Three Techniques To Sound Like an Expert In Forum
If you are like me, you may have been using forums as one of your solutions to find quick answers to commonly encountered questions or technical challenges. In my early days in Internet venture , I used to receive a lot of help from web design and programming experts in forums such as PHPBuilder and SitePoint. However, it is pretty common and easy to sound like an expert without knowing much in-depth of a particular topic. I will cover three techniques today on how you can achieve this and gain much creditability:
Quote an official source
This technique is what I have been doing most of the time. When you run across someone who needs a solution regarding some topics, try to recall if there is any other official sources supporting your solution before posting. For example, it is very common for people in Webmaster forums to say that Google PageRank is not important and they are not incorporated into the SERP (Search Engine Result Position). I will point them to Google official page and highlighting that this is not the case.
Your signature speaks louder than you
If you have been active in the forums, you should notice that most experts in their fields have signatures relating to what they are posting most of the time. For example, I receive a lot of help on CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) from this wonderful mentor, Paul O’B. You will notice that his signature is made up of several references to what he is doing: CSS.
Having signatures that link to useful pages relating to your expertise will help to increase the trust from other forum members and they will have an impression that you have been doing this most of the time.
Put up some links to the articles or references you have created on your expertise in your signature. If not, there is also no harm linking to some official related reference written by other experts, right?
Google makes you an expert within 5 seconds
There is a high chance that the solution that someone is looking for is already on the web. Hence, why not try to improve your searching skills and help out someone 
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About Author: KC is an Internet Entrepreneur with several years of forum marketing experiences and frequently shares how to generate income online from various channels. Find out more about KC.
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Comments
Hi KC,
Point 1 works very well for me…I’ve scored an interview with the local papers on gold investing by sharing my knowledge in forums and pointing them to the right resources.
Great to hear that, Chris 
Leveraging the media is another powerful channel to supplement any existing marketing effort.
Wow, nice techniques introduced. They are quite simple yet I’ve never thought of them before. Thanks!