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youtube downloader — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 04:35:28 -0000

I'll b e doing a short talk at VON.x in San Jose on Real World Impact of Social Media. it will be on multiple live-streams via QIK (I think 4 at this point). The talk will demonstrate a real world example of a success story, and there will be more to follow afterwards.

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porno izle — Sun, 23 May 2010 11:43:42 -0000

Real World Impact of Social Media. it will be on multiple live-streams via QIK (I think 4 at this point).

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porno izle — Wed, 19 May 2010 15:12:27 -0000

I moved to a new, rural area and joined my "neighbourhood" with the Neighborhoods Facebook App. There was hardly anyone in it at the time.

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Ken Camp — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 14:03:50 -0000

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Annie — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 13:48:19 -0000

Reconnected with my childhood best friend who I hadn't seen in over 2 decades.

Six (so far) clients for my blog design business via Twitter.

And those are just a couple highlights!

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Tzaddi — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:46:53 -0000

Wow, there's some great stories here. I have a small success story that's kinda neat, if not so spectacular.

I moved to a new, rural area and joined my "neighbourhood" with the Neighborhoods Facebook App. There was hardly anyone in it at the time. I thought about leaving, but didn't. Soon after, I landed my first web design contract from my new area. The clients wanted somebody local and happened to find me in that app.

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KeyJ63 — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:13:31 -0000

I have been experimenting with social media and have documented my journey:

Here are some of my results so far:
http://postworthy.com/Worth...

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Rob Williams — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:16:32 -0000

I'm in a job hunt right now. Though I don't have any offers on the table right now, I've been able to have many interviews and LOTS of significant networking conversations either online or off. Almost all of it has been because of Twitter and LinkedIN.

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James Clark — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:13:54 -0000

I found my first boss in LinkedIN and sent her a note to reconnect and let her know what my new company was up to.

Two weeks later she introduced us to a marketing contact at her company.

One month later we were hired and they were our biggest client. We staffed up by bringing on two more people to service the business.

Those two people felt secure enough in our company, that each of them bought their own homes, and one even proposed to his girl.

So even thought that's nothing that can be tracked via RSS readers or some analytics program, that simple outreach to friend through LinkedIN has had a profound impact on many people.

Those are the intangibles of the impact of social media on us as a society.

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Ken Camp — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:59:37 -0000

Chris,

I have a social networking success story that I can't share broadly right now. It's sort of a special event that's going to happen at VON. That's one reason I sked if you were going to VON. But it once that happens it will be widely shared. ;-)

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Kim Dushinski — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:36:39 -0000

Chris:

While doing research for my book on mobile marketing I came across Zena Weist's blog, Nothin'But Socnet (http://nothingbutsocnet.blo.... I did an interview with her to learn more about social networking. She suggested I jump onto Twitter.

Through following her on Twitter and in Facebook I got to know her well enough to ask her to give me an early read on my book chapter on social networking.

She gave me feedback and told me that my writing voice reminded her of Chris Brogan. So now I follow you on Twitter and here I am. Not only did I get Zena's great feedback, I found your very resourceful blog.

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Jason Peck — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:10:27 -0000

I think what helped me land my first job in the sports marketing/consulting field was that I had a blog and new a little bit about social networking. This space has since become my passion; today is my last day at my current job and I'll be working exclusively in the social media space on my own going forward. Social Media has opened many new doors and helped me meet some great new people.

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Luis Suarez (@elsua) — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:04:52 -0000

Hi Chris! what a great blog post, I am surely enjoying all of the stories that folks have been sharing already, for sure. Here is mine, trying to keep it short as well.

I have been in my company, IBM, for the last 11 years and have been involved in social media for the last 5. Of those 5 years, all three jobs I have been having were due to my corporate blog and social networking activities behind the corporate firewall, so much so that the last one of those jobs has been, still is, my dream job all along: working as a community builder and social computing evangelist @ IBM!

That, to me, proves the business value from social networking, both from an enterprise and individual perspective, inside and outside of the corporate firewall!

Keep those stories coming!
Cheers!

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nateritter — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:21:48 -0000

My entire (freelance consulting and web development) income is based on social media like Twitter, etc. There's a ton more I can say, but that's the basics. I'd be working bankers hours if it weren't for social media.

Cheers!

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Eric : Gardenfork.tv — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:00:29 -0000

I started The Greenhouse, a social networking site on Ning, for people who watch Gardenfork.tv and RealWorldGreen.com .

http://thegreenhouse.garden...

I found myself answering a lot of viewer mail, and thought it would be better if viewers could post their questions, ideas, thoughts, suggestions in a central place where everyone could read and respond. So I created The Greenhouse.

Its grown right along with the show, following the 1% rule of viewer participation.

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Geoff Manning — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:38:53 -0000

Well, if you wrote this post 6 months from now, I would hope to have more news! But I will interpret your post as "How would you define success in your social networking endeavors"

I hope my social networking activities will do two things:

1) To network with people in my local area (as well as people that are not bound by proximity...via Twitter, Facebook, etc). Networking isn't something I have much experience with, but using social media as an ice-breaker can make this so much easier.

2) Create awareness for (*shameless plug*) a Daddy blog that I am working on with a few close friends at DaddyRockstar.com.

Hopefully I remember to post back in a few months to let you know how it went!

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Ronald Lewis — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:28:02 -0000

Hmmm. I can think of a few, including:

* Beating the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and several hundred other global, mainstream outlets to interview all three co-founders of Webaroo for my little known podcast in early 2006. I was also granted permission to be first to announce their official launch. No one really cared though. :)

There's more, but I won't bore you folks with the details.

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chrisbrogan — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:16:08 -0000

Thom- that's just great! Kick butt.

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thom singer — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:05:04 -0000

Chris-

On Feb 7th I decided to try to see if I could raise some money for the local Children's Hospital using my blog and Twitter in the month of Feb 2008. By just making a couple of pleas, I raised $670 by the morning of 2/29. The goal was 1000, but $670 still kiss ass! Most donations were in $10 and $25 amounts.

http://thomsinger.blogspot....

One reader of my blog said she donated because she felt she has gotten more than $25 in value from my writing, so this was her way to pay. Cool, huh?

What if everyone could raise just a little money for charity? Sure $670 is not a material amount to The Dell Children's Medical Center in Central Texas....but what if 1000 people did this? That would be $67,000....and that is a material amount.

I am excited at the thought that the average guy who is not rich can make a difference by tapping into his social network. A drop in the bucket will add up over time and overflow the bucket.

I also think that social online entrepreneurs who make money should earmark 5% (or 10%) of the top line to a charity of their choice from the beginning. If you wait to donate $50,000 once you have earned a million dollars you may never do it...because $50,000 is a big amount. But if you do it one little sum at a time when you are making pennies, it will not sting to give the money in little chuncks. You wont miss it. And over time it will add up and make a difference!

thom

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kevin — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:15:38 -0000

Yeah I can't complain... :)

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chrisbrogan — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:51:17 -0000

Now *that* is a kick-ass story. : )

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kevin — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:41:41 -0000

I started my blogging "career" on myspace so my friends on the east coast could keep up with me when I moved across the country to finish up my degree. One reader turned to 30, 30 readers turned a few hundred, a few hundred turned into over 5,000 and I had become one of the most read bloggers on MySpace. (2 million views in 2006)

That explosion led to me getting paid to write about social networking for b5media, consulting gigs, and eventually directed me to go after my Masters degree in Digital Media Study. Also I moved my humor blog from myspace to my own domain which has led to some freelance writing for popcrunch.com (I write their show) and for doubleviking.com... Finally my humor blog has had offers to join larger blogging networks and has become a steady stream of secondary income.

Social networking has been very good to me.