7 Steps To Establishing Yourself As An Industry Expert In 2023

7 Steps To Establishing?Yourself As An Industry Expert In 2023

Whether you are a new or seasoned Business Loan Broker, it’s imperative that you quickly start to establish yourself as an authoritative figure within the small business lending space….?

Those who do are recognized as industry experts or authoritative figures in the Business Lending space and they will always have a major advantage over other brokers. ?Those advantages may include, getting more clients, more referrals, closing more deals and earning substantially higher incomes.?

Opportunities also open more easily for them because of their perceived authoritative figure or status.?

You might think that you have to dedicate 1,000’s of hours to build yourself up as an authoritative figure but that doesn’t have to be the case….?

Here are a few simple suggestions you can use to help start establishing yourself as an Industry Expert….?

Create an online presence.

Start with a Facebook Business Page for your personal brand. Facebook business pages are excellent places to gather your customers, prospects, and fans to provide reviews, share opinions, voice concerns, and offer feedback. You can build a community on your Facebook page in a number of ways, including:

• Posting useful, relevant, and interesting links
• Asking fans to contribute with comments
• Organizing contests and promotions
• Providing a place to leave reviews and other feedback
• Offering incentives for activity on the page

Follow the top industry experts.

Following industry experts can help you win massively in the business lending space. They’re constantly producing high-quality content and hear to help. Their source of content is built on years of industry experience.?

Additionally, the content they post isn’t random. It’s crafted with the up-to-date needs within our industry. In addition to following me, you should also be following my friends Cheryl Tibbs , Ty Crandall and Sean Murray .?

Attend industry trade shows or conferences.?

Attending industry-specific conferences will give you face-to-face interaction with your peers and a chance to learn from others who are doing similar work in your industry. Learn industry secrets, trends and new ideas that can provide lasting business results. Sean Murray hosts the best business loan brokering industry conferences - be sure to attend.

Join an industry networking association.

If you are serious about growing your business, joining a networking association can be a complete game changer for your business. Here are three simple reasons for joining a networking group to develop your business within a networking group.?

• Peer interaction
• Collaborative environment
• Referral partners

Make connections with others.

Don’t be a wallflower within the business loan brokering industry. There are endless opportunities but if people don’t know who you are or what products you are offering, it can be very difficult to launch your business successfully.?

Take an industry course.

Like the ones FinncyUniversity and BusinessLoanBroker.com - In order to make yourself an indispensable business loan broker, it's important to keep up with industry trends and constantly take inventory of the skills you need to do your job exceptionally well.?

Contribute to the industry.?

In a new and quickly evolving industry like Business Loan Brokering, those that make it a point to help brokers, lenders and service providers see success will intern be thanked and put on a pedestal for others within the industry to see. It's a slow domino affect but when applied, you're guaranteed to have opportunities present themselves along the journey.

I’ll be going into more depth on each one of these topics above but if you want to stand out and position yourself as an industry expert, start by doing these 7 simple items and watch how fast your credibility and authority starts to build.??