Comments on: Trust – Principles of Successful Blogging #2

By: NYC Wedding Photographer

NYC Wedding Photographer — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:03:02 +0000

I agree that you readers need to trust you to have a successful blog.

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Problogger WP Theme — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:12:45 +0000

Trust surely is the key for long term earn in making money blogging. You may make a good earn for short term without trust, but your reputation will loss in long term and so your earn.

Thanks!

By: titan

titan — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:50:51 +0000

agree. Trust is everything.

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cheap holidays in sharm el sheikh — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:17:07 +0000

Hi..
Trust is not only the principle of successful blogging but I think this one is for every relation and for every success

By: Christina Sponias

Christina Sponias — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:25:48 +0000

You’ll be trusted if you give always good information, if you are helpful, and if other people recognize that you are an expert in your field. This is something that you have to build with time.

By: umar

umar — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:07:35 +0000

Trust in the most important one

By: Kathleen Gage

Kathleen Gage — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:49:53 +0000

Trust is earned through honesty and lack of hype. We can find hype all over the place. The way to earn trust is give real information without over-inflating facts.

By: Charity

Charity — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:45:38 +0000

This is very helpful and I agree with you. I am looking for people who will help me get traffic to my blog, not just for cash but for the content I have there to share with other.

By: umar

umar — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:40:07 +0000

i agree with you trust principle really matters for blogging

By: work at home

work at home — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:19:26 +0000

Another great boosting article I get here. When I was new at blogger I did not know all about build trust, write what I learn etc. I am now learning that for make good reputation on blogging field, it is always helpful to build one good reputation by writing genuine for blog reader.

I will always for wait helpful content from you.

By: madz

madz — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:05:29 +0000

Well yes, success depends on the goals of each and every blogger. As for me, I tend not to drive traffic or anything on my blog. The process of give and take (comment and I’ll comment) is enough for me. What important for me is the friendship I built. And I could base that from the bloggers who share their lives to me. :D

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herbal supplements — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:33:51 +0000

“TRUST”… If you do it well, other people will give you the earth. If you betray them, they will hunt you to the ends of the earth. Thanks Darren.

By: Jodi Kaplan

Jodi Kaplan — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:56:31 +0000

I agree that trust is something that has to be earned, through consistency, helpfulness, insight, and information.

I’m always leery of bloggers (or web sites) with big “follow me” or “subscribe” buttons above the content. They’re asking for “payment” before I know what I’m getting!

Funny thing, I referred to that same Seth Godin comment in my blog yesterday. I saw it in a video he posted the other day (about bestsellers). It’s from a talk he gave last year. Here’s the link (it’s about 18:25 in):

http://toccon.blip.tv/file/970223/

By: David Stillwagon

David Stillwagon — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:31:06 +0000

It is so important that your writing reflexes how you feel about a subject honestly

By: Catherine

Catherine — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:21:02 +0000

I write in the area of entertaining, and I have noted trust is the most key factor to developing authority, which you have noted previously, is key to the genre of blogging from a professional perspective.

To that end, although reticent to do so, I had to let people into my home and life, so they might be certain I am an authority and someon they can trust.

My competitor hides her identity and never uses a photo she has taken nor makes any mention of her home or her own entertaining experience. She has half as many followers as I.

I watch her followers to see if it matters to them that she is not legit, only today for the first time in her 3 months knocking me off have I noticed people beginning to cancel her… which causes me to feel I have selected the correct path.

By: Judith

Judith — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:46:32 +0000

Hey, Darren:

Trust takes time, consistency and sincerity to build. You can’t buy it — you have to earn it.

Like others have stated it can be frustrating when you know you can be trusted and some site visitors don’t come to that conclusion. But if they don’t want to take the time to compare their sources to see who is established, consistent, and reputable, there isn’t much any of us can do but continue to do what we know is right with ethics and integrity.

I’ve found you can’t be everything to everyone — so don’t try. Be true to yourself and what you enjoy doing and hold yourself to the highest bar and one can become a trust authority. Just as you have!

At your service,
Judith

By: Sheila Holifield

Sheila Holifield — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:15:41 +0000

Take it from someone who will be submitting a blog for the first time, this topic could not have posted at a more perfect time. Because of Bloggers such as yourself, who presents honest, thought-provoking, and REAL content I finally stepped outside of my comfort zone to give blogging a try. For me, trust is very important and not just from a business standpoint but also in my personal life, particularly when I decide to do business with someone. Thanks so much Darren for the insight for it will help me to keep it “real” when sharing by Blog.

By: ITrush

ITrush — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:48:46 +0000

Be yourself and keep communication open. Nice topic Darren and thanks for the tips.

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Online shop hosting — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:21:41 +0000

Trust is essential! Effective online marketing starts with building authority, building authority is to build more web credibilty.
Thanks for the post

By: Jacob Stoops

Jacob Stoops — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:00:03 +0000

Great points. I think one of the biggest issues I have, is I feel like I’m trying to do it the right way and provide value to the readers while taking nothing for myself, but it really takes time. It’s almost discouraging sometimes. I’ve been doing it for a year now, and I feel like I’ve provided a lot of value to my readers – just not much benefit for me yet other than repuation. But hey, Rome wasn’t built in a day so I’ll keep pushing the ball forward.