liked tis from a book (Tipping point)

Connectors
*People with a special gift for bringing the world together, people specialists
*Know lots of people
*Have an extraordinary knack of making friends and acquaintances, making social connections.
*Have mastered the "weak tie"; a friendly, yet casual social connection.
*Manage to occupy many different worlds and subcultures and niches. By having a foot in so many different worlds, they have the effect of bringing them all together.
*Acquaintances represent a source of social power, and the more acquaintances you have the more powerful you are.
Social glue: they spread the message