Several months ago, I spent about a month on and off co-authoring an article for the Mortgage Bankers Association's Mortgage Banking Magazine. This magazine is the premier trade magazine for Mortgage Banking! You can check out a PDF version of my article here:
The Promise and Perils of Reverse Mortgages
As a 20Something, credibility is something that we need to work very hard to develop. It will open all sorts of doors for you if you can be seen as credible. So what does it take to build credibility? It's made up of two parts, Trustworthiness and Expertise. Being published by a trade magazine is relatively easy because they have so few contributors, but it increases your Trustworthiness factor by a LOT. The thinking goes, 'If Mortgage Banking Magazine trusts him, who am I to qualm?'. Furthermore, you are seen as 'vetted' by the community and are accorded the due respect.
Another benefit of today's internet driven world is that you can write an article and shop it around without ever telling anyone your age. This helps you avoid the bias against 20Somethings, which makes it more likely you will get published.
1 comments:
Congrats on getting published!!
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