• by Joe Mandese  @mp_joemandese, February 1, 2011

Kerner, who is the lead social and Internet analyst at Wedbush Securities, and according to himself, the first analyst to follow social media. Kerner, who has been tracking the equity value of social media since 2003.

Despite, Kerner said, "We are still in incredibly early days." And striking an analogy that even oldschoolers like me can get, Kerner noted, "If social media was television, 'I Love Lucy' hasn't even aired yet."