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Did you know that making your site trustworthy is not given much consideration as a necessity by most new bloggers? Did you also know that by earning online trust, people and businesses will be more willing to do business with you?
When you have a potential prospect for a new business client, it is important to know whether they are running a legitimate business. Without online trust most people will choose not to work with you, because you lack the necessary credentials. In this blog post I will provide you with some basic guidelines to follow, making your site trustworthy so you can earn online trust more easily.
- Let's take a closer look of what those credentials are that people look at to consider, if your site is trustworthy. -
Your web site design must be professional:
1. Providing color schemes that are pleasing.
2. Using clip art and images that of of high quality.
3. Avoid fonts that are mismatched.
4. Avoid using obsolete web designs.
5. HTML compatibility with popular browsers.
Quality page content is a must:
1. Well written content that is unique.
2. Providing pages that are free of misspellings and grammar error.
3. Optimized graphic images for fast loading.
4. Provide content that is up-to-date
5. Site is updated on a regular basis.
Functionality of your site and pages:
1. Avoid broken links and images.
2. Providing secured online transactions of product sales.
3. Avoid the 404 page not found and HTML errors.
4. Avoid using a splash screen and enter page.
5. Optimize your web pages so they load quickly.
6. Using a paid hosting service as a web host.
7. Using an email address that is associated with your Domain name is a must. Avoid using a Gmail email account to conduct business.
Personal information and legal notices:
1. Providing a privacy policy.
2. Including, a terms of use page.
3. Providing a sales policy.
4. Including a about us page.
5. Contact information such as, contact name, mailing address, phone number and email address.
6. If you sell products and services, providing a money back guarantee.
Following the above guidelines will assist you to boost your sites trustworthiness and gain online trust. Once you have achieved these, it will make all the difference in the world to open up new doors and increase the sales of your products and services. Having the right set of credentials can open doors that you once thought were impossible. The question now stands. Is your site trustworthy, and are you up for task at hand?
Hope this blog post was helpful to you, “Making your site trustworthy, by earning online trust”
Spunky Jones.
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