Publishing a niche book and speaking publicly are the two most powerful ways to become the go-to expert in your market. A plumbing contractor's book on internet marketing changed how prospects approached him: they arrived ready to buy instead of needing convincing. Instant credibility shifts you from service provider to authority.
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Here's why your book is the ultimate authority building tool. There's really two things that will position you as an expert in the eyes of your ideal prospects. Number one, you're on the front of the stage creating content and speaking. You're at an event. Number two is you're the published author. When someone sees that you've written the complete guide to internet marketing for your niche, you instantly elevate your status. You're no longer just another marketing agency. You're the authority. People are willing to pay a premium rate because they want to work with the best of the best. In your industry. My example, I published the book How to Triple Your Sales by Getting Your Internet Marketing Right for Plumbing and HVAC Contractors. It really transformed the way prospects viewed us completely. Instead of chasing leads down, trying to convince them that we know what we were doing and we have any level of expertise, they saw that we published the book, they were exposed to our content, and they started to come to us pre-positioned to buy.