I’ve been concentrating on how MySpace works best for promoting your business, but what about promoting yourself? The head of a company is the face of their company, and having your own online reputation can be as vital as your businesses.
Great for connecting with old colleagues, employers, and friends from all of your schooling, it’s easy to quickly build up your “network” on LinkedIn. And unlike the other social networks, this one focuses more on the business aspects of true “networking”. They also have promised to keep the site free of those annoying things we run in to on the other sites.
My favorite thing has to be the ability to give and receive recommendations. Had a good working experience with someone that can vouch for you? Let them give you a recommendation you can show off to the world. In return, you do the same for them, both of you building a reputation on a network that can lead to more work, or finding new vendors and suppliers.
It never hurts to take a few minutes to try and promote yourself along the way.
