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How could you recommend getting started as a writer/ expert?

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How could you recommend getting started as a writer/ expert?

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Frank Bell70

Hi Samantha,

To get started as an expert on the site we recommend first choosing one specific area of expertise to focus on.  Focus is really key for helping people identify with you and your expertise in the beginning.  Spend all your effort initially building out content and proof of your expertise in that area.  *The reality is people want to think of you as expert in one area at first.  You can always help other people in multiple areas but its helpful for your audience to identify your brand with 1 main area of expertise.

If you are starting out online with your specific expertise and do not already have an offline or online audience then we recommend the following:​

  • Demonstrate your expertise by searching for questions on the site within your expertise and answer them from your perspective even if they already have an answer but they are still open questions.
  • Start Writing Article Content and Market the Content to people who are the right audience.  It depends on the topic but we typically recommend publishing an Article once per week.
  • Accumulate expertise points by answering the questions and writing content and move up in the Expertise Levels  (We will also be distributing badges you can display on other social media profiles that show your expertise level earned) 
  • Be consistent in publishing and marketing the content to build an audience.  We recommend creating a Content Plan.

If you already have an offline or online audience then the strategy is very similar except you would focus on marketing to that existing audience at first.  Reach out to the existing audience and tell them what you are doing and what your purpose is to help them.  Ask them to Nominate you and refer you as an expert to others.

(As a community we are looking to help each other so we are working on building tools to help our community experts promote themselves to their audience through social media and offline events.  We will provide more details on how you can market through social media as well.)

If you want additional personal coaching or assistance then feel free to email us at customerservice@experts123.com as well and we can provide additional details or a more personalized plan.  Let us know if this was helpful by UpVoting or other feedback.

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