The ONE Thing that will be VITAL for Success Online in 2025
My prediction for the key to success for your small business in 2025...
Here’s the deal:
Google sucks these days - Reddit is a much more reliable search provider for trustworthy answers. Even when I’m googling, my search is “reddit how to _____” so my search results will be reddit results.
Information provided by Ai is derivative and outdated - and it still has a long way to go to replace human expertise, cognition, nuance understanding, and language. (Ai is GREAT for some things, but not very trustworthy for others).
Expertise and authority are easy to “fake” online, at least in the short term.
Therefore, TRUST is the name of the game for 2025.
TRUST is going to be the key to building a sustainable business online.
I am predicting a massive increase in people’s willingness to pay small amounts for:
quality, trustworthy, up-to-date information and
access to the expertise of industry leaders, experts and authority figures.
Why? The free information out there just isn’t cutting it anymore. My google search results for most questions I have come back with a bunch of crappy ai articles with outdated, diluted, and/or useless information.
The key to building your business in 2025 and beyond is going to be building your brand’s reputation and trust factor.
Things like low-ticket Substack subscriptions, low ticket memberships, and products that people know they can trust because they trust your brand are going to win.
How do you do this?
Work on nurturing your audience on free channels
Offer free trials of any subscriptions
Give away TONS of free value to build your authority and demonstrate the caliber of your brand
Don’t be afraid to get personal
Collect testimonials and spotlight success stories from your customers
Reward your customers by overdelivering
Always improve and maintain your expertise and authority
Listen to your market
And most importantly: never forget that your experience and expertise is unique. No one else does exactly what you do better than you. Leaning into this will connect you with the people and customers who resonate the strongest with YOU specifically.
In the coming weeks I’ll be breaking down trends for success in 2025 across various specific platforms & how to scale your business smarter in 2025.
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