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Gihan Perera – How to build your online influence

Welcome to Episode 009 of the Ideas Architect Podcast.

Our Topic…

In this interview, we talk with the person Forbes magazine rated as the #5 social media influencer in the area of book publishing in the world for 2012… Gihan Perera.

Gihan is also:

  • The author of ten books including Out of Office, Webinar Smarts and Fast Flat and Free.
  • Has run a monthly podcast for the past five years
  • Presented hundreds of webinars to thousands of people
  • Leads the eGurus community of speakers, trainers and consultants
  • Presents to conferences and organisations on how to be positioned as an authority

In this Podcast Episode…

Gihan talks about:

  • How he visited every website in the world
  • Why he prefers the quality of connection and influence over quantity – and what this means for your social media strategy
  • Why webinars are the ‘perfect storm’
  • The various reasons for, and different ways to, write books
  • How he was featured in Garr Reynold’s best selling book Presentation Zen – along with Seth Godin and Nancy Duarte
  • Steve Martin’s secret for success
  • The Three Rs of social media influence
  • Why you can be more influential working in a niche
  • Why referring people to experts other than yourself is good for you
  • The power of paying to learn from other experts
  • How to earn the right to be the authority in your field

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