The Science of Building Trust with Social Media

The title of this article caught my eye today. As great as the internet and social media is, it is hard for individuals to trust it because of so many scams and so many ways of easily lying to the general population.

It is hard to build trust through emails because you can not see the sender's facial expressions... they are comfortably sitting in their chair at home making the email sound as trustworthy as possible even though they could easily be lying.

The article talked about responding quickly to facebook/twitter to help build trust. It also talks about how you can use youtube in your facebook and twitter pages to build trust. Have hand made videos of yourself speaking to your fans/friends/followers. This way they can see your facial expressions and you can help build credibility.

http://mashable.com/2010/02/24/social-media-trust/

The Simplicity Test - Mark Cuban

This morning I read a blog post from Mark Cuban's blog. It was entitled, "The Simplicity Test: A Simple Guide for Job Growth." I couldn't agree more with his thoughts. The government has become far to big and is getting their hands in more than they need to. They are making it nearly impossible for small businesses to make a profit and keep their employees, let alone, keep them happy!

Why is this? Because the government is forcing them to file more paperwork than ever before. This involves business spending (time and money) on lawyers and accountants. Instead of wasting their money, effort, and time on every new government policy that comes out, they could be putting that same amount of money, effort, and time into their business... allowing it to grow and become more profitable. This will help them keep their employees and could allow them to hire more employees.

I wish everyone could see the fact that our government has become too large.

To end this post I'm going to quote Thomas Jefferson, "Most bad government has grown out of too much government."

http://blogmaverick.com/2010/01/31/the-simplicity-test-a-simple-policy-guide-for-job-growth/

New Week!

So it's a new week and I'm off to a pretty good start! I believe that staying positive and seeing the best out of every situation makes life more fun.

I started off the day putting in a few hours of work. After lunch I had a couple classes, including an exam. As soon as I finished the exam I was off to the YMCA for an hour of riding the stationary bike. It's not the most exciting thing to ride, all you do is sit on a seat and peddle without going anywhere! However, it's a great exercise and I felt amazing after going about 20 miles...

The television is on while I'm typing this post.

First of all, I want to say that I just watched the movie FRACTURE. If you haven't seen it I'd recommend renting it! It's pretty intense.

Secondly, I just saw a commercial. This commercial asked, "What do you want to do before you die!?" This question has me thinking... there are a lot of things I'd like to do before I die. I'd like to start my career and develop it... I'd like to fall in love with the woman of my dreams and start our own little family... I'd like to keep enjoying my new hobbies of running and cycling and possibly start racing in both categories...

I think this is a pretty good question to ask yourself on occasion. It gets you to start realizing who you are and who you want to become... just a thought! Hope everyone has a great week!

- Josh

Hope everyone is off to a great week!

I am almost completely finished with my move into my duplex. I love it! It will be nice when everything is done though.

I'm trying to stay on top of things at school, while working part time at a truck mechanic shop and finishing up my move! I hate getting behind on things... and having to play catch up!

Anyways, here is a quote I found today that I really liked! Hope everyone has a great night!

"Happiness is not a matter of events; it depends upon the tides of the mind."