Promote your blog with Linkedin

by on 19. Oct, 2009 in Marketing and Promotion

Promote your blog with Linkedin

Is your blog linkedin?

I must admit that I have up to now neglected Linkedin as a potential source of traffic for this blog.  With that said, I have been using Linkedin  for a while for my day job as a recruiter and pro resume writer .  I have also been using it to promote my career advice blog .I am going to spend some time and build up my profile as well as my network.  We all know that networking is important in building your readership.  It is essential to interact and build friendships with other bloggers in your niche.  Why not utilize the #1 site that was built for the sole purpose of networking and making connections.

You may be thinking that Linkedin is just for professional and business people.  Well you are exactly right and if you want to build your blog it is important to view your blog as a business and view yourself as a professional.

Earlier this year Linkedin added a feature very similiar to Twitter and Facebook where you can add an update about what you are doing now.  This is a great spot to highlight your must recent blog post.

Also earlier this year Linkedin partnered up with WordPress to add an application that pulls your recent blog posts and adds them to your profile.  This is an app that you add on Linked in simply by typing in your blog url and they do the rest.  Take a look at the screen shot below:

Over the next couple of months I will be trying to add to my network and hopefully drive some consistent traffic to my blog.  I will provide an update in a couple of month and report back on how successful this initiative is.

In the meantime, I am curious to see if any of you are using Linked in and seeing any meaningful blog traffic from it?

If you are on linkedin, please send me a request..Here is my link Tycoon Blogger on Linkedin

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32 Responses to “Promote your blog with Linkedin”

  1. Dan Jones 20. Jul, 2011 at 10:33 am #

    Love linkedin will be looking for connections straight away!
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  2. Jaco Costa Rica 03. May, 2011 at 2:59 am #

    Linkedin is the better way to present your skills to the world. Linkedin is getting better day by day. today even you can promote your business. Thanks for the post…

  3. Pavan Kumar 24. Mar, 2010 at 2:58 am #

    Ya i am using this application in my account. It’s working well for me… Thanks for sharing this info..
    .-= Pavan Kumar´s last blog ..How to change the Plesk Server repository backup directory path? =-.

  4. Archon Digital 21. Mar, 2010 at 6:29 pm #

    I also don’t heavily promote my blog on LinkedIn and I didn’t know I could use it to give my site another profile much like a Facebook page. This is definitely something I will consider in the next few weeks.
    .-= Archon Digital´s last blog ..Twitter vs Plurk – Which is Better? =-.

  5. online shopping cart 18. Feb, 2010 at 8:50 am #

    I have really ignored LinkedIn in favour of Facebook and Twitter. Linked In is seemed like another social networking site to need my attention but I have ignored it until now, thanks for the post…

  6. Bryan Smith 22. Jan, 2010 at 5:20 am #

    Thanks for the tip. I never realized until now that you can actually promote blogs effectively using linkedin.

  7. Prajakta 12. Dec, 2009 at 5:51 pm #

    This is just another one of the many great social networking tools that are great are driving traffic and interested readers to your site. I have had great success using LinkedIn with my business.

  8. mark 13. Nov, 2009 at 12:52 pm #

    linkedin is getting better by the day. I am going to check it out.
    anyway thanks for the post
    .-= mark´s last blog ..Job Vacancies In Management Strategies For Africa =-.

  9. alex 13. Nov, 2009 at 12:49 pm #

    i never new linkedin was good for building inbound links, i was stuck with facebook and twitter.
    thanks for this post
    .-= alex´s last blog ..How To Make 200$ In A Day With Google Adsense Without A Website =-.

  10. Joanne 07. Nov, 2009 at 7:11 pm #

    I never really thought of using linkedin as a potential for getting more traffic.It seems more for professional people.Thanks for this resource.
    .-= Joanne@bestofjoanne´s last blog ..Internet Marketing Experts Providing Laser-Targeted Advice – Internet Marketing With Daniel McGonagle =-.

  11. saurabh 07. Nov, 2009 at 1:19 am #

    i do have a profile on linked-in but i have never taken it as a promotion purpose now i will keep use of it to promote business.

  12. work at home 04. Nov, 2009 at 1:39 am #

    I do not use Linkedin much, I much prefer facebook and twitter that linkedin.
    .-= work at home´s last blog ..Link exchange with my blog =-.

  13. Essay Writing 29. Oct, 2009 at 1:29 am #

    Yah.. I just signed up in Linkedin and it’s great.
    I have heard so much about that site before but I was ignoring them until I’ve realized that Linkedin is also a great site for promoting our blogs.

  14. Dave Doolin | Website In A Weekend 25. Oct, 2009 at 5:38 pm #

    Good advice in general, for me a no-can-do right now.

    Blogging is a sideline. Being known as “a blogger” could very well close other doors for me. It’s really easy to forget that most people have only the vaguest notion of what blogging is, and isn’t… a situation I hope changes soon.
    .-= Dave Doolin | Website In A Weekend´s last blog ..WordPress Plugins, Google Wave — There’s a busy month ahead! =-.

    • dankeller 26. Oct, 2009 at 8:43 pm #

      @Dave – I agree.

      I actually have 2 accounts on linkedin. My personal account that is related to my offline business life and then I started one for “Tycoon Blogger” for all my online business pursuits.

      I think it is good for me to seperate the two at this time as well..

  15. frezone 24. Oct, 2009 at 9:19 am #

    thank’s for ur article.

    it’s useful for me
    .-= frezone´s last blog ..Virus Attack..?Your Computer Stop Running..?Use This =-.

  16. 2free playstation cheat codes 23. Oct, 2009 at 10:58 pm #

    Hi,
    thanks for this nice succession that how we can Promote our blog with Linkedin?it ios really nice post with have a good info related to nice info…..
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  17. Basin 21. Oct, 2009 at 6:49 pm #

    Just started blogging…thanks for the info, I’ll check it out and hopefully it will help me increase traffic. Thanks again. – Alan

  18. Taranfx 21. Oct, 2009 at 11:51 am #

    Though it’s a good practice to promote blog over LinkedIn, it has drawback too. No one wants all the posts (say hacking) to be visible to a portal where you host your CV and complete profile visible to your colleauges.
    .-= Taranfx´s last blog ..Nvidia RealityServer – Graphics Rendering Cloud =-.

  19. Lisa 21. Oct, 2009 at 6:26 am #

    Thanks for informing, LinkedIn has become big source of traffic for any bloggers. As it provides networking option with bloggers in your niche. I am thinking to use it for my new site :)
    .-= Lisa@Christmas SMS´s last blog ..New Year SMS Wishes Greetings Quotes Free =-.

  20. Sell Online 21. Oct, 2009 at 1:45 am #

    Great blog. All posts have something to learn. Your work is very good and i appreciate you and hopping for some more informative posts.

  21. costa rica real estate 21. Oct, 2009 at 1:23 am #

    well i don’t know much about it but linkedin is really going to work for me.i will have to check it out.

  22. Teen Blogger 20. Oct, 2009 at 6:11 pm #

    Interesting.

    Will have a look at that.

    thanks.
    .-= Teen Blogger´s last blog ..5 Popular Blogging Myths Revealed =-.

  23. gautam hans 20. Oct, 2009 at 12:44 pm #

    ps. i am not able to add you i donno why?
    but if you can here’s my linked in address http://www.linkedin.com/in/gautamhans
    .-= gautam hans´s last blog ..Tips to increase comments on your blog =-.

  24. gautam hans 20. Oct, 2009 at 12:21 pm #

    I didn’t knoe it is good for link building, but now i know, heading to linked in and link – baiting. Thanks for the tip Dan
    .-= gautam hans´s last blog ..Twitter Etiquette | Do you have any? =-.

  25. DiTesco 20. Oct, 2009 at 12:00 pm #

    I don’t really use it that much either, but I have been there for a while and my profile is up to 90%. Just need more connections and recommendations. Hey, maybe we can connect to each other once you have it all up and running:)
    .-= DiTesco´s last blog ..AdSense Expands With Promoted YouTube Videos =-.

  26. George Serradinho 20. Oct, 2009 at 6:08 am #

    I don’t use it, but have seen it on numerous blogs/sites. I don’t think it is for me now, maybe at a later stage.
    .-= George Serradinho´s last blog ..eBooks – 4 Exciting Free Downloads =-.

  27. Typhoon 20. Oct, 2009 at 2:45 am #

    I don’t use LinkedIn much as it’s a little bit more professional kind and not much easy to use…But I like it sometimes as I got some 2 euros for participating in a simple email survey from LinkedIn..

    Will be Sending you a friend request there..Watch for it.
    .-= Typhoon´s last blog ..3 Steps To Start Your Affiliate Marketing =-.

  28. Dragon Blogger 20. Oct, 2009 at 12:10 am #

    This is why I use HelloTxt to send messages to all my networks at least 1x per day, it will ping FaceBook, Twitter, Myspace, LinkedIn, Plurk, Frienster among 40 other Social Networks instantly.

    There is even a plug-in for wordpress which will ping all 40+ of your social networks everytime you publish a post.

    I do however use LinkedIn for my day job, and I don’t like to heavily promote my blogging to my day job, so its hard because my growing success as a blogger can hurt my day job reputation eventually as I gain more success.
    .-= Dragon Blogger´s last blog ..Dragon Blogger Review of Heroes Season 4 Redemption – Episode 6 =-.

  29. Dana 19. Oct, 2009 at 9:59 pm #

    I have been in Linkedin for some time but not yet optimize it for blog.

  30. Extreme John 19. Oct, 2009 at 8:02 pm #

    Every once and a while I will check this site out but I hardly use it as the tool it is intended to be. Great post.
    .-= Extreme John@ Blogging and Business CEO´s last blog ..Sunday Smash Link Luv, Twittley for Twitter, Yahoo Meme =-.

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