Create your own social network. (Your own Facebook if you wonder what I mean . If you build the right network by design (vs. accident) around you, you’ll never have to worry about what the economy is doing again. Connectivity is truly the new currency.  Being in the right network can make all the difference [...]

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Using Twitter Search to discover conversations about thought leadership today, I found this great list of 15 Things Social Media Can Do For You and wanted to share it.  I couldn't have said it better myself. So I won't, I'll let @JasonFalls say it   : Allows you to participate in networks that at one [...]

Depends on the personality it seems. http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6185.html In spite of the cultural and social revolution in the rise of social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace (and in South Korea, Cyworld), the business viability of these sites remains in question. While many sites are attempting to follow Google and generate revenues from advertising, will [...]

I got to spend time with Mark Victor Hansen’s MEGA Inner Circle last week, teaching them all about social networking and connectivity as social currency. The coolest group of people I’ve met in a while, for sure. Mark shared this video, and it engaged my attention for the whole 5 minutes(no easy feat!). What do [...]

Apparently I am not alone. Cone, Inc. presented findings of an online survey done in September, 2008 of 1,092 adults (525 men and 567 women 18 or older) that showed 60 percent of them use social media web sites. Of the 60 percent of social media users, 93 percent believe companies should have a presence [...]