MIT SMR: How to Speak to Customers to Build Trust

Customers are more likely to trust your company if you speak to them in certain ways. Not only is consumer confidence and trust rather low these days, but we're also serving customers in a new, distanced way. The usual reliance on facial expressions and body language to make a connection with a customer and build trust is often no longer available. And given the generalized anxiety that comes with a global pandemic, feelings of trust can be especially hard to come by these days.