One of the foremost challenges of new entrepreneurs who offer skilled services and expertise is finding a platform from which to promote what they have to offer. Corporate advertising firms can often be expensive and impersonal. On the other hand, one of the most important points Internet users complain about is not being able to find credible, useful information when they need it. Live-Answers.com, a paid directory of experts in every field and industry imaginable, is the mutually beneficial solution for both.

Live-Answers.com is a free service for those looking for information on a huge variety of subjects from art & design to zip drives. It is also the perfect place for experts to tout their knowledge and objectives. The premise is simple: researchers pay experts in their field either a flat fee or an hourly rate for advice, answers to specific questions, and consulting, amongst a range of other services. The experts advertise their valuable knowledge for free, and then get paid by the researchers. Gurus basically get free advertising in a directory of skilled service and expertise providers. Live-Answers.com is a more streamlined, custom approach to marketing services, in a niche not brimming with talent.

"Expert" tends to be a relative term these days, in essence meaning at the very least someone's relatives consider them to be an expert in something. Anyone with Internet access can throw whatever garbage they want at a wiki-wall, and everything sticks. Live-Answers.com only allows users to call themselves "experts" after their credentials have been carefully reviewed. Once a user's link has been approved, they are free to toot their own horn as loud as they like. In fact, that's the whole point. Not, of course, to encourage people to make embellished claims about their knowledge and experience, but to encourage researchers and those who have the answers they seek to come together.

Submitting a link does take a little time, but the most simple, efficient way is to make a bare-bones link, and after it has been approved, which the owner of the site does manually, the link can be modified to its publisher's contentment. In fact, once the link is approved the changes made after that will take immediate affect. Instant gratification! As soon I finished making my link, I wrote the owner an email telling him how sincerely excited I am to be on the forefront of this thing. I like the idea of being paid to tell people about stuff I like to talk about. Who wouldn't?

So, my link has been approved, which, in my case, took very little time, and it looks just the way I want it. I'm hedging my bets being in the only paid directory of experts on the Internet makes my time worth at least $25, which is about the going rate for single questions. Not too bad. Now I sit back and wait for someone to come along who needs to know something about what I call myself an expert in, right? If you answered yes, then you have missed the point entirely. The point is to get your knowledgeable self out there. Live-Answers.com provides a pool of researchers waiting to avail themselves of your ingenuity and proficiency.

Stay tuned for a review of Live-Answers.com's sister site, SpeaktoMe.com. You will learn more about this premier directory site, where users can actually request a face-to-face meeting with 'their' expert through services such as Skype.