75% of people don't believe that companies tell the truth in advertisements.Yankelovich
75% of US online adults are active online social participators.Forrester, 2008
84% of marketers agree that building customer trust will become marketing's primary objective.1to1 Media survey of the 1to1 Xchange panel, April 2008
"A person like me" is still the most trusted source for information about a company and its products.Edelman Trust Barometer, November 2007
Consumers trust friends above experts when it comes to product recommendations (65% trust friends, 27% trust experts, 8% trust celebrities).Yankelovich
Customer reviews are the most effective social tactic for driving sales, followed by question-and-answer features and a Facebook fan page.Etailing Survey, September 2009
Facebook is the fourth most visited site in the world; 2 years ago it didn't register in the top ten.TechCrunch, 2009
The share of traffic to question-and-answer Web sites has more than doubled from 2007 to 2008.HitWise, 2008
Recommendations from family and friends trump all other consumer touchpoints when it comes to influencing purchases.AdAge, April, 2008
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Here's our description on their site at Developer Sandbox @ Google I/OVendAsta is sowing trust by making social context portable. ...
This blog tends to focus on all the changes and improvements we’re making to StepRep. We’re constantly trying out new ...
I’m on vacation, sunning on a patio in Palm Springs while my unfortunate colleagues shiver back home in Saskatoon. But ...
UX and visual design within a scrum environment can present some real challenges. In order to keep design from becoming ...
Social platform discovers mutual connections across social networks Saskatoon, SK, January 28, 2010 – Today, Social Connections announces the release ...
The MashedIn team has made UX and visual design for mobile a priority. from motherfothergill's pixel imperfect design
read a little about it over at Jeff Tomlin's blog
Any of our current MashedIn beta users will notice that we have now included Linkedin as a widget option. This ...
Here are the top 4 things that small businesses must put on their 2010 marketing ‘todo’ lists: 1. Monitor Online ...
Street View of VendAsta on 33rd St.
The MashedIn team has made UX and visual design for mobile a priority. Mobile design is not an afterthought and ...
Effective sales people start the sales process by getting to know their customers. They then use this knowledge to somehow ...
Today more and more businesses are listening to the popular advice that they must use social media to market their ...
My job here is to write, and that means struggling with terminology. What do we call things? It’s important, in ...
Have you ever been to a party or business 'networking' function and been standing around not knowing how to connect ...
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Hey! Retweet this to win an Apple product in 30 minutes. Don't forget to follow @dealsplus. http://bit.ly/9aq1Su (via @dealsplus)
Three Swedish switched witches watch three Swiss Swatch watch switches. Which Swedish switched witch watch which Swiss Swatch watch switch?
Tonight's #opencaffee meeting was great. Twice as many people then last time and we talked about some original business ideas.
Nope. 00:15 = win. RT @jlindenbaum: Is it common to write '24' as part of 24-time in NA? I'm used to 00:15, not 24:15. iCal is confusing me.
Touché RT @fattymccraigs: @ryanbaldwin I think it's pretty obvious that John Baird only gets laid at Tim Horton's
RT @dealsplus: Hey! Retweet this to win an Apple product today. Don't forget to follow @dealsplus. http://bit.ly/9aq1Su
Seriously, has John Baird ever been laid or does he intentionally try to come across this retarded? http://bit.ly/9B07DR
Why would anybody pay up to $450 for this? It's brutally obsolete out of the box. Roger's quit being morons! http://ow.ly/16L2UE
Another new Liars album has been released, and as always it's supposedly fantastic. Damn art students. http://tr.im/Rd1k
Pretty cool redesign of the Facebook UI that never got realized but is visible 4 years later here: http://bit.ly/blJ1zr #UI #IA #facebook
An amazing piece of artwork by a great artist, Congrats @cameronmoll on the Colloseo Letterpress Piece: http://colosseotype.com/
Ok so we'll call this a win for PC... but only this one: http://bit.ly/bMAtor ;)
@blairkelsie That was some awesome lego animation! Thanks for sharing :D
This is awesome! @tuaw (TUAW.com) used my picture (http://tinyurl.com/yl4dv8e) for their blog post: http://tinyurl.com/ylcd8gs
@krystiano You need this: http://www.pdnpulse.com/2010/03/swag-alert-canon-white-lens-coffee-mug-.html
From @engadget: http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/jen-hsun-huang-is-looking-forward-to-court-date-with-intel-se/
Which #lego watch will you be pre-ordering? http://shop.starwars.com/search/?topcatID=1300264&method=and&keywords1=SWCT
I love lego! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijpH6an-JIQ but probably not as much as @dmosher ;)
Our very own Jeff Tomlin(and Canada) get's bashed on Tech Crunch by Michael Arrington http://tcrn.ch/c4d1dP\
Nice! My picture of Phone Booth on #Flickr is the 3rd result on Google for "phone booth icon" http://tweetphoto.com/13765622 #photog