7 Places to Promote Your LinkedIn Profile

7 Places to Promote Your LinkedIn Profile7 Places to Promote Your LinkedIn Profile7You meticulously filled out every section of your LinkedIn profile. Your summary, experience, and recommendation sections are primped and ready to get you a new job. So, now what? Put your profile to good use and utilize some of these seven places to promote your LinkedIn profile.Here are seven places to promote your LinkedIn profileEmail signatureEmail signatures are a great place to promote your LinkedIn profile. Setting an schmelzglas signature will automatically insert text of your choice at the end of every email you send. For professional emails, add your name, current job title, company name, phone number, and social media links to your signature. This will make it easy for anyone you are emailing with to simply click a link to access your LinkedIn profile.Resume and cover letterSure, your LinkedIn profile probably has a lot of the same information as your resume and cover letter, but your profi le also (hopefully) contains recommendations, a photo, and posts to help the potential employer get to know you better. By including a link to your LinkedIn profile on your resume and cover letter, youre also showing employers that youre active on social media and serious about finding a job.Online bio/portfolio/websiteIf you have a blog, a personal website, or an online bio (About.me, for example), that is a natural place to promote your LinkedIn profile. For visitors to your website or bio, LinkedIn is a perfect place for them to quickly see your work history.Articles/blogsIf you write guest articles or blogs for any publication or website, ensure that you have a bio section where you can write a summary about yourself and plug your LinkedIn profile too. Readers can connect with you there and you may score some good industry contacts that way.Social media pagesBy all means, promote your LinkedIn profile on your other social media pages. Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ can all drive traffic to your profile. LinkedIn provides badges that you can add to your website. Simply copy and paste the HTML into your website code to have a clear and visible button on your site that leads to your profile page.Business cardsGo beyond your typical contact information on your business card by adding your LinkedIn profile link. Better yet, add a QR code so that all it take to access your LinkedIn page is a scan on a smartphone. You can even ditch paper business cards and go digital. An electronic business card will make it even easier for someone to access your LinkedIn page.LinkedIn groupsParticipating in LinkedIn groups is a great way to make contacts and share your industry knowledge. With each post and comment you make, your name will be linked to your profile page. You never know which recruiters and hiring managers are participating in the same groups and also looking for their next hire.Dont let creating your LinkedIn page be the last stop. Use any or all of these seven places to promote your LinkedIn profile to improve your job search and your chance of landing that perfect job.Readers, where do you promote your LinkedIn profile? Let us know about any additional places you promote your page.