From Expertise to Authority with Matty Dalrymple

Article at https://substack.com/@mattydalrymple Video at https://www.youtube.com/@mattydalrymple Have you ever started down a path that seemed right—only to realize mid-journey that a course adjustment was in order? In this episode of From Expertise to Authority, host Matty Dalrymple shares the behind-the-scenes story of how a conversation about creator patronage prompted her to rethink her entire...

Audio on the From Expertise to Authority podcast at https://pod.link/1865211396 Article at https://substack.com/@mattydalrymple Video at https://www.youtube.com/@mattydalrymple What if every unexpected career turn you’ve taken was actually building something powerful? In this episode of the From Expertise to Authority podcast, host Matty Dalrymple talks with Jean Burgess—author, editor, playwright...

What happens when the thing you’ve loved as a hobby becomes something you want to be known for? In this episode, Matty Dalrymple explores the two-level shift that happens when a hobbyist starts building authority in an area outside their day job—the internal shift in how you relate to the activity itself, and the relational shift in how you navigate the communities you’ve already built around it....

After 26 years as an FBI special agent specializing in economic fraud and corruption investigations, Jerri Williams retired in 2008 to pursue a long-held ambition: writing crime fiction. But her transition didn’t begin on her last day at the Bureau. It began years earlier, when she made a strategic decision to step into the FBI’s spokesperson role—not only because she wanted the job, but because s...

Many of us have a goal of sharing our expertise after we leave a first career for a second act, or when we expand beyond our main career into a sideline. But you don't have to wait until your primary career is over to start laying the groundwork. Building a foundation before that shift makes the eventual transition smoother, faster, and less dependent on luck. In this episode, Matty Dalrymple expl...

Jennifer Hilt didn’t set out to become an authority on tropes. She set out to answer a question that had been nagging at her—and then just kept pulling on the thread. In this conversation, Jennifer talks about how a lifelong passion for language that her earlier career never fully tapped became the foundation for her Trope Thesaurus series, why she chose to forge her own path rather than pursue a...

You’ll find video at https://www.youtube.com/@mattydalrymple You’ll find audio on the From Expertise to Authority podcast. Most professionals hesitate to share their expertise not because they lack knowledge, but because they're measuring themselves against the wrong standard. In this episode, Matty explores the difference between the peer comparison trap—scanning horizontally to see how you stack...

You’ll find video of my conversation with Sara Rosett here ; subscribe to the From Expertise to Authority podcast on your favorite podcast app. Sara Rosett is the USA Today bestselling author of over 30 mysteries — but she didn't stop at writing them. In this conversation, Sara talks about the second jump in her career: from writing cozy mysteries to writing nonfiction books and hosting podcasts t...

You've published your content. You've made peace with the silence. Now what? In this episode of From Expertise to Authority, Matty Dalrymple explores practical ways to encourage the engagement that's already happening to become visible—and how to nurture it when it does. From being accessible at events and online to soliciting meaningful input from your audience, this episode tackles the honest re...

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In this episode, I talk with Andy Vasily—educational consultant, leadership coach, and host of The Run Your Life Podcast—about how a career in physical education, 30 years of international work, and a near-death experience in Cambodia shaped his path from expertise to authority. We discuss FOPO (fear of people's opinions), the power of a beginner's mindset, and why the greatest authorities never s...

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You’ll find this article this episode is based on at https://substack.com/@mattydalrymple . You’ll find video, including the interview that inspired it, at https://www.youtube.com/@mattydalrymple . Subscribe to the From Expertise to Author podcast on Spotify ( https://open.spotify.com/show/0NXESldHlQ9zCEQymorStO ), Apple Podcasts ( https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/from-expertise-to-authority-...

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In our exploration of the journey from expertise to authority, we’ve established a framework for evaluating whether specific content you create based on your expertise is worth publishing: Does it align with your expertise? Does it serve your objective? Does it speak to your audience? Once you have content that passes all three tests, you’re ready to publish. But where? I’ve broken the available p...

You’re excited. You’ve started your journey from expertise to authority, and the ideas are flowing. Over the past few months, whenever inspiration strikes, you’ve captured it, turning thoughts into drafts. Leadership lessons from your corporate career. Your morning productivity routine. Industry trends you’re noticing. Reflections on work-life balance. Team collaboration approaches. That book that...

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You've identified your area of expertise and you know what you want to achieve—but are you sure you're talking to the right people? In this episode, Matty introduces a two-question framework for identifying the audience that's the right fit for your expertise: can you benefit them, and can they benefit you? Using her own experience writing Podcasting for Authors as a worked example, she walks thro...

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One article in Writer's Digest led to a judging role, conference presentations, teaching webinars, a connector role between WD and the indie publishing community, and years of opportunities Matty couldn't have predicted when she submitted that first pitch. In this episode, she traces that cascade from a single piece of written content through conversational content and into direct engagement—and m...

In this episode of the From Expertise to Authority podcast, Matty Dalrymple shares how her consulting work with professionals outside the writing and publishing world revealed a clear, repeatable framework for transforming expertise into recognized authority. Drawing on real-world client needs, she explains how activities like writing, podcasting, speaking, and consulting aren’t isolated tactics—b...