WordCamp Notes – The WØRD: Authority – Bringing Credibility To Your Content
DB Ferguson gave a great talk about her experiences about the No. 1 Stephen Colbert fan site. Got an opportunity to talk to her a little while later. Really cool chick!
- Become an authority
- Be conscious of your presentation – authoritative tone even if you get your informati0n from a second source
- blog with a neutral tone
- appeal to a large audience
- stay positive
- credible content – accurate and informative
- one-stop resource
- present clean accurate news and bring original content
- hungarian bridge – translated the website for this and was the only person who did so
- networking – think outside your niche
- community – without community you have no readership; core readership – additional source for information
- exclusive reviews
- strong, reliable server – can your site stand being dugg, reddited or stumbled?