If someone is afraid to say the truth about their knowledge base, experience or observations; why? Are they faking it? Are they drown in political correctness? Are they of low-self esteem or do they have an imposter phenomena shadow? What gives?

Now, I realize that people say that it is not right to brag, sure enough, others feel lesser when you do that? But is that really the writer’s fault not to want to make underachievers feel bad? After all if someone is searching information, then they want to hear from someone who knows what they are talking about, so if you do know what you are talking about set them at ease.

There are ways to do this without undermining your message or putting people down. Some might call it bragging and it can be if done incorrectly. However, I submit to you that I read more than I write and often I question information and want to know the source, that is to say; How do they know? How can I trust this information? What experience does this academic have in the real world? What have the done, accomplished or observed that would be different or a better perspective?

If you have worthy information, Bring it On! If you can prove your information is worthy, Tell Me and Show Me!

It seems so many people spout the typical Industry Association buzz-words and obvious, without any indication of knowledge beyond what you can read in ANY Trade Journal filler article on the subject. The reader wants “juicy stuff” something new, different, another perspective, secret tip; they want information and they wish to know if it is reliable. The reader wants to know that the information comes from a reliable source, someone who; Gets it! Someone who has lived it and someone who; Has Been There! I guess that is what I am saying.

And I agree if you do not know what you are talking about better to not; Open Your Mouth to Remove All Doubt. Personally, if you try to follow the Social Norms too much you cannot break thru the “Crud Membrane” or “Blob of Bureaucracy” to get to what’s real. And I have numerous examples of people who some call arrogant, yet they have changed the way we live on this Pale Blue Dot forever. Indeed those who call them arrogant cannot match accomplishments, so that is merely an inferiority complex floating on the water roaring under the bridge. Consider this in 2006.

I agree with Dale on this. If you are a Westerner you come to espect deceit and exaggeration from the public at large and all those posing as authorities. You listen or read and compare what you are hearing to your personal experience of the subject, then you decide if the speaker has been wasting your time explaining the obvious or trying too hard to impress. Judging by modern politics, I’d say a little humility creates a lot more credibility.

Why? Because when somebody does a search for the keyword phrase “publicity expert,” guess whose name is usually in the Number One position on the organic search list?

Because that keyword phrase is also at the bottom, in my author resource box, that gives me a boost in the search engines.

Tip: On the homepage at my website, my positioning statement right at the top of the page states: “Publicity expert Joan Stewart shows you how to use free publicity…”

That, too, is the reason I’m often listed as Number One for “publicity expert.”

Arrogance has nothing whatsoever to do with it. I want to make it as easy as possible for people to find me online.