What are the most common traits of experts?

• They are motivated
• They have discipline
• They are focused
• They have goals
• They are constantly learning

Things that help establish you as an expert:

• Publicity
• Your expertise on a particular subject
• Publishing something, a book, special report, articles
• Speaking or teaching
• Being interviewed by the media

Marcia Peterson writes a blog for freelancers and has a great post about what you can do as a writer to survive during this recession.  Check it out for 20 tips submitted by writers everywhere that can help you to thrive and survive during these tough times.

Question: I am looking into starting my own collection agency but need help getting clients. I have tried dropping off flyers with business cards at medical professional offices and faxing flyers but no one calls me back.
I see that you used to own M.A.D. Collection Agency and that is it listed very high up in the search engines when you search for collection agency. Can you tell me how I can get my website there?

Answer: It took me YEARS to get my M.A.D. Collection Agency website into the top rankings of the search engines when searching for a collection agency. I can tell you what I did, so that you can do the same but understand that it is a lot of hard work and it takes time, you must be patient.

Some of the ways I boosted my rankings with the search engines:

These are just some of the things you can do to boost your rankings, have patience and keep at it and you will start seeing results.