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 |
| 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.
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.
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.
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.
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) -
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Gidseo on Nov 26, 2008 at 7:18 am
Smarty, I hope these posts are pre-written and you’re taking time out!
:)
Ann Smarty on Nov 26, 2008 at 9:15 am
I am at least trying to :)
Gidseo on Nov 26, 2008 at 10:05 am
lol :)
Eric Itzkowitz on Nov 26, 2008 at 11:30 am
Hadn’t heard of the last two. Thank you and I hope all of you over there have an awesome Turkey Day.
Amish Keshwani on Nov 28, 2008 at 8:00 am
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.
Kari Rippetoe on Nov 28, 2008 at 2:47 pm
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.
Nick Stamoulis on Nov 29, 2008 at 6:51 am
The last 2 are new for me as well, I will certainly try them out! Thanks for sharing!
Gregory Bronchart on Nov 30, 2008 at 3:59 pm
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
Internet Marketing Consultant on Dec 5, 2008 at 11:35 am
Great list! On my way to promoting my profile:)
Alhan Keser on Dec 10, 2008 at 1:07 pm
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 on Dec 16, 2008 at 7:01 am
Its really nice information. People can promote their profile and companies profile online.
Thanks
Ajit
David King on Dec 28, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Cool! thanks!
I only have a linkedin…
I will have to check the others out!
David King,
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