Monday, August 13, 2018

Links are all about click-trust. By Roger J Lown author.

Internet links are all about click trust. By Roger J Lown author and entrepreneur.
The views and opinions expressed in this blog are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any other agency, organization, employer or company.


What is click trust? It sounds like a bank or a financial security. Click trust, for this topic anyway, is when you visit the Facebook page or YouTube video channel of an entrepreneur you trust, enjoy, and click one of their links to a product they are selling or recommend. Or the link may lead to you to further information on the person and what they do. Links are Internet computer codes that when clicked on, transport you safely and securely through cyber space to a site such as Amazon.com where you are brought directly to the product being offered. Which is why click-trust is so important to a visitor, and keeping that trust is vital to the Internet entrepreneurs business.

For example, when you go to YouTube and type in Roger J Lown, you are brought to my channel where I have 36 videos posted to date. Below the video description box you will find information as well as product links like this one for example of my book, “Change Your Life Through WRITING” https://amzn.to/2B2yBcE. When clicked on, the link brings you directly to my book listing on amazon.com. I tried the link here in my post and it doesn’t seem to work. However if you go to YouTube, type in Roger J Lown you will be brought to my channel where clicking on this link below my video will bring you to my Amazon listing.


Many entrepreneurs young and old have flocked to YouTube producing their informational videos with links to more information, recommended products, or the products the video owner is selling. The same goes for Facebook and other social platforms, where entrepreneurs provide a service and have a business page where they provide their links. This is very good for entrepreneurs as well as visitors to such pages, sites, and blogs. The biggest hurdle for an honest, hard working Internet entrepreneur to get over is forming trust for the visitor enough for them to feel they are clicking safely and securely on your link to be transported for a future purchase. Many entrepreneurs on YouTube also use Ads on their channels as a source of added income, but that’s another topic to cover later in the future.

As an author and entrepreneur I use links to provide my visitors more information about my writing work and me. But regarding the sensitive issue of clicking on a link to purchase a product I go with two reliable and trusted online commerce companies; Amazon for merchandise where my books are sold and products I recommend, and PayPal for purchases and payments. I use PayPal with my eBay account and I have had a positive experience. Also I am an Amazon Associate and they have earned my trust. I have explored other commerce companies, however many are copycats of Amazon and newer so these companies have yet to prove themselves worthy of click-trust to future customers.

In conclusion, for entrepreneurs, gaining the visitors trust to click on links for information as well as product purchase may take time and patience. But the way I see it, for the entrepreneur who works the hardest at providing the best information possible and trusted links to products, along with having a great deal of patience, this future way of purchasing products may turn out to be a positive experience for entrepreneur and visitor.

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Roger J Lown author and entrepreneur

Would you like to know more about Roger J Lown’s writing work? Just click on these links, thank you:
Facebook: https://facebook.com/RogerJLown/
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/roger-j-lown-7ab19494/
Roger J Lown Blog Site: https://rogerjlown.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RogerJLown
https://rogerjlown.selz.com
Books by Roger J Lown on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2MEvJUu 

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