That sounds familiar doesn’t it. It’s because Google just launched a service called Buzz that tries to do the same thing, turn an email social network into a twitter-friendfeed-flickr-facebook-ish type of social network. They’re going to need to do some serious pruning in order to get that product fun and usable. But in the mean time, there’s Flowtown’s social emails for social marketing. And these guys mean business.

Do know the amount of money that businesses pay for an individuals occupation, location, or even just name and age? A lot. Flowtown can get that information with a click of a button, and the collection process is only the start for them. The analytics that can be executed on the data that Flowtown will collect are really interesting. For example, this screen shot shows my most influential friends on Twitter:

Another thing I like about Flowtown is that they charge real money for the service, many web businesses don’t, and they’re able to do that because they provide real value. Dan Martell & Ethan Block are solid entrepreneurs that know what the hell they’re doing. I spoke with Ethan on ActionTalk way back and his passion is obvious & very contagious.

You can test it out and upload a few hundred contacts but in order get the masses you have to pay-to-play. As it should be. This may not be for Joe Twitter User but for anyone in the marketing space this tool will become a must have.

Lastly, if you haven’t read there blog, there are some hilarious social media and blogging comparisons; you’re missing some good stuff…

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