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January 14th, 2009 at 11:47 am

Does Trust Really Matter To Your Business?

earning trustTrust happens to be at the core center of everything we do.  If you think about it, would you interact or do business with anyone that you didn’t trust?  Your doctor, your dentist, your accountant, etc…  Of course not.  So why would you expect someone to do business with you if they didn’t trust you?  Afterall, this is why we depend on things like referrals and virus detection software.  We simply can’t trust everyone and every website we come across.

So if your business has an online presence, you know just how important trust can be to your success.  Matt McGee of Small Business Search Marketing has compiled a list of opinions he gathered from dozens of peers on the topic of trust.  In Why Trust Matters & How To Earn It you can read tips they contributed and maybe take away some snippets to help your business gain trust amid your competition.

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    Thx for the mention, Amanda. That turned into a nice article thanks to the great replies I got from others. :) I hope people find it valuable.

    Matt McGee on January 14th, 2009
  • 2

    Of course trust is a cruicial building block for doing business.

    Martin Lindeskog on January 14th, 2009
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    Lots of great tips in the article, including ones that you know but sometimes need reminding about.

    Susan Oakes on January 14th, 2009
  • 4

    Oh my goodness, of course Amanda! Without Trust — you can’t live and grow your business.

    Rose Anderson on January 15th, 2009
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    Wow, the list created by Matt McGee is very extensive. Thanks for pointing that out in your post.

    Arthur Bland on January 16th, 2009

 

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