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Government 2.0 Expo Showcase: Women By the Numbers | Cheeky Fres. While I was traveling the last few days, a minor controversy seemed to flame up about a lack of women in some of the Gov 2.0 events being planned by Tim O’Reilly and associated crew. They’re welcome to comment below, but I see no reason to call out individual people and their various comments. Here, I want to personally comment on an event I’ve been involved with planning for Tim during the last few months, and how women have intersected with it in interesting ways. I’m a scientist and I tend to deal with quantifying data as a mechanism for seeing patterns, and that’s what I intend to do in this brief post. As many of you know I’m the program committee co-chair for the Gov 2.0 Expo Showcase that is happening the day before the Gov 2.0 Summit (everyone, men and women, are able to register, incidentally). We received 189 valid proposals for talks at Expo Showcase. A few people, men and women, submitted two proposals, but the vast majority submitted just one.

Razorfish, Ogilvy Try Net Promoter-Like Social Media Model - Adv. 10 Tips to Build Trust with Social Media | Kyle Lacy, Social Med. In the new economy there is one major truth that stands above the rest. Trust equals revenue. If you are a small to mid-sized business it is the amount of trust you can build between clients that strengthens your brand. With trust comes happy clients and with happy clients come referrals. Trust is a fundamental block of building business. Marketing is built under the assumption that stories can create an emotional bond between a consumer and a brand… a client and a service.

Can you tell a story… create a service and en experience that builds trust? Social media can help you build that trust. 1. Content is the number one way you can build trust with potential clients. 2. This can also pertain to content or how you use a specific social network. 3. When you are using social networks make sure you put up pictures of your daily life. 4. Use your real picture. 5. If somebody helps you share information or decideds to retweet a post.. make sure you thank that person. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.