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November 07, 2007

Trust in word of mouth vs the media

Jeremiah Owyang at Forrester (I heart them) has written a great post on how social networking sites are trying to balance the need to sell advertising space with the power personal referrals have on someone's desire to but a product or service. In other words, we trust word of mouth more than ads, so let's look at how social networks can be a more powerful marketing tool.

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Thanks Drew, your encouragement really is helpful!

Say hi to Charlene for me Jeremiah. You two are proper bo.

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