Not every online marketer has the desire to create and develop an authority site because it requires a high level of commitment. But hopefully you understand that it takes time to fully develop such a site. If you truly want to reap the rewards of this kind of website, then you will have to become aware of many aspects of your market.
Hopefully you are already taking advantage of what social media marketing has to offer. Avoid the get rich thinking when you are striving to create fundamental relationships with your market, regardless of who they are. All you really need to do is provide first class value for your market, and then you need to be there for them and allow them to know you. Only when they see that you truly are an authority in your field, they will look into your site and become loyal users. You want to create as much in the way of social proof as possible.
Another excellent idea is to get your site listed in appropriate web directories. This is just one more thing you can do that will add to the overall strategy. There are many web directories online, and some of them are really popular such as Dmoz.org. This is really just standard stuff for SEO purposes as well as traffic and recognition. You can simply find other high traffic authority site in your market and just send a friendly gesture or message to them. While this does not always work, you could make a simple request for them to link back to you. We have only covered just a few points, and there is much more you will need to learn and do.