Hello, I'm confidence Sotea. I'm a business and marketing enthusiast,I've been on the business and marketing space for about 3 years now and i can never forget the first time I was called a scammer online,it was in 2019,I made a post about a business I was doing online and there in the comment section someone called me a scammer...
Ah! ,
a whole me... I cried o...i was hurt, angry,pained,I felt all the bad emotions you can think of so I responded to the comment, oh yes, I did � but to be honest, I wasn't satisfied even after giving it back to the person and my response didn't stop others from calling me a scammer under my posts,that was when I realized that it was part of all the experiences you'll get as a person doing business online.

if you haven't been called a scammer online, don't be too excited, e go reach you too but how do you avoid this or lower the chances of people calling you or your business a scam?

BRANDING: This is how people identify YOU or YOUR BUSINESS. It is the process of creating a strong and positive perception about YOU/YOUR business.. It is how people recognise and experience your business. having a strong brand is more than just a logo, it has to do with your positioning.

How do you position yourself ?

FIRSTLY, you can position yourself as an AUTHORITY or EXPERT in your field (whatever business you do) and you do this by giving them VALUE!!
people are attracted to value, give them value by educating, empowering and entertaining them

SECONDLY, you can also position yourself by borrowing someone's AUTHORITY. This person can be a celebrity or someone that is an expert or the best in your field. let's say, I'm selling a drink that can make you sing wonderfully well even if you have a terrible voice and you see TIWA SAVAGE or other celebrity singers with that drink, I bet you'll trust the product and buy it.
you get the gist?


UNDENIABLE PROOFS, TESTIMONIALS or REVIEWS: people love results!!!
is your product working?
is your business opportunity working?
if yes, show it to them!!
they don't care about what your product or business opportunity is ,if it's working, they'll believe you

CONSISTENCY: this means you have to keep doing what you are doing repeatedly. when you keep showing up, it allows you to establish awareness,build trust and deliver your services efficiently and profitably.

can I be honest with you?

you can follow all these tips and more but you'll still find people calling you a scammer or your business a scam the truth is that as long as you do business online you should always expect it ,even when there's proof & there are people testifying about you or products, you'll still see some persons calling you that.

One thing is always consistent with Nigerians, and that is; whatever they don't understand they label.

If they don't understand how your business works or what is all about, be sure they will doubt you 100%, hence The label, Scammer.
Especially when money is involved. The funny thing is that they can't really identify the main scammer o

you could have a solution to their problems but they doubt, until when someone promises to double their money in the name of investment, they will call that offer "LEGIT"

there's this saying that there will be thorns while plucking roses and it's true, there are individuals/businesses that are scam online so if you do business online, you can only try to lower the chances of getting called a scammer but you can't stop people from calling you that. One thing you must not do is to insult them back, it's waste of time....just move on and keep on showing up!!

peace!!

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But sometimes even the Real scammers employ these Technics

MMWandali:
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But sometimes even the Real scammers employ these Technics

You are very correct but not everyone is ignorant you know, some person's would be able to distinguish between the Real scammers and legit people doing business online. Like I said, doing all these won't stop them but it will only lower the chances of them calling you that. As a business person online, you should grow a thick skin for things like this. Most times why some persons call others scammers is because they've been scammed online before whereas, others are just ignorant and want to display their ignorance or they have nothing to do and trying to make you feel bad.