4 Ways Dun and Bradstreet Defines Credibility in Business

March 24, 2011, 4:01 pm

What makes a company appear trustworthy?

How can a business establish credibility in the marketplace?

While the textbook definition of credibility means the quality, capability, or power of being trusted nothing could be more important for a business to establish in today’s economic environment.

These are questions that Dun and Bradstreet Credibility Corp. aims to address with its new approach to defining credibility in business.

I’m sure you have heard of the Dun and Bradstreet name since its been around for over 169 years providing data and insight on millions of businesses but what you may not be familiar with is the new firm that spun out of DNB called Dun and Bradstreet Credibility Corp.

This new firm headed by Jeffrey Stibel is planning to evolve the scope of credit into building credibility through its reputation management approach.

While I’m sure you’ll agree that conducting business credit checks certainly covers one component of credibility what Jeffrey Stibel, Chairman and CEO of Dun and Bradstreet Credibility Corp. says “Credibility means things like having a web presence and making sure that the web and social ecosystem really resonates with your customer base.”

Credibility in Business

Let this serve as a helpful guide so you can be vigilant in monitoring, managing, and growing your credibility in business both offline and online.

In the world of business your reputation, credibility, and integrity are priceless and you should do everything possible to enhance and protect it.

What other ways do you establish credibility in your industry?

Successful Businessman