| Contrary to popular belief, an internet expert isn't | | | | internet in any particular niche or field are beginners |
| necessarily somebody who's an expert on the internet | | | | and they don't know a great deal about that area. So |
| and how it operates. Realistically, it just means | | | | you only need to answer things and appear to be |
| somebody who's an expert because they're known | | | | knowledgeable. You can just go away and find the |
| due to the internet. The internet is all around us all the | | | | answer yourself in books then repeat them to answer |
| time and its increasingly easy to become known as an | | | | other people's questions and you would still be seen as |
| expert because of this great social proof element. In | | | | an expert in that area. |
| fact an expert is generally thought of as somebody | | | | Now ideally an expert, as I said at the start, is also |
| who meets three criteria. They've got to be | | | | somebody making money from their expertise. And if |
| somebody who's visible. They've got to be somebody | | | | you can do that and you can show that you're selling |
| who knows much more about the area then people | | | | products based around your name and your niche, |
| and ideally they should be somebody who can make | | | | then you have no doubt that you're an expert in that |
| money from their expertise. | | | | area because the whole fact of the matter is that |
| So what do we mean by somebody who is visible? | | | | making money and expertise are interchangeable |
| The good thing about the internet is it immediately | | | | concepts. You don't have to do anything particularly |
| provides a worldwide view for everyone. So just by | | | | difficult to make money you just have to create a |
| getting your name out there and across a wide range | | | | quick product and market it with your name and based |
| of different sites, you're immediately heading toward | | | | around your experience from the field you already |
| expertise. And if you can cap that off by providing high | | | | demonstrated. |
| quality information in the places that you're visible, | | | | It's really easy to become an internet expert. You don't |
| you're much likely to be known as an expert in your | | | | need to have any great skill or knowledge. You just |
| particular niche or field. Now an ideal expert should be | | | | need to be visible in different areas in your own |
| knowledgeable but you don't necessarily have to be | | | | particular form. You have to show that you know |
| an expert or to be particularly knowledgeable in | | | | more than the people even if you're only picking up |
| something from the very start. | | | | that particular knowledge as you go along. And you |
| You can pick this knowledge up over time. The most | | | | have to be able to sell products and make money on |
| important thing is that you know more than the people | | | | the back of your expertise. When you put those things |
| you're answering the questions for and that's much | | | | together you can be seen as an expert on the internet |
| easier than you might think. A lot of people on the | | | | in no time. |