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Home » The Famous Blog » 4 Crystal Clear Reasons Why People Do Not Trust You

4 Crystal Clear Reasons Why People Do Not Trust You

March 5, 2013 - Last Modified: April 1, 2014 by Ryan Biddulph

Face it. People do not trust you. They run from you. They hide from you. They promise to join your network marketing team, then back out. Or they promise to buy your product, then never fork out the cash. This is a trust issue.

Plain and simple. Believe it or not, it might be your fault. How?

Trust Issues 101

Let’s face it…

People on the internet are not real until they are real. At least they are not human, until they call us on the phone. Or they upload a video of themselves talking. Or maybe they plaster shiny, smiling pictures of themselves, doing stuff outside of the home business. This is the human element. This is what makes you stand out from the network marketing crowd.

Few people appear to be human. Nope. The majority post ads all day long on Facebook Groups, not too human looking, me thinks. You need to get a life, and show it, on social networks, to gain the trust of your target market.

You need to help people through videos, you need to post shiny pictures of yourself, taking vacations, spending time with da fam. Stuff humans do.

No Pictures Anywhere

You are not a cat. You are not a logo. You are a person, a human being.

People want to work with humans, and tend to trust humans, but they would have a tough time trusting Ryan Biddulph, if Ryan’s avatar on Facebook was a cat, because it is tough to work with cats. At least if you plan to make money online.

Post smiling pictures of yourself on social networks. Make people see that you are, in fact, human. Bump up your trust factor. Prosper.

No Videos Anywhere

This one is a biggie. You have an amazing medium through which people can see that yep, you are human. It is called video, and when you post helpful videos persistently people tend to trust you fast. I have spoken to more than a few people who stress to me that my videos made me stand out from the crowd in my niche. These people joined my team because they trusted me, and seeing me speak on video was a huge part of gaining these individual’s trust.

Shoot at least 1 to 2 videos each week.

Stop your excuses. Just shoot the darn videos, upload and gain the trust of your target market.

You Never Pick Up the Phone

Another goodie I hear from so many of my team members: “when I called, you called back.”

Internet marketers tend to think that their duties are online duties, and rarely deal with all that silly offline stuff like calling people back or meeting them in person. Some network marketing coaches feel the same way, and absolutely blow a chance to gain the trust of a prospect.

When you hear somebody on the phone, again, it makes them real, human. A bond forms, a connection develops and someone trusts you now. The more people who trust you, the better for you, as you grow your target audience and make money online with increasing ease as your trust factor increases.

You Have No Blog

Now I just KNOW most FamousBloggers readers run a blog.

But a select few do not, and a few who run blogs link up to their squeeze page in the comments section. Bad move. I do not trust you, if you do not share your insight with me. If you do not share how to make money online with your home business, for free, with your blog, how can I trust you?

If you push me into your squeeze page without offering me anything of value through your blog, you see dollar signs, when you see me, and you are trying to get something for nothing, and you see me as some tool, so bump you, I do not trust you.

Run a blog folks!

Do you have a tough time gaining the trust of your target market?

What reasons can you add?

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Ryan Biddulph is a blogger, author and world traveler who's been featured on Richard Branson's Virgin Blog, Forbes and Neil Patel Dot Com. He has written and published 126 bite-sized eBooks on Amazon. Ryan can help you retire to a life of island hopping through smart blogging at Blogging From Paradise.

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{ 26 Responses }

  1. Rishabh Misra says:
    Some time we written good content we are confident our writing Technic but we forget or we do not give attention to promote his product and his identity so in this cause peoples are not focus our work. and the world of internet it's most essential make branding our product or identity. people should be know you are genuine not spammer. thank you to sharing me this post.
  2. Tayyab Nasir says:
    Yes of course if you want to build exposure and to be popular then you must reveal yourself in front of the market. :)
  3. Yasir Khan says:
    Getting and keeping customers' profitably is really the only way to make a small or home based business profitable. That means you have to give something of value to your customers and prospects or you simply won't have any business.
  4. Ileane says:
    Hey Ryan! Wonderful advice here but don't forget about podcasts! Some people are so afraid to get in front of a camera to make a YouTube video. The good thing is that even with a podcast you can make a deep connection with your audience and earn their trust. Thanks for the post!
  5. Himanshi says:
    Hey ryan, Thanks for sharing the wonderful info with us. you are 100% right. All the points must be taken seriously. Thanks
  6. Raja says:
    The 2nd fact is really a crystal clear one! Let me start posting my Pics on the social networking sites...Never know if they like!
  7. Rashmi Sinha says:
    An eye opener...bit scary if I relate it to myself!!! Jokes apart...this is really fine analysis of human behavior and role social media presence. Thanks for this wonderful insight :)
  8. Ammar Ali says:
    I've not created any vide yet. However I've reveal my name. I do have a blog which is becoming popular day by day :D Most of people contacts me using email or facebook. However, I still do pick up phone. I've to think about creating a video. Need to buy new camera for this!
  9. Zion says:
    I'm definitely one for showing your face or just a little bit of your skin.I'd like to know the people behind a blog or a certain company/product. Although, I'm using my blog's logo as my avatar, I have an about me page so I guess that patches up the problem? LOL! :)
  10. Heather Stone says:
    Hi Ryan, There are a lot of great points here. Obviously, small business people who may be located anywhere in the world and may occasionally be out of cell phone range etc. while traveling can still be accessible. This is about being responsive more than anything else. Tweet back when someone tries to engage, respond to e-mails, return people's calls or, if unavailable at the moment due to a meeting or other issue, offer to Skype or get back via Google Talk or by some other means. But don't be one of those fake names with a stock photo head shot that obviously isn't you who never responds to e-mail and has no means of being reached by phone or even by instant message. There are obvious signs in the social media world that you are just not a real person. So, if you exhibit these signs, don't expect anyone to trust or interact with you as if you are.
  11. Radu says:
    I had this situation when i hired some guy in the same living in the same city with me. I called him to met for a coffee and plan the actions face to face. He replyed that i can just send him an email and that's all. I am very social and when someone don't like to sit and discuss with me, especially those i hire i get a bit offended.
    • tushar thakur says:
      well my frnd this type are replies are un expected but some times happens but these people do not get success in building the social media interactions in good terms.............
  12. Darnell Jackson says:
    Good one Ryan, I plan on finally revealing my FACE soon. I wear a helmet when I'm blogging for safety, I go hard. :) I'll update my avatar right after the end of this years #IBCT, see there i announced it. Plus, I just got this new HD cam so I'll be making some vids too. I would add to the list that people don't trust because you don't share real personal experiences. It's easy to copy and paste other peoples accomplishments and talk about other peoples tips but what have you really done? This is what builds trust. Do an experiment from scratch. Write a case study. Publishing income reports. This will build trust but be careful it's easier to lose it than it is to obtain it.

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