For the promotion of my LinkedIn

For the promotion of my LinkedIn profile it is harder to figure out due to the way that you want to appeal to the right people and not just everyone. The way that the profile is for the use of professionals and people within the industry the way to promote it is not just as simple as leaving a comment on someone’s page. Here are some of the things that I am going to do to promote my profile:

·         Social media – the use of social media may not be the most professional promotional technique for me to advertise my LinkedIn on but it is a way that it could work as everyone does use it. Professional people may look for people on professional websites such as this one but they do also own a twitter and facebook therefore if I tailor/manipulate my social media to hit these professional people they may see me/ identify with me and therefore make it a point to go look at my LinkedIn page when they have more time on their hands (as social media is a quick and easy more visual platform where lined in is more document like so takes longer to look at) therefore I need to really make sure all my profiles are clean and clear to send a consistent positive brand identity to them and also cleverly use the programs especially twitter due to the way in which hash tags work to link people to target these individual that I want to view me as a professional designer. It may be a long process but hopeful this will allow me to make contact with them and open up communication with me and also the industry.

·         Keep on commenting on professional pages –by leaving an array of different comment frequently on different professional individuals pages (blogs, social media ect) hopeful they will open up communication with me by replying to my comments. By doing this it will build up some kind of recognising so that if they are doing something and need help they will think of me and therefore get in contact by looking at my social media or finding me on my LinkedIn and therefore promoting me as I am building up a contact that recognised what I do and that can communicate with me, which can lead to different opportunities being presented to me allowing me to gain experience and move forward as a designer.

·         build up portfolio and online presence – by keeping all of my profiles linked up it may by chance direct people to my LinkedIn profile, by doing trade shows and handing out my business card with me LinkedIn address on it can leave the professional person able to visit my page at their own convenience or even if they place it in pile for future need at least they have got it for future opportunities. Sending the company emails as well with a link on it could also help act as an electronic business card but easier as they are able to just press a link and not type in the address. All in all anyway you are able to get people to look at your profile is good no matter what weird way you do it.

In conclusion what I really need to do for the whole of this section of online presence is to keep on working on these platforms in a number of different ways, to overall state my brand identity.