Overdeliver by being helpful, detailed, and organized

Let's face it people, nobody likes a vague, uncertain, unclear answer.

Likewise, people on Quora are genuinely looking for help with what they ask for.

Let me show you some examples of how I've answered some of my questions:

Do you see how long this answer was? Crazy right?

Unfortunately, this is how you become the expert. You need to write lengthy responses that are well formatted. I added sub-headings in this response but you can also include numbered lists and bulleted lists.

I did that for this response here:

Now I know I've shared a bunch of screenshots here but the point is that you understand that writing content on Quora is much like writing content on your website.

It needs to be well formatted, lengthy, original, and easy to read.

To make it easy to read, I recommend not writing huge chunky paragraphs. Make sure to keep your paragraphs short. It's easier on the eyes. You can see that I've implemented that fairly well in my own answers in the screenshots.

Now I will warn you, it might get repetitive at times because you may find yourself answering similar questions a lot.

Here's a technique I recommend to tackle similar questions that you've answered before. Take a look at the screenshot below:

You see what I've done here is backlinked my own response to a similar question so that anybody who has seen the current response I'm giving can go over and see my other one.

This is important in exposing yourself as more of the expert in your area/niche. Overtime, people will see you as the go-to person to ask questions for. It'll result in more people asking for your answers.

Where to find questions to answer

Speaking of answers, I never showed you what it's like to click on the "Answer" button next to the 'Notification' button on the top right of Quora. Well here you go:

When you click on the red-highlighted "Answer" button, you'll be redirected here. This is where you can find potential questions you can answer. To the left, you'll notice that I've got some answer requests.

You can also find some suggested questions on the right hand side of the screen:

Do remember that some of these requests aren't necessarily about topics you even know about. Some people just randomly ask whoever is suggested to them for an answer.

It's possible for you to politely decline their requests with no repercussions on your end.

Ok that wraps up this section. In the next section I'm going to give you some final pieces of advice as to WHICH questions you should be targeting and how to know which questions are good ones.