NLP Secrets - Building Trust and Rapport Through Published Communication
Posted on June 5, 2008
One of the key elements of using NLP in communication is the concept of rapport
Rapport is where you have created a feeling of trust and confidence in your audience.
Once you have it with someone, it is much easier to persuade them to your point of view.
Face-to-face, you can build rapport through what you see - their words and gestures for example.
With so much communication now being done through printed communication and email, it's even more important to be able to build rapport in published communication.
The concept is the same. You need to build confidence and trust through your communication.
Obviously, in some situations - like a letter or email - you might know who you are writing to and can match your message specifically to what you know about them. But, even when you don't know your audience personally, you can still build rapport in your writing (and in video and audio). Here are some ways you can do that:
1. Show that you understand their needs: Demonstrate an empathy with their situation or problem. For example, in a sales letter, show how you have experienced a similar situation yourself or helped others with it.
2. Let your personality show: People find it easier to relate to someone they see as another human being, rather than as a representative of a corporate entity. So be ready to share a little about yourself. That doesn't mean you need to give away your whole life story, just to communicate as one person to another person.
3. Build on common experiences: People will relate to you more easily if they feel you are just like them in some way. So if you know you have something in common with the people you are writing to, make sure that comes across.
4. Match how they deal with information: Some people just want the top-line facts, others need a lot more detail. It's not always possible to cater for both at the same time so you need to be able to deliver your message in a few words as a 40 second summary or in more detail as a written document or 40 minute presentation.
5. Use appropriate words and language: Make sure you talk to people using words and terms that they are used to and feel comfortable with. When communicating with a general audience, you need to use popular and common terms, though techical jargon may be right for a professional audience. Too much business communication is stuffy and formal so you'll get better results by communicating as a friend.
In a world where communication is becoming fast and impersonal, the ability to create trust and confidence by building rapport can get you noticed and make you money.
Robert Greenshields is a marketing success coach and certified NLP trainer. He helps business people who are frustrated that they're not achieving the success they want. Discover more about these powerful techniques in his free Discover NLP and Hypnosis report
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