Building social media profile on Facebook or any other social media site is a great way to brand yourself, tell more people about what you do and how it can help them. It also will help you build credibility as a solution-provider, a business owner, an entrepreneur or coach.
What most creative entrepreneurs don’t realize is that it’s just as important to build your online profile on social media sites as it is to build the profile on your blog or website.
Why?, You Ask.
Because the people who find you on online need to know that you’re the real deal and that the information you have can be trusted and is true.
What this means is that your social media profile is a commercial for the people who are looking for you online. The more consistent your social media profile is – and the more places it is seen – the more likely others will believe those messages.
6 Ways to PIMP your Social Media Profile
This is where I started... I do a quick search for my name in Google to see what sites show up. When I search for “alease michelle” in Google, here are the top 5 websites that came up as of this writing:
- https://profiles.google.com/AleaseMichelle — my google profile
- www.aleasemichelle.typepad.com/ — my blog
- aleasemichelle.typepad.com/studio_2229/ — my art studio blog
- aleasemichelle.com — my personal website
Once I know what web pages show up, I can start tweaking my message on each of those pages.
Here are 6 Strategies to Pimp Your Social Media Profile:
1. Revise Those Profiles with current information about you and your business
2. Focus on the top 5 sites that appear in Google.
3. Tell people what you can help them with.
4. Be Consistent on all profiles. Make sure to say the same thing on every profile you've created.
5. Create a call to action to get people to visit your site.
6. Have others say good things about you. Ask friends or clients to leave positive comments on your profile. Naturally if you are doing what you say you are doing- this should come easy.
Alright there's 6 ways to Pimp your social media profile. Leave a comment below with others ways you have PIMPed a social media profile.
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