By Barry J McDonald
You may be new to your niche and no one knows you, but if you follow these simple tips it won’t be long before you become the guy/gal to go to for help…
1 - Write about your niche’s topic wherever and whenever you can, either on your own website or create a blog and publish all your content on it. Write articles and submit them to all the major article directories.
2 - Write a newsletter or short report which you readers can pass on to others to help increase your circle of influence. Create and offer an e-course to give away, this way you can provide great content to your readers plus help to build a mailing list at the same time.
3 - Add social marketing buttons like Digg or Stumbleupon buttons to your content so your readers can easily share your content with others.
4 - Create some squidoo lens with some of your previous content and articles on them. Squidoo lens are very search engine friendly and you may surprise yourself by achieving some top ranking in the search engines for your keywords. (Don’t forget to put a workable hyperlink on each lens so you don’t lose out on any free traffic to your site).
5 - Look for blogs that are on the same topic as yours and leave comments on them. To use this method best only give worthwhile comments which help build your reputation and show your knowledge.
6 - Take part in your online community by offering advice and tips to others on message boards, forums and “Yahoo Answers.” (Don’t forget about a workable link back to your site).
7 - Write a press release to announce your site/service. This way you may get picked up by the offline media and get published in magazines or newspapers or even get an interview on radio.
8 - Offer a free podcast to your readers by either offering an audio version of your articles or create a simple Q&A session and answer some of the most pressing questions.
Finally,
You may have noticed that all this tips have a common denominator to them; the only way to build your reputation is to provide your market with great content.
There may be others in your niche but if you go to the effort of providing good quality content that people can use now in their lives, your business and reputation can’t help but grow.
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