PROMOTE YOURSELF ONLINE

by Wendy McClelland 2004

One of the best ways to get publicity for your business is to submit articles to various sites on the internet, or give interviews that are posted online. You can do the same thing in print media offline as well. 

I've been fortunate to get a number of my articles on web sites, and interviews published as well. This establishes my presence online, helps create my profile as an "expert" and gains me new clients. You can do exactly the same thing. By creating a presence online you can quickly become "the person" people want to talk to! By doing this you will find yourself getting phone calls or emails from reporters looking for quotes on specific topics when they are doing a story on something you have written about.

The links below are some of the sites that contain articles I've written or interviews that I've given over the past few years. Start seeking out sites that you can submit articles to and see how you can build your online profile.

"Mentoring to Success" on Be Your Own Boss Site (part of Chicken Soup for the Soul series)

Guerilla Marketing Tips website (see my tip 3/4 way down page)

Marketing the Digital Desktop from Canada One Site

Marketing 101 Interview on Idea Marketers Site

"Why One Third of Web Businesses Will Fail" on PRWeb Site (you can submit your press release here too!)

"How to Make Enormous Profits Online" on Link Promote Site (this article was written by Jay Conrad Levinson - a HUGE marketing guru) He mentions MY name in the article and that's a great connection for me. See if you can contribute to an article that someone BIG in YOUR industry writes!

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Are you a trainer, coach or workshop leader?

I've found a GREAT place for you to promote yourself and it's FREE!

Training Classes - Learning and Development Resources allows you to provide a detailed summary of the courses, seminars and workshops that you offer for their searchable database.

Owned and maintained by Stuart Jones, who introduces himself as "a technologist and an educator.....The directory includes all types of training including: Instructor Led Training (ILT), courseware, eLearning, home study and self paced learning resources."

Stuart does ask you to add a link (like I'm doing here) to his site in exchange for a listing (if possible), and if you get leads from his site that turn into profitable business you may wish to pay a commission (similar to an affiliate program). ** this is purely voluntary **

So, if you're a TRAINER who is LOOKING for a place to publicize what you do OR if you're looking for a TRAINER or SPEAKER to provide a course - check out this site!

Be sure to bookmark "Think Without Boundaries" as one of your FAVORITE sites! New articles and resources are added on a continual basis - and you don't want to miss out!