To bring traffic to your linked in profile and to encourage others to add you to their network, below are instructions as to how to add your linked in profile to your email signature:

1. After you login with your username and password, copy and paste this link into your URL: http://www.linkedin.com/signature?display=

2. On the bottom, it says click here for instructions and that’s where you will copy and paste the code into your email provider. Follow the instructions as to where to copy and paste it.

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One way to bring traffic to your linked in profile and to encourage others to add you to their network, below are instructions as to how to display your linked in profile on your blog and websites:

1. After you login with your username and password, on the upper right side click on Account and Settings.

2. Click on My Profile

3. It should default to “edit my profile” if not make sure you select the “edit my profile tab”

4. Where it says Public Profile there is a graphic underneath that says “promote your profile,” click on “promote your profile”

5.  Choose a button and copy and paste the HTML code. If you work with a web master, send him the HTML code and specify exactly where he should include this graphic button.

Quick Tips when Networking Online:

1. Check out topics that relate to your business and leave comments (the goal is to ride off of their traffic that also targets YOUR ideal customers)

2. Try to incorporate some of the keywords you are currently using in your search engine campaign into the comment BUT make sure to keep the comment easy to read and not a report you are presenting to Harvard Business Journal

3. If there are ways you may be a featured speaker in a community that targets your customers, invest the dollars required to do so! Nothing beats Target marketing!

4. Commit to growing your network in that particular community to X amount a week so your 360 degrees of separation grows closer!

Written by Robert Pacheco, Business Development Manager

I must say that Linked In has turned out to be a great business networking tool for our company (www.uvium.com). One of the reasons why my experience with LinkedIn worked for me was through the connections I made with professional executives in the New York City areas to meet and greet while my partner Valeska Jacques visited the city. I LinkedUp with great people such as, Internet Strategists, Internet Media Business Consultants, Vice Presidents, BPM Consultants, CEO’s, Internet Marketing Experts, CFO’s, Realtors, Marketing Firms, Graphic Design Firms, and more.

The reason for linking up with them was to analyze the synergy between our company and theirs, as well as to how their services can benefit our clients and vice versa. I started by creating an account, and setting up the information necessary to make it happen. Then I logged on and searched for a criteria that entailed individuals in various industries such as Public Relations Firms, Marketing Firms, Web Firms, and Management Firms.

Once I found those that interested me I went ahead and requested to Add them to my network and so on. I would personalize each message to fit the criteria for each individual letting them know who I was and letting them know that we would be in the city for the next two weeks and wanted to possibly meet with them to discuss the synergy, comparisons, and other options which they provide that may benefit our clients and vice versa. Before I knew it, I had contacted over fifty plus interesting prospercts we can meet while on our stay in the city. Out of all the people added on to my network and contacted, we managed to arrange 13 meetings; some of them were meet and greet, while others were conference calls, but nonetheless it was a good turnout.

Valeska met and assisted events with over five of these prospects, the rest arranged conference calls which are still in progress. We also linked up to some extraordinary executives whom we look forward to doing business with in the near future. I must express, from personal experience, that Linked In worked for me, and if used in the same manner, it will work for you as well.

Have you heard of Linked In? If not click here to learn more.

Today, saavy business people are using Linked In as a resource to find vendors, clients, strategic alliances, employees. Not only will people find you through LInked In, but creating a profile for yourself will increase your chances of generating traffic for your website.

Tips on what to include when creating your Linked In profile:

1. Incorporate keywords your users will utilize to find your services within your Summary, Experience, and Specialties section.
2. Include as much information as possible so the individual reviewing your profile feels confident that you may be able to handle what they are looking for.
3. Include your websites!
4. Your profile domain name. Make your public profile domain name easy to remember. Go to Edit My Profile and change Your Public ProfileURL by clicking edit and change it to your name or something that fits your services.
5. Promote your Linked In profile, by going to Email Signatures. When you select which one fits the look you are looking for, import into your Outlook so you have a professional Email Signature that not only promotes your profile but encourages others to join your network!
6. Ask your colleagues for recommendations. The more endorsements you receive the higher your rankings will be when someone conducts a search that fits your expertise!

After you create your profile in linkedin.com, go to http://www.linkedin.com/in/valeskajacques, click on view full profile and then Add Valeska I. to your network to start expanding your connections today!

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