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1. Five Ways to Generate Links on
LinkedIn to Promote Your Business
Locally

2. One way to get more traffic to your website is
by building back links. But you don't want just
any backlinks; you want backlinks from
reliable websites, trusted sources, and links
from sites that are relevant to your niche. For
instance, if your target audience consists of
teenagers from the age of 16 to 18 who drive,
having a link from a web site focused on
breastfeeding mothers just won't do.

3. But, if you establish links from
companion websites that sell
different products or services than
you do, to the same audience, then
you have a relevant backlink.

4. So, let's look at some
ways to generate
good backlinks on
LinkedIn.com.

5. From that your profile
Using keyword rich content in your headline
and the summary of your profile and including
links to your websites, blogs and articles is a
good way to generate backlinks. Don't try to
trick people with clever headlines, avoid
puns, and just use straight forward keywords.

6. When you ask a question
LinkedIn.com allows any participant to pose a
question. Ensure that your question is
relevant, and link it to a blog post that asks a
more detailed version of the question. The
trick is to make sure that you actually
participate in the follow-up discussion
generated by your question. Also, be sure
that your question isn’t really just spam.

7. When you answer a question
It's also fun to answer questions on
LinkedIn.com. But, be sure that when you
answer a question you don't come off as an
advertisement. Do a link to your website as a
source, especially if you already have a blog
post that answers the person's question in
detail. Remember, you can also create a blog
post based on the questions you see.

8. In a new section
An exciting new feature, as of this writing, is the
ability to add new sections to your profile. While
technically this is part of your profile it bears
special consideration. There are numerous and
sections that you can add, such as; Special
occasions, courses, honors and
awards, languages, organizations, projects, and
more. You can even add widgets for other
programs such as Wordpress or SlideShare, to
feed the content and straight to your profile. This
is an excellent way to generate more links to your
website or blog.

9. In your e-mail signature
• While this technically isn't part of the
LinkedIn.com software, adding links to not
only your blogs and websites but also directly
to LinkedIn.com is a good way to generate
more interest. If you have everything that you
do in one place within your LinkedIn profile, it
is going to be a good way to showcase your
expertise.

10. Promoting your local business on LinkedIn.com
is not only effective, it's fun, and unless you
upgrade your account, it's free. All it takes is a
little time and thought to make your
LinkedIn.com account work for you. It's
probably the missing ingredient to completing
your successful promotion of your business
locally. Remember, it doesn't matter if you
have the Internet only business or a brick and
mortar business, promoting your business
locally is a sure fire ingredient for success.

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