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A method for generating revenue from social interaction between a plurality of participants of a marketing system, said method comprising:electronically communicating a comment regarding a resource from a first participant of the plurality of network participants to a second participant of the plurality of network participants, wherein the second participant is a member of a personal network of the first participant;

electronically communicating a comment regarding the resource from the second participant to a third participant of the plurality of network participants, wherein the third participant is a member of a personal network of the second participant; and

rewarding at least one of the first and second participants based on the electronic communication from the first participant to the second participant and the electronic communication from the second participant to the third participant, wherein the third participant purchases the resource.

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2

A method in accordance with Claim 1 further comprising registering, by each participant of the plurality of participants, with the marketing system.

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3

A method in accordance with Claim 1 further comprising creating a personal network of each participant of the plurality of participants, wherein each personal network includes other participants of the plurality of participants to whom a particular participant wishes to send comments relating to the resource and from whom the particular participant wishes to receive comments relating to the resource.

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4

A method in accordance with Claim 1 further comprising:obtaining resource data;

storing the resource data; and

comparing the communicated comment with the stored resource data to determine whether the comment is regarding the resource.

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5

A method in accordance with Claim 1 wherein rewarding at least one of the first and second participants further comprises crediting an account of each of the first and second participants, wherein the comments communicated by the first and second participants led the third participant to purchase the resource.

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6

A method in accordance with Claim 1 wherein rewarding at least one of the first and second participants further comprises charging a fee to at least one of a seller and the third participant.

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7

A revenue generation system for generating revenue from social interaction among a plurality of registered users, said revenue generation system comprising:a plurality of computing devices; and

at least one server communicatively coupled to said plurality of computing devices via a network, said at least one server configured to:communicate a comment regarding a resource from a first user of the plurality of registered users to a second user of the plurality of registered users;

communicate a comment regarding the resource from the second user to a third user of the plurality of registered users; and

reward at least one of the first and second users based on the communication from the first user to the second user and the communication from the second user to the third user, wherein the third user purchases the resource.

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A revenue generation system in accordance with Claim 7 wherein said at least one server is further configured to:obtain resource data by prompting the first user to provide resource data when communicating a comment to the second user;

store the provided resource data in a server memory; and

compare the comment communicated from the first user to the second user with the stored resource data to determine whether the comment relates to the resource.

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9

A revenue generation system in accordance with Claim 7 wherein said at least one server is further configured to prompt each user to register with the marketing system.

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10

A revenue generation system in accordance with Claim 7 wherein said at least one server is further configured to prompt each user to create a personal network, wherein the personal network includes other users of the plurality of registered users to whom a particular user wishes to send comments relating to the resource and from whom the user participant wishes to receive comments relating to the resource.

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