"I went on to Twitter and I said, ‘I just lost a job opportunity but I think they want me to be a consultant now…’ One of my followers saw my Tweet and said, ‘Chris we’re looking for a social person, would you be interested?’"

"After I lost my job, I jumped on and did all the standard resumes, jumped on all the job sites, and started responding to all the jobs postings that I could find."

"Twitter is just a way for people to communicate with each other and get to know each other a little bit over time, which is the way you that you get to know your casual acquaintances."

"There is certainly an overlap between the people that follow me on Twitter or the people that are connected to me on LinkedIn and Facebook."

"Everything we do with each other is about conversation."

"Social media is affecting all of us."

"Marketing is about matching your products and services with the people or companies who will get the most enjoyment, satisfaction, and value from them.."

"You can’t look at any individual activity anymore for a business within a given silo; you have to understand how it integrates with all the other things you’re doing."

"The broadcast model is broken; people are tired of being talked at."

"Social Media radically changed my business. (Kathleen Taylor)"

"Social Media became a part of who I am and what I’m about. (Ryan Coleman)"

"A social media profile is a window into who you are and what makes you tick. (Ryan Coleman)"

"You’re doing a great disservice to yourself by not having that kind of presence online. (Kathleen Taylor)"

“The most important part of creating a LinkedIn profile is to intelligently flesh it out.“

“LinkedIn’s Summary and Specialties section allows you to use all the buzz words that are germane to your specific niche.“

“On LinkedIn, I get 15-20 profile visits a day from people I don’t know.“

“I’ve had dialogues with everyone that I’ve linked with before I’ve connected to them.“

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