Influencers (although Forrester’s research says Facebook is a better pool ). Put another way, Twitter users are 3 times more likely to follow brands than Facebook users.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Also, since you’re in the process of fixing up your blog I wanted to remind you that Mofuse is not doing justice to your mobile site – [link] I tried switching to Disqus but had lots of trouble importing my comments from WordPress, did you have any trouble with that? link] Adam Q. How can I help you?

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JUNE 24, 2010

One of the local Twitterati here had Chris Brogan up to Maine for a social media conference, and I caught it on UStream. I just ditched AT&T for T-Mobile. But, I'm n… [link] [link] Rinforside web 3 Ways Infomercials Can Inspire Your Social Media #socialmedia [link] [link] Onit Marketing Never bought a shamwow?

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