Comments on: How Trust Made my Blog Triumph: 1000 Subscribers

By: Bonnie

Bonnie — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:40:23 +0000

Thanks for the review. Lot’s of good advice – almost mind boggling.

By: ken

ken — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:49:40 +0000

I agree trust works for certain things. Some sites are well respected so thier views or recomendations carry alot of weight. Not all sites make money this way some get go for large amount of traffic and still make money. People use social sites to get alot of traffic or even ads and make money but they have a lower conversion rate so trust is a great to get people interested in what you offer and organic search engine traffic is another one.

By: Donace

Donace — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:56:36 +0000

Ofc trust is vital in all platforms; more so online because unlike in the offline world we can’t get ‘tells’ and such from the person.

Oh and congratz on hitting 1000 i hope to hit 10 soon :p

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By: Tibi Puiu

Tibi Puiu — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:55:35 +0000

Awesome post, Tad and congrats on reaching this important milestone! If you were next to me, I’d give you a big, juicy hug! :D

By: Glen Allsopp

Glen Allsopp — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:42:43 +0000

BTW, I did log in quite a lot to help clean-up the comments, I didn't even have time to blog on my own site.

Check the stats if you don't believe me ;)

By: Marios Alexandrou

Marios Alexandrou — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:54:48 +0000

Trust is certainly one path to take, but it isn’t a requirement. A lot of the make money on the internet blogs have huge followings and I’d guess that most of the subscribers don’t really trust the authors. These blog owners break most of the rules you listed and still succeed.

I think trust plays a bigger role when there’s a cost associated with a user’s action. Subscribing to an RSS feed has no cost to me, so I don’t have to trust you to do it. But if you try to sell me a book, that’s when the benefit of trust will kick in.

Congrats on hitting 1000!

By: Marc Beharry

Marc Beharry — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:53:30 +0000

Trust is a fleeting these days, just like common sense and loyalty. Congrats bro!

I believe you will be celebrating 2000 and 3000 soon too :)

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By: James Duthie

James Duthie — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:35:26 +0000

It is of course my pleasure to assist Tad. And I have to agree with Andrew’s comments above. Trust is certainly an essential part of the equation, particularly when it comes to industry knowledge. But personality is also a huge factor in attracting repeat readers, and I think your online persona is another key to success.