Link Building | Search Engine Marketing

5 Internet Marketing Services to Host and Promote Your Profile

Ann Smarty

11/25/08

13 Comments

If you are a serious Internet marketer, you should take care of your online reputation management. There are a few places where you should host your online resume and promote yourself:

Service / Community URL Submit Links Approval process Promote Your Profile
LinkedIn Join "Dofollow" links Instant Join networks, start and participate in discussions
CrunchBase New Person Submission Multiple external "dofollow" links are allowed. Moderated Create and promote a widget linking to you and your company CrunchBase listing.
SEOmoz Marketplace Register at SEOmoz "Dofollow" link (under the name) Instant Non-personalized badges
Entrepreneur eConnect Join "Dofollow" link Instant Create a blog
Internet Evolution Join "Dofollow" in-description link Instant Participate in discussions, apply to be a contributor

1. LinkedIn is of course the first place to mention when talking about business profiles.

Linkedin Sample Profile

2. CrunchBase only accepts personal profiles for people associated with the company that is already in the database. So you will first have to get your company listed. But that’s well worth the effort. Solid domain name and company reputation make your listing there a great win. You can list your previous companies, all your social media profiles and online resumes, tags matchin g your area of expertise, and of course a solid description.

CrunchBase personal profile

3. SEOmoz Marketplace: you can list both your company and your personal profile there. Resumes are sorted by skills (you can mark as many as you think is relevant to you). You can also add multiple details on your experience and areas of expertise.

SEOmoz Marketplace profile

4. Entrepreneur eConnect is a community for small business owners who join to make connection, educate yourself and promote their business. The best way to get noticed there is to start your own column and provide useful content.

econnect.entrepreneur profile

5. InternetEvolution.com is a community of all sorts of Internet experts and consultants. It offers multiple ways to calloborate and share experience (and of course, to promote yourself): comments, forums, and user-generated blog (that should be applied for to be a contributor) –
ThinkerNet.

InternetEvolution.com profile

13 Comments

  • Gidseo says:

    Smarty, I hope these posts are pre-written and you’re taking time out!
    :)

  • Ann Smarty says:

    I am at least trying to :)

  • Hadn’t heard of the last two. Thank you and I hope all of you over there have an awesome Turkey Day.

  • I have heard about LinkedIn & SEOMoz Market place but last 2 are new for me as well.

    Seems to be interesting. Thanks for sharing such great resources.

  • InternetEvolution looks interesting – thanks! Another site I’ve used is Biznik.com. You can create a basic profile, join a local community of professionals, contribute content, and participate in discussions. Unfortunately, you have to upgrade if you want to add your blog feed, display a logo, add more than one website, or display association memberships on your profile; but it’s pretty inexpensive at only $10 a month.

  • The last 2 are new for me as well, I will certainly try them out! Thanks for sharing!

  • I think you should have a look at http://www.venyo.org where you can create your profile. Your personal reliability index – your Vindex – is based on the evaluation of your web contributions like blog posts, pictures or videos by the community. You have the possibility to insert a little widget to be rated by the community wherever you are digitally present.

    In current circumstances, I think trust and reputation are critical, and maybe Venyo may help you to be recognized for what you do!

    Regards,
    Gregory Bronchart
    Co-Founder & CTO, Venyo
    http://greg.venyo.org

  • Great list! On my way to promoting my profile:)

  • Alhan Keser says:

    I have found that although Entrepreneur eConnect is nice because of the do followed links, it is full of spam and not very conducive to quality discussions.

    I made an effort of posting quality content, then just gave up seeing that it was going no where and that the site’s admins were slow to address the issue of spam.

  • Ajit Chauhan says:

    Its really nice information. People can promote their profile and companies profile online.

    Thanks
    Ajit

  • David King says:

    Cool! thanks!

    I only have a linkedin…
    I will have to check the others out!

    David King,

  • Me too..I just have LinkedIn and I have to check others as well even though am not used to LinkedIn yet!!!!Thanks and good Post! bookmarked it!!!!

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