Gaining your visitor's trust

Shawn · 12-03-2007, 07:20 PM

Before they give you their e-mail address to signup at your newsletter, before they signup with your forum, the user has to trust you and your site?

How do you do it? Put some icons that say you're apart of a "Good Business Network?" Do you tell them "You hate spam, too!" Or what? Is your trust-worthiness built into your site's design?

britishguy · 12-07-2007, 09:12 AM

Trust again comes with time, but if you have sites with many members who trust you, its easier to gain trust on any new ventures you undergo

Shawn · 12-07-2007, 07:20 PM

I don't think it ever comes with time. There are sites out there that I don't trust, such as DigitalPoint -- huge forum, no sense of community or spirit, just cold.

On the other hand, if you get a single plug from a big media outlet or like-minded website authority, you're set on your launch date.

bungeebones · 12-14-2007, 01:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Shawn

Before they give you their e-mail address to signup at your newsletter, before they signup with your forum, the user has to trust you and your site?

How do you do it? Put some icons that say you're apart of a "Good Business Network?" Do you tell them "You hate spam, too!" Or what? Is your trust-worthiness built into your site's design?

I found my site just sat there until I started giving away free links.

Shawn · 12-16-2007, 11:59 AM

Free things do go a very, very long way. The only thing you have to then prove is that they actually are free -- people are so distrusting of marketing these days.

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Shawn Administrator Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 149	Gaining your visitor's trust Before they give you their e-mail address to signup at your newsletter, before they signup with your forum, the user has to trust you and your site? How do you do it? Put some icons that say you're apart of a "Good Business Network?" Do you tell them "You hate spam, too!" Or what? Is your trust-worthiness built into your site's design?

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britishguy New Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 29	Trust again comes with time, but if you have sites with many members who trust you, its easier to gain trust on any new ventures you undergo __________________ City Journalist Directory - Sell your photos to the press Forplex - Business Directory \|

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12-07-2007, 07:20 PM	#3 (permalink)
Shawn Administrator Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 149	I don't think it ever comes with time. There are sites out there that I don't trust, such as DigitalPoint -- huge forum, no sense of community or spirit, just cold. On the other hand, if you get a single plug from a big media outlet or like-minded website authority, you're set on your launch date.

12-16-2007, 11:59 AM	#5 (permalink)
Shawn Administrator Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 149	Free things do go a very, very long way. The only thing you have to then prove is that they actually are free -- people are so distrusting of marketing these days.