Leadership Development - How to Convey Qualities of a Leader, Even If You Are Just Beginning Part 2

In the first part of this series, I discussed severalmore your credibility goes up. Since you have
ways to convey authority online. In this article, Ishown up in various different areas, people will
will explain a few more.think "Wow, this guy is EVERYWHERE" and the
1) Visibility is king. The more visible you are, thechances they think you are a huckster decrease
more trust you gain. When you are social, public,dramatically.
visible - you gain automatic trust because it's YOUThink of celebrities - why are they popular? Is it
out there and not just words on a screen orbecause they are celebrities or because they are
lectures in a newsletter/forum. You have becomevisible? They first got famous because they were
personally identifiable and this breeds trust.visible. It's an interesting psychological attribute -
2) Be visible in multiple venues. The internet as wewe label highly visible people with authority.
know it today affords many opportunities to3) This was mentioned briefly above, but provide
show yourself and your wares. YouTube, Twitter,solutions in forums and social media websites. Give
Facebook, Digg, Yahoo Groups - are the majoryour advice, provide solutions, be of service to
venues people are using to communicate. If youpeople in these areas. You can do this via video,
wish to communicate authority, you should striveaudio, or articles as I have mentioned above. I've
to show up in all of these venues:had many people contact me through forums and
A) Videosocial media sites asking me questions, looking for
B) Articlessolutions. And many of these have turned into
C) Audiospaying leads for my business.
D) Blog PostsIn the next part, I will discuss what NOT to do
E) Forumswhen conveying authority in your niche. You will
F) Facebookwant to pay attention to these because they can
E) Twitternullify all of the pro-active tips I've already
The more venues in which you are visible, thementioned.