Build Trust and Authority: Stop Trying to Convince People

How do you build trust and authority when you’re starting an online business from zero? In this coaching call, I give my clients some raw advice about earning credibility, developing expertise, and setting realistic expectations for their first results.

Every expert you trust today started without an audience, a reputation, or proof. Including me.

If you want people to trust you as a painter, start painting. Improve your work. Show what you can do. The same principle applies when you want to teach marketing, entrepreneurship, or any other skill.

Your work gives people a reason to trust you.

But there’s another part of this conversation that matters just as much: how much time are you giving yourself to become good at what you do?

We accept that building expertise in a career takes years. Yet when we start an online business, we sometimes expect five-figure income within a few months, before we’ve learned how to build a funnel, write sales copy, or drive traffic.

During this call, I share:

• Why waiting until you have credibility keeps you stuck
• How demonstrating your skills helps you build authority
• Why your first business results can take much longer than later ones
• How experience helps you execute new ideas faster
• Why a funnel that flops can still teach you something useful for your next attempt

This is a candid conversation with my clients about the work behind the results—and why thinking big makes more sense when you understand the process of getting there.

What skill are you working on that will give people a reason to trust you? Share it in the comments.

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About Patric Chan: Patric Chan is an internet marketing pioneer and best-selling author of 3 books, including co-authoring Clicking Cash with Robert G. Allen. He has also spoken in 12 countries as an authority on internet marketing and building digital businesses, including the United States, China, the UK, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, Thailand, and others.

Internationally, his product has been featured as the #1 ClickBank affiliate marketing product, and Patric is known as a Super Affiliate in today's internet marketing community. He has also been awarded the ClickBank Platinum Award for multiple years. Locally, he has helped many Malaysians become successful internet marketers and online entrepreneurs, start their online businesses today, and impact the internet marketing education industry. In the past, a bank promoted Patric's internet marketing seminar, and he has been invited to speak for the state government and university organizations on digital marketing and online entrepreneurship.

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