It is an established fact that LinkedIn is one of the most outstanding social media channels for professionals.
It is powerful and effective and you will more than get out of it whatever you put into it.
However, it is one thing to have a rich, amazing LinkedIn network but it is another thing to get all of your LinkedIn connections to trust you.
How You Build a Solid LinkedIn Reputation There are few elements that contribute to your reputation on LinkedIn as well as your social media reputation in general.
They are your brand and your LinkedIn profile, the members of your LinkedIn community (or communities), and the actual content that you share with other people online.

• Your brand and LinkedIn profile: This is the first thing that your online connections will read about you and it is absolutely the first impression that your connections will get of your business and of precisely what you are offering them and what you can do for them.
  With that in mind, it is critical that you understand that this is a direct representation of who you are, what you stand for, and what you are capable of achieving.
  It is absolutely essential that the words that you choose are exactly what you want them to be.
  When it comes to your profile, it is extremely important that you choose the most appropriate photograph(one that is completely professional but not boring, at the same time) and a line of text that says volumes about you and that will leave a lasting impression on anyone who reads it.
  Make sure that you don't simply use a job description or title.
  That will not create the lasting impression that you are going for.
  When it comes to the length of your headline, it should not be any longer than 120 characters.
  You must also make sure that your profile is compelling, honest, and valuable.
  If you are able to achieve that, your online connections will begin to trust you and to find you credible.
  Of course, you won't succeed in business without those two qualities.
  To take it even one step further, if you offer your online connections top-quality advice that actually works for them, they will become loyal to you and they will want to deepen their interactions with you.
  
• Building and expanding your LinkedIn community: When it comes to successfully building trust with your LinkedIn community, it is not something that happens overnight.
  It will require some time and effort on your part.
  However, you will begin to enjoy the fruits of your labor and you won't remember a time before you had achieved that milestone.
  In order to build any meaningful relationship, you need to take certain steps in a certain order.
  The first thing that you need to do is to make a human (or emotional) connection with the other person.
  Once you have established a connection, you need to engage the person and to keep engaging that person.
  It is, of course, important to bear in mind that the peopleyou choose to connect with must be carefully planned out.
  Your choices should never be haphazard or accidental.
  You will want to choose people who think similarly to the way that you think.
  Also, you should choose people with whom you can share a mutually beneficial relationship.
  You should never, ever, try to sell anything to anyone in the beginning.
  The only thing that you need to be concerned with is building a meaningful, solid, lasting relationship with the other person.
  If you can do that, you will be golden!
• Teaching other people through your content: Your content is king.
  In other words, you will use your content to benefit other people.
  You will teach them things that they didn't know before and you will convince them (through your content) that you have the ability to solve their problems.
  In fact, you will go one step further and encourage and convince your online connections to share your valuable content with other people whom they know and trust.
  If they have a solid relationship with those other people, there is no chance at would steer them in the wrong direction by sharing anything that wasn't of value.
  The more valuable your content is, the broader your exposure will be.
  People generally recognize something that is of value to them.
  Of course, that will, in turn, build trust and credibility, which has always been your ultimate goal.
  

Conclusion Interestingly, one of the invitation options from LinkedIn to invite the other person to connect with you is about trust.
Getting your LinkedIn connections to trust you will take some work on your part but it will be completely worth it.
Nothing that is worth having comes without the required effort to be made.
Just remember to connect with people with whom you share values and for whom you have respect.
Once you have established that valuable connection with the other person, a connection that comes with trust and other valuable qualities, you will be able to take your relationship together to the next level.
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