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title: "3 Connecting Quotes By Melinda Blau"
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> [The most successful social media experiments-whether spearheaded by one person, a group of individuals, a company, or an institution-invite you in, treat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melinda-blau/the-most-successful-social-media-experiments-whether-spearheaded-by/)

Melinda Blau

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b8/melinda-blau-76526_company_the-most-successful-social-media-experim_581529.png)

> [Consequential strangers help us stretch beyond the relatively rigid boxes that the people who have known us the longest - our family…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melinda-blau/consequential-strangers-help-us-stretch-beyond-the-relatively-rigid/)

Melinda Blau

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3dc/melinda-blau-76526_behavior_consequential-strangers-help-us-stretch_2417014.jpg)

> [The power to share has already turned once-solitary activities into social occasions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melinda-blau/the-power-to-share-has-already-turned-once-solitary-activities-into/)

Melinda Blau

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## Other authors on Connecting

## More by Melinda Blau

> [The most successful social media experiments-whether spearheaded by one person, a group of individuals, a company, or an institution-invite you in, treat you as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melinda-blau/the-most-successful-social-media-experiments-whether-spearheaded-by/)

Melinda Blau

> [Consequential strangers help us stretch beyond the relatively rigid boxes that the people who have known us the longest - our family and close…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melinda-blau/consequential-strangers-help-us-stretch-beyond-the-relatively-rigid/)

Melinda Blau

> [The power to share has already turned once-solitary activities into social occasions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melinda-blau/the-power-to-share-has-already-turned-once-solitary-activities-into/)

Melinda Blau

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