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Deborah 12/15/2016 How to Become A Thought Leader in Your Niche freeyouupva.com/how-position-yourself-thought-leader-your-niche/ There a number of effective ways to position yourself as a thought leader in your niche without spending a fortune on thought leadership marketing. The first step is to know your niche inside and out. What do your customers want and need most? What are their pain points, that is, their most important problems that they need to solve? Customers are looking for solutions that actually work and offer good value for money. They are constantly asking the question, “What’s in it for me? ” With so many websites and businesses online, you need to answer that question from the moment they show up at your website or discover one of your products online. You need a thought leadership strategy. Once you know what your niche needs, offer it to them! You can do this in a number of ways. Make sure your website has information on every thought leadership content marketing you offer. Include a Marketplace that links to every product. Make sure your site looks professional, with an easy to use layout that is mobile-friendly. Your niche-related thought leadership content must be worth taking the time to read. Just because it is free does not mean it should be junk. In fact, publishing impressive niche content regularly is a great way to position you as a thought leader in your niche. Use your site as a lead generation tool in order to build your email marketing list. In this way, you can communicate with your list on regular basis, presenting your niche customers with thought leader content , information, products, and service that will prove value and make sure you know what you are talking about. The products you promote can be yours, or affiliate products you are selling for a commission. They might also be Joint Venture (JV) products you are promoting to your list in exchange for your partner promoting your items to 1/2

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Deborah 12/15/2016

How to Become A Thought Leader in Your Nichefreeyouupva.com/how-position-yourself-thought-leader-your-niche/

There a number of effective ways to position yourself as a thought leader in your niche without spending a fortuneon thought leadership marketing. The first step is to know your niche inside and out. What do your customerswant and need most? What are their pain points, that is, their most important problems that they need to solve?

Customers are looking for solutions that actually work and offer good value for money. They are constantly askingthe question, “What’s in it for me?” With so many websites and businesses online, you need to answer thatquestion from the moment they show up at your website or discover one of your products online. You need athought leadership strategy.

Once you know what your niche needs, offer it to them!

You can do this in a number of ways. Make sure your website has information on every thought leadershipcontent marketing you offer. Include a Marketplace that links to every product.

Make sure your site looks professional, with an easy to use layout that is mobile-friendly. Your niche-related thoughtleadership content must be worth taking the time to read. Just because it is free does not mean it should be junk.In fact, publishing impressive niche content regularly is a great way to position you as a thought leader in yourniche.

Use your site as a lead generation tool in order to build your email marketing list.

In this way, you can communicate with your list on regular basis, presenting your niche customers with thoughtleader content, information, products, and service that will prove value and make sure you know what you aretalking about.

The products you promote can be yours, or affiliate products you are selling for a commission. They might also beJoint Venture (JV) products you are promoting to your list in exchange for your partner promoting your items to

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theirs. You could consider them your thought leader resource networks.

In order to get people to sign up for a mailing list these days, you need to go beyond the free newsletter offer to acompelling special report registrants can download that will be packed with information (and links to buy products)related to your niche. Aim for a broad topic most people interested in your niche will be eager to read, and even topass on to others via email or social networks.

Working with JVs gives you other opportunities to show yourself as a thoughtleader in your niche.

These include writing reviews of every product you sell as an affiliate or a partner. JVs might also invite you toparticipate in an online webinar or interview you as an expert in your niche. You might even get some guest thoughtleader blog opportunities in which you write thought leader articles for some of the top blogs in your niche to showwhat you know.

One of the best ways to give yourself instant expertise is to write a book andpublish it on Amazon.

That is a great way to be looked at as a thought leader in your niche. It doesn’t have to be an encyclopedia ofeverything you know about your niche. Many bestselling books are usually ones with How To somewhere in the title,offering real solutions to your readers.

Publish it as an e-book through the Kindle Digital Platform first. If there is enough demand, publish it in paperbackas well. Get a great cover designed for $5 on Fiverr.com.

Becoming a thought leader in your niche is easy if you give your prospects what they want and need, and showyou are in the know about all the top products and services available, not just your own.

Deborah Northcutt is the owner of www.FreeYouUpVA.com. I help public speakers, life and business coaches, andsole entrepreneurs by giving you more time in the day to increase your network and network. I get you out ofoverwhelm and stress by performing the administrative tasks such as social media management, emailorganization, calendar scheduling, and responding to speaker requests. Visit my website for more information.

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