18 Must-Read Books on Building Trust for Your Business and Brand
With trust being a cornerstone of successful businesses and brands, it’s important to understand how to cultivate trust among customers, employees,...
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Chapter 4: Trust Seals—From Medieval Kings to Ecommerce
(Following is Chapter 4 of Trust Signals: Brand Building in a Post-Truth World.)
Signed, sealed, and delivered. Seal of approval.
Sealed their fate.
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Benefit of the Doubt: Meaning, Origin, Importance & Examples
You may have heard the term “benefit of the doubt” before, but do you know what it means? The phrase is often used in legal proceedings or in...
Chapter 3: The Eternal Power of Trust Signals
(Following is Chapter 3 of Trust Signals: Brand Building in a Post-Truth World.)
Since the construction of the Pharos of Alexandria, a three-...
Chapter 2: Living—and Branding—in a Post-Truth World
(Following is Chapter 2 of Trust Signals: Brand Building in a Post-Truth World.)
In 2016, Oxford Dictionaries named “post-truth” its Word of the...
Chapter 1: The Breakfast Meeting
(Following is Chapter 1 of Trust Signals: Brand Building in Post-Truth World.)
I hadn’t heard from my friend David in years. But when my former...
Introduction: The Dirty Little Secret About PR
(Following is the first of 18 excerpts we are republishing from Trust Signals: Brand Building in a Post-Truth World over the next several months. The...
Trust Signals Original Research: What Makes Consumers Give Brands the 'Benefit of the Doubt' When They Make a Mistake?
We all make mistakes, and brands do too. From forgetting a friend’s birthday or saying a questionable joke, to messing up an order or posting a tweet...
The Trust Disconnect: Most Businesses Think They Are More Trusted Than They Are, PwC Survey Shows
A recently released survey from PwC shows that most businesses think they are more trusted by consumers and employees than they actually are.
This is...
How to Turn Your Loyal Customers Into Brand Advocates
It is often argued that customers are the most important part of any business. Whether you manage call centers for small businesses or run an...