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Chances are, if you’re on Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn, you’ve been asked to fill out a short profile (sometimes called a bio).
The purpose of these profiles is to tell the reader a little bit about yourself, like your areas of expertise, experience, and your hobbies.
I mean…they aren’t called social networking sites for nothing.
They’re for networking and building relationships with people you might have otherwise never met. Of course, this is a topic that could (actually has) filled a book.
Plus, they’re not the only sites that ask you for a profile, either. There’s:
- http://www.google.com/local/add Google Local Business Center
- http://www.local.com/
- http://listings.yellowpages.com/
- http://www.google.com/profiles (here you can create a “personal” Google profile)
And there are a bazillion others!
One common way to get traffic to your website is by getting links to it from other well-known and respected sites such as these. And the way to get them is to include the URL of your site in your online profiles on each of them.
But with so many sites, you could spend some serious time going to each site and typing in your profile. And each one of ‘em has a different way to create your profile, and each one has different maximum lengths on the total characters you can use.
Boy have I got a tip for you!
…that will help you create these important profiles on as many sites as you want in a fraction of the time.
First of all: Spend some time to create a powerful profile that’s about 150 characters long. Most of these sites will accept that length, some may be a little shorter, and some will give you more room, but 150 is a good start.
Once you have that done – when you go to each site you want to sign up for, all you have to do is copy and paste your 150 character profile instead of typing it, and add the other details it asks for. Believe me, it’s a heck of a lot easier to copy and paste than it is to type ‘em again and again on each site.
If it needs to be shorter or a bit longer, just tweak it a little to get the result you want.
This approach will probably save you 10 minutes per site, not to mention your profile will display a consistent message across the Internet.
So what are your thoughts?
I’d like to know.
And if you need offline direct response marketing copy and advice, go to www.crestviewmarketing.com
To your website’s success!
Merrill Clark
Website and Direct Response Copywriter
