Comments on: Blogging is 100% About Building Trust – 8 Ways to Get Me to Trust You

By: Last StumbleUpon post - Social Media Links | Koka Sexton

Last StumbleUpon post - Social Media Links | Koka Sexton — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:58:30 +0000

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By: Brian Rotsztein

Brian Rotsztein — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:11:54 +0000

I’d add this point to the list: Avoid obvious contradictions.

If you want visitors to trust you, don’t write that your blog is the “fastest growing” one of its kind and then contradict that statement by having short posts and publishing them infrequently.

By extension, the same holds for business websites. For example, don’t write “we’re [city name]‘s fastest growing widget company” and then have an amateur-looking site, a broken check-out process, little product or service info, and no way to contact you.

By: California Web Design

California Web Design — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:28:33 +0000

Being an expert is not even hard, just make sure that you do your research correctly and never say thing unless you know for a fact they are true! This post was good.

-Me!

By: natespost

natespost — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:36:17 +0000

My about page gives people hope.

By: Andrew Pavelski

Andrew Pavelski — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:19:04 +0000

Definitely a good point. A quality “about” page really gives your readers an idea of who you are, what you believe, and where you are coming from! I think that seeing a face to connect the authors name with is great too

By: Andrew Pavelski

Andrew Pavelski — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:17:00 +0000

Personalization can definitely help create more loyal readers. As a webmaster, I always try to respond to my visitors e-mails and questions… It really helps build trust

By: Andrew Pavelski

Andrew Pavelski — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:15:24 +0000

Exactly, it can be very tough to establish some credibility in the blogging industry if you haven’t been around for awhile

By: Andrew Pavelski

Andrew Pavelski — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:14:29 +0000

Good point Eric, not knowing the blogger’s personality and reading articles that sound like they were written by a ‘bot definitely don’t go over well…

By: Andrew Pavelski

Andrew Pavelski — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:13:02 +0000

I definitely agree w/ “embracing humility”. Coming off as an expert isn’t necessarily a smart move. The best advice is “just be yourself” and set goals according to how experienced you are online

By: Carol Ann Wiley

Carol Ann Wiley — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 14:50:07 +0000

My husband I are developing an authority site on retirement issues for babyboomers and early retirees and this issue of trust is vital to our development process. I really liked the “8 components that determine your blogger trust level” but the tips that were offered in the comments of people after were also greatly appreciated. We have been using our Blogger blog as a preface to the introduction of the authority site and are always looking for people to comment. Thanks for the creative ideas posted here.