The Trust Signals Blog is a leading resource on trust in PR and marketing, authored by Scott Baradell.

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Your Visitors May Never Read Your Privacy Policy, But They Still Want You to Have One

How often do you actually look at the roof of your house?

Probably never, unless it was just hit by lightning or it's leaking. But if your roof...

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Scott Baradell

Give Your Website a Cognitive Test: Does It Know What Year It Is?

"Person ... woman ...  man ... camera ... TV."

That's one way to conduct a cognitive test. Another is to ask someone if they know what year it is. If...

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Talking Trust at Spin Sucks

Gini Dietrich, a longtime friend and one of the PR profession's true thought leaders, invited me to share my thoughts on trust signals on her Spin...

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Bring the Power of Online Reviews to Your Homepage with Embedded Reviews

Many customer review sites, such as Tripadvisor, G2 and TrustRadius, enable you to embed reviews of your company directly from their website onto...

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When and Where to Share Customer Logos on Your Website

When you were younger, did your parents ever ask you “If your friend jumped off a cliff, would you do it too?” 

Psychologist Robert Cialdini...

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Scott Baradell

Have You Gotten Press Coverage? Let Your Website Visitors Know About It with Online Newsrooms and Media Logos

One of the most powerful forms of third-party validation for brands is news media coverage. Your website visitors are more likely to believe your...

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16 Trust Badges to Turn Skeptical Visitors into Confident Buyers

A trust badge is any emblem, seal, symbol or icon intended to quickly establish trust with prospective customers and other audiences online. It's a...

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Scott Baradell

Adding More Than Media Relations to Your PR Toolkit

My Quora friend Iva Anušić, a writer at the media monitoring company Mediatoolkit, invited me to participate in a blog post she recently published...

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Scott Baradell

The TRUSTe Seal: Everything You Need to Know About the Granddaddy of Trustmarks

At the ripe old age of 24, the TRUSTe seal is the granddaddy of trustmarks. And while it's not quite as influential as it used to be, it still may be...

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Ride with Bigger Partners to Build Customer Trust

Have you ever watched a road bicycle race? Typically, one person will be in the lead, with a group of competitors clustered immediately behind them.

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