Last week I got a question asking me about how to become an authority online and since there are so many methods I will mention the best one of them even though this also might be the slowest one. Remember that making money online is a slow trade and Rome wasn’t built in one day.
The best method by far is to go where your audience is.
Choose a forum where you easily can distinguish yourself from all other members by simply helping them with their questions. Usually you want to find one where there are few authority’s already. A newly started forum can be a great idea because then you can begin answering the most simplest questions. The problem is that the forum might become a failure and without visitors your work will be useless in all aspects.
You should try to build an archive with your answers. When someone in the future asks the same question you will simply refer them to you old answer and by time other members will do so as well.
When it comes to traffic you should not use forums to build backlinks but rather use a signature and try to embed relevant links to blog posts in your forum answers. Do not just leave a link but try to answer the question and end your comment with “more info can be found in this blog post”.
By time people will not only link back to your answers but also remember your nickname and mention your blog when their friends are looking for help in the specific niche, so make sure your blog contains high quality content.
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I agree completely. Another good way to get involved in the community is interacting in blog comments, twitter and all those things that most people are already aware of. Everyone knows what to do, but most people don’t take action. So just get out there and do it!
I just know from this article that i must archive my answer in forum. Yeah — I already do many answers in many forums but do not have any archive from it. So, i think i will start to archive it.
By doing so you can actually also take advantage of it when you run out of ideas on what to write about on your blog.
Nice idea you listed. Helping users will in the end help you become an authority. You can really build a name or brand which will help you gain traffic and maybe even make some cash from it.
I don’t think this is the slowest one but this is a major way how to build our authority. I’ve tried and it did works! But, make sure you’re trying to build authority at a forum suits with the niche that you bring or expert.
Ya on digital point “ShoeMoney” always post and stuff, well he got thousands of subscribers that way and if he posted somthing on the forum everybody rushes to what he has going on and they ask him a million questions.
But he could put an affiliate link in his signature and make sales overnight.
Now thats what i call big money!