Happy Thanksgiving

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

I will be in Indianapolis this Thanksgiving visiting my family. If you need any professional marketing help, feel free to contact the online marketing experts at Securenet Systems while I am gone. I shall be returning Monday, December 1.

Turbo-charge Your LinkedIn Profile

If you have a profile on LinkedIn, like every smart Publicity Hound should, you can really impress visitors by taking advantage of several new applications.

I haven't had time to experiment with them all, but I wanted to let you know about six that are particularly powerful for anyone who wants to promote their expertise or anything else on
LinkedIn:

--With just a few clicks, you can synch your Wordpress blog to your profile, great for pulling in traffic to your blog and letting visitors know which issues you think are important. Blog Link, a separate application, lets you synch blogs that are created on Typepad and other platforms.

--SlideShare lets you upload and display your own presentations, check out presentations from your colleagues, and find experts within your network. What a great way for consultants to share their expertise!

--With a similar application called Google Presentation, you can upload your PowerPoint presentation. Or use Google's online application to embed a presentation on your profile.

--My Travel allows you to see where your LinkedIn network is traveling and when you will be in the same city as your colleagues. Share your upcoming trips, current location and travel stats with your network. This is a super way for speakers to pick up one or two more speaking engagements, or perhaps even a consulting assignment, in a city where they're already booked.

--The Reading List from Amazon lets you share the books you're reading with other LinkedIn members--a handy way to find out what you should be reading by following updates from your connections or people in your field.

Try a few of the apps that appeal to you, then start incorporating them into your publicity campaign. Scott Allen, an expert on LinkedIn, explained step-by-step directions on how to use this site to promote any product, service, cause or issue. He was my guest during two teleseminars in June called "How to Use LinkedIn to Promote Anything--Ethically & Powerfully." The classes sold out quickly, but they're available as handy electronic transcripts and your choice of MP3 files or CDs.

From The Publicity Hound's Tips of the Week
Publisher: Joan Stewart
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I started my personal business website in December of 2007. As you can see by the statistics below that by working at SEO (search engine optimization) and SEM (search engine marketing) plus other online and offline marketing activities I have been able to increase the traffic to my site considerably over time. As I always say, “Online marketing is like paddling a boat upstream. Once you get started you can’t stop or you will go downstream real fast. You must go steady and forward to make significant progress.” It takes time, effort and money to get increased traffic to your site. There is no “magic bullet!” The next important issue is to not only get general traffic, but targeted website traffic to your site, in other words, those that want your products and services.

If you need help getting targeted traffic to your website contact George Dubec, Internet Marketing Professional, to help you at 954-481-9402 # 222 or gdubec@securenetsystems.net.