How Do You Trust Online?

Hi Emily -

It all comes down to using ones common sense.  Don't share what you don't want the world to know.  Be mindful of what you say and do online.  It can and will come back to bite you.  Have a great day in Santa Fe my friend. 

Best regards from the Q

Emily

You bring up great points.

First, almost everyone is so used to technology the first place they go to find out about a new product or person is online. Sometimes its a web page and other times they hit social networking sites. For this reason it is imperative that we all have an online presence.

Second, I think we all need to treat what we say and do online carefully. If you wouldn't do or say something in person then it has no place in the online world either.

Last, I have to say I'm thankful I'm old enough to not have had an online presence in my teen and college years. Those poor young people don't realize how their online actions today could come back to haunt them later in the professional world.

It's almost like dating sites. Most people I know that have tried them are surprised when they actually meet their date.

When we gain a client from online marketing.. and they trust us based upon what they've read..  I pray that they be not disappointed.

Congrats on the feature! You raise an excellent point about developing working relationships and trust online. I think one of the best ways we can do this is to be verifiable and to do what we say we will do. Such as responding when we say we will, providing authentic information and being accessible. Thanks for sharing and have a great week.

Emily,

Great post. And I don't reallyt have an answer, but I'm going to check back to see what others have said.

Brian

It's about relationships and relationships take careful thought and understanding.  Understanding you can't get from an email.  :)

It's when Consistency and professionalism coincide. I'm sure there are those who can play a good game, but playing it all the time with the same messages is a little harder to do.

Hi Emily--I do like your line about the number of likes equals how great you are at marketing.  I see Social Media as the ice breaker, but the real truth of the relationship comes down to the face-to-face level.  Here on Maui it is still much more important who knows who--and that has not been developed with social media. 

My trust factor was shaken big time in December when my partner of 6 years abruptly left with no warning and only a phone call after the fact.

I play online all the time, especially on Facebook.  I have had clients hug me the first time we met because they have gained trust for me online.  I think I put it out there more than most, but it's working for me.  

A lot of people are still skeptical of online relationships as they should be...  but I love it.  

Your post made me giggle thinking about how shocked some people must be when they show up to meet their Realtor for the first time and the person on the other side of the hand shake most certainly is not the one that was in the picture online. Perhaps because the photo was taken 10 years and half a head of hair (or three hairstyles) ago!

Being a person who believe in the online world, I think we should all be electronically identified one way or another.  This is just the beginning of the world as we know it.