Become an Expert and Find Fame Online with Heather Porter

What is a credible website?  A website that builds trust and generates leads. There are some very simple things you can do to your website so people trust it, and more importantly so they will trust you enough to buy something. How to Build Credibility in Your Web Pages: Use Testimonials: Video is best.  To [...]

Teleseminars and Webinars seem to be all the rage right now.  Why?  Because it is a cheap effective way for people to find out more about you and a great way for you to create info products. First of all, what is the difference? A webinar is a web conference where each participant sits at [...]

Now that we have established what branding is (in my previous article) and why you MUST start paying attention to your brand, let’s get started with some simple first steps. Choose Your Name: Decide whether your online brand will be named after you, or if you want to build a brand around a different name, [...]

  A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. -Confucius You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.   -Beverly Sills For every business that exists, has ever existed, there are thousands that never came to be.  Almost everyone I know has a little dream – [...]

Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds. -Buddha When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad. That’s my religion. -Abraham Lincoln Going to bed at night with a clear conscious is one of the most valuable things any human being can have in his [...]

Did you ever wonder what happened to customer service?  Sometimes I think I’ll go crazy the next time I receive one of those automatic-response emails or hear, “dial one for technical services, dial two for international queries…” Where did all the human beings go? There are more people than ever inhabiting this planet.  More goods, [...]

We’ve heard it before – If you do what you love, the money will come eventually, one way or another. As we mature in what can be a soul-wrenching cut-throat business environment, most of us lose faith in this hoped-for precept.  We learn to hedge our bets.  We have fall-backs.  We create a plan B, and [...]

I bet you’ve heard the expression, “fake it until you make it.” In no uncertain terms am I advocating faking your expertise or fudging your credentials.  But, in terms of becoming business savvy, I’m slowly becoming a fan of this method.  Why?  A show if confidence is more important than any new entrepreneur can imagine. [...]

So, you’re an expert.  What do you do now? Your home, your soapbox Before any money can be made, you have to hang your proverbial shingle.  On the internet, that means a website.  It’s your home base.  It’s where you send people to get all the information and bells and whistles about you.  And the [...]

It’s absolutely never too late to grab hold, develop your expertise, and profit from what you enjoy. Beyond the obvious fears, the ever-changing technologies can make this task even more daunting. But the truth is that the internet can only help you develop and grow your expertise, as well as market and profit from it.