Learn how to make your name rank higher in Google search results. The speaker walks through auditing what currently shows up for you, then building visibility across free platforms like LinkedIn, about.me, and Pinterest, optimizing image alt-tags with your name, and publishing content on partner sites where you're credited.
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. And for those of you who don't have separate businesses and you're really marketing yourself as an author, you do the same search for yourself. That's what this one is. I just put in my name. I have a website, it shows up. Facebook. Here's LinkedIn. Carol, LinkedIn shows up right here. Um, my Ask Dotty website, uh, this is another Free place to get an online profile. Thank goodness this one's not me because I would be dead. Um, PRP, they're a customer of mine that I actually do trade with, and so I've written some stuff for them and it's on— it shows up on their website. Look at this, I have an airport named after me. Who knew? And it's even in Washington. Um, Both of my Google Business Pages show up because they're associated with my name. Images, a completely separate index that Google provides, and they still have it separate. So images, if you're using images on your website, make sure that you have the alt tags for your name, your business name, your keywords, that kind of thing, and you'll show up here. Alignable. Another secret tip, use Alignable. It's another free place, very similar to LinkedIn that you can create for yourself. Um, and this keeps going on about.me, free website online. There's a client of mine, MyStrikingly, free website. Um, and this, I believe MyStrikingly pulls in from your LinkedIn profile and creates that website for you. At least they used to. I'm assuming they still do. Foursquare, you know, so Pinterest, and it goes on and on. So that is, that is how you get found online for more than just your website.