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The Power of Social Networks

A very cool thing happened yesterday - I made an introduction that would have been nearly impossible just a few years ago.

I 'met' Kim Cross last week on Facebook kind of randomly, but related to my Business 2.0 group. She noticed that I'm blogging about web strategy and had a few questions relating to a new job she was starting as online editor of a national magazine.

I 'friended' Jeremiah Owyang last week because he told me to on his blog - he's one of a few that are experimenting with Facebook as an open(ish) networking/content-distribution platform. He's also a web strategy blogger and has been at it much longer than I have.

So when Kim threw a couple questions at me, I answered them in my shoot-from-the-hip-with-no-evidence-to-back-me-up way. It occurred to me, though, that Jeremiah might have some 'hard' resources he could point to - and some thoughts of his own.

So I sent a message to the two of them (a relatively new messaging feature on FB). I did a quick intro and left it to them.

Jeremiah came through in spades and he blogged his response. Thanks Jeremiah!