The Business of Authority

Do you know how to build trust?

Show Notes

Do you know how to build trust?
Talking Points
  • Defining trust
  • Pre-sale trust and post-sale trust
  • Domain-specific trust
  • How to project an image that elicits trust from the right kind of audience
  • How consistency builds trust
  • Why clarity is important
  • Who should extend their trust first
  • Building trust during sales calls
  • Making an impression that inspires trust
  • Designing a website that builds trust
  • Making yourself easier to contact
  • Creating a page on your website that answers some of the questions you get asked most frequently
  • Writing the way that you talk
Quotable Quotes
“I feel like trust is just an implicit part of that relationship, and the more we can make it explicit, I think it’s easier.” –RM
“If we trust first, then the other person has the opportunity to trust back.” –RM
“I don’t even call it a sales call. I call it a sales interview, and it’s just like a job interview. It goes both ways.” –JS
“Tell me if you have a customer service person and I’ll tell you whether or not you should have a chatbot.” –JS

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