Tanya Smith, CEO · Digital Authority Strategist · Certified AI Consultant

Respected in the room.

Recognized online.

Tanya helps experienced women turn what they know into a clear Digital Authority system people can find, understand, trust, and act on.

Tanya Smith, Digital Authority strategist for experienced women
The Authority Gap

You are respected in the room. Does your online presence show it?

The Authority Gap is the distance between the expertise you have already earned and what people can recognize, experience, and trust when they find you online.

In the room

Respected

Presence · Credibility · Trust

Online

Recognized

Visibility · Reach · Access

Let your digital presence carry the weight of your experience.

01

People know you are experienced, but they cannot quickly tell what you want to be known for now.

A long career creates depth. Digital Authority gives that experience a clear, future-facing position people can recognize and repeat.

02

You know how to help, but your strongest ideas and methods still live mostly in your head.

Your judgment, frameworks, stories, and patterns need structure so they can become transferable intellectual property and useful authority assets.

03

The version of you people meet online feels smaller than the professional they would meet in the room.

Your message, proof, personal brand, and on-camera presence should make the quality of your thinking easier to recognize and trust.

04

Your best thinking is scattered across conversations, presentations, videos, notes, and temporary posts.

Publishing should create a durable body of authority that people can find, revisit, share, and use to understand how you think.

05

You are visible in places, but that visibility is not consistently leading to the right relationships or opportunities.

Recognition becomes more valuable when your work circulates through trusted relationships, referrals, speaking, search, and clear next steps.

How We Work Together

What kind of help do you need right now?

01

“I want an ongoing place to build.”

Digital Authority Studio

Build your Digital Authority month by month through one guided Sprint, one dedicated Creator Day, and one Office Hours / Love Seat session, plus community, replays, resources, AI Skills, and the upcoming Studio AI workspace.

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02

“I have a specific problem and want Tanya’s help.”

Private Strategy

Work with Tanya privately through a focused strategy session, a three-session package, or a larger systems advisory engagement. Membership is not required.

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03

“I want to start with one practical experience.”

Workshops & Events

Join Tanya in person or online for a hands-on workshop designed around one useful outcome you can put to work immediately.

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Who This Is For

For Women Whose Digital Presence Hasn’t Caught Up With Their Expertise

This work is for established consultants, coaches, advisors, speakers, educators, executives, service professionals, subject-matter experts, and business owners—especially women entering a more visible chapter. You already have credibility. The challenge is making it recognizable, findable, and trusted online.

  • You are respected in the room, but your online presence does not yet carry the same weight.
  • Your best ideas, stories, proof, and intellectual property are scattered across years of work.
  • You want recognition, trust, referrals, and opportunities—not influencer status or another content treadmill.
  • You want to use video and AI without sacrificing your voice, judgment, or credibility.
The Foundation

What Is Digital Authority?

Scattered expertise

TalksNotesProofStoriesVideos

Connected authority

Stand

Evidence

Expression

Network

Digital Authority is the trust and recognition that grow when a person’s expertise, judgment, proof, and point of view are made clear, credible, findable, and connected to appropriate opportunities.

Read the full guide to Digital Authority to understand how it works and why it matters for midlife women.

Speaking & Workshops

Bring Digital Authority Into the Room

Tanya speaks and leads workshops on Digital Authority, personal branding, on-camera authority, intentional visibility, intellectual property, and responsible AI for experienced women, associations, and organizations.

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Free Resource

Take the Digital Authority Audit

A guided professional diagnostic based on S.E.E.N.: Stand, Evidence, Expression, and Network. The Audit helps reveal where your authority system is strongest, where it needs attention, and which next step fits.

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