Building a Business
Why Trust Is the Most Important Part of ‘Know, Like and Trust’
Earning a client's trust sometimes requires putting their long-term interests ahead of your own short term interests.
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Entrepreneurs
6 Personality Traits That Can Make You a More Trusted Entrepreneur
No one does business with an untrustworthy person. Without trust, you can't broker deals, close deals, sell stuff, or come out on top.
By Neil Patel
Building a Business
The 9 Things People Decide Within Seconds of Meeting You
Psychologists call it 'thin slicing.'
By Drake Baer
Marketing
Can Content Marketing Help Companies Reach Consumers When They’re Young? (Infographic)
NewsCred's survey discovered that millennials want to be addressed like the unique people that they are.
Building a Business
3 Ways Your Startup Can Earn the Trust of Prospective Clients
People buy from whom they trust, and they trust who they know. So what do you do when your business is new and has no track record?
Building a Business
People Invest in People — an Overlooked Aspect of Private Investing
Online capital raising still involves the core tenet of trust and a serious focus on what the entrepreneur is trying to build with a startup.
Building a Business
5 Behaviors of a Successful and Trustworthy Consultant
For a successful business relationship to get off the ground and thrive, both sides need to trust and respect each other.
By Mel Carson
Marketing
4 Steps Needed to Transform the Digital-Marketing Industry
If clients perceive the technology as a black box, providers overpromise results and the churn rate is high, perhaps business practices should change.
By Kris Barton
Marketing
Aim Directly at Your Target Market to Land New Clients
Try these six ways to keep tabs on current customers and score additional ones.
By Karen Mishra
Thought Leaders
8 Qualities of Leaders Who Deliver Value Every Day
Before assuming your next leadership role, run through the following checklist to ensure you're on the right track.
By Jeff Boss
Entrepreneurs
You’re Actually Hurting Your Business With These 5 ‘Productive’ Habits
Are your productivity hacks really making you better? Many are myths that are actually holding you back.
By Adam Toren
Marketing
4 Steps to Ensuring Customer Experience Comes First
Fashion the touch points and interactions so critical for captivating today's empowered consumers.
By Jesse Torres
Building a Business
To Have the Company Culture That Achieves All Your Goals, Work at It Every Day
Spelling out the values that guide your company and living them consistently is not magic but the results it brings will seem so.
Building a Business
How You Compete Matters More Than Winning Or Losing
Do you operate on faith, or fear? When you play dirty and smear the competition, you can end up shutting down future opportunities.
Building a Business
4 Ways Your Virtual Business Can Build Customer Confidence and Credibility
Just because you can't meet face-to-face with your customers, doesn't mean you can't build trust from a distance.
Building a Business
I Suggest You Replace Your Suggestion Box With This
Keep in mind the three Ts: fair treatment, transparency and trust.
Marketing
Customers Demand These 2 Fundamental Aspects of Authentic Brands
A recent survey of 12,000 people revealed the companies they believe to be most genuine possess these two traits.
By Jim Joseph
Marketing
The 4 Things Your Customers Really Want
The essential dynamic of a quality service relationship comes down to a company's addressing these core questions.
By Tom Borg
Building a Business
The 25 Best Workplaces in the World
Google, SAS Institute, NetApp, W.L. Gore & Associates and Belcorp round out the top 5.
By Geoff Weiss
Building a Business
Earn Customer Trust and the Rest Will Follow
For entrepreneurs to succeed, customers need to trust in the brand. Here are three tips on building trust from the get-go.
By Mike Laven
Thought Leaders
7 Steps to Becoming an Expert in Your Field
Once seen as an expert in your particular field, it can open up the door for higher paying jobs and other business opportunities that can grow your business and fuel your success.
Building a Business
An Executive’s Insider Secrets for Making the Sale
Know your customer's corporate culture and respect it. Do your homework and don't bypass gatekeepers or skip the ranks.
Thought Leaders
The One Question Successful Business Owners Always Ask Themselves
Learn this essential way to focus your efforts for the management challenges ahead.
By Gene Marks
Marketing
How Long Before Your Customers Trust You? Two Years.
Your ability to earn customer trust is what's going to separate you from the competition -- so don't slack.
Business Operations & Logistics
The 7 Critical Elements Your Ecommerce Site Needs to Be Considered Trustworthy
With ecommerce platforms making it easier than ever to launch a website, competition is fierce. To ensure your website stands up to the trust test, make sure it has these seven components
Thought Leaders
The Ethics Coach on Managing a Sticky-Fingered Staff
It all comes back to communication.
By Gael O'Brien
Thought Leaders
Good Leaders Persuade. They Don’t Manipulate.
Manipulators are heard, but persuaders are believed because they are trusted, which results in a win-win.