Getting Known on the Net.

In this fast pace, high tech world of ours, more and more folks are turning to one single resource that will allow them to identify and evaluate other folks and their Internet expertise. It's called "being googled"! Being googled is the new trend of evaluating someone whom you are considering to do business with on the net. Simply go to your google browser, type in their name, and see what appears. Unfortunately there will more than likely appear hundreds and perhaps even thousands of folks with the same name. The question we are now confronted with is "How does one prepare themselves to be googled?", so that when you are googled you will be found among the multitudes. Because if you can't be googled, chances are those who are attempting to google you are not going to do business with you. Therefore, the objective here is to be readily available when googled. Obviously, preparing yourself to be googled on the net is rapidly becoming a high demand, and the term being used to prepare yourself on the net is "You,Inc".

The first website you want to visit is ezinearticles.com Here you will be asked to write a article that will be published. Pick what ever subject matter you have any expertise in. It does not matter what the subject is, fishing, cooking, stamp collecting, Internet \Business, writing a story, fiction or fact, what ever. The point is you want to get into the search engines. Ezinearrticles.com is FREE. Eventually you will want to become a "Silver" writer, meaning you have published 10 articles. But that is down the road, get one done now. Write something that will show who you are. Your article must be a minimum of 250 words and can be up to several thousands words. I am not real sure on the exact amount of words, when you go to the link that info will be provided.

Next, go to linkedin.com This site helps verify who you are. It allows you to be identifiable. It connects you to your people, or in other words, it links you to the net, thus the name linkedin.com Take your time here. Pick your connects wisely. Are they people you want to be identified with? Do they have some Internet connections? Are they business oriented? Are they business owners? Are they positive folks? You will want to develop 20 or more links at this site. By the way, this site is FREE as well.

If you already don't have one, go own your space at facebook.comThis is an important task. Make sure you complete all of the requirements here. Fill in all of the blanks. Have fun while you are doing this. Remember, folks will be reading you. Let me give you a tip here. I would imagine the reason you are doing all this is to promote your Internet business. However, this is not the place to do that. If your facebook is filled with nothing but business it will be a big turn-off. This site is not about business, it's about you. This site is FREE as well.

Own your own site. Build your own website. There are a lot of website builders out there that are comparitively easy to use and affordable. One site builder I would feel comfortable in suggesting can be found when you join intuit.com Whatever the case, if you are going to do business on the net, then you need your own site. If you just want to build a personal site, that's OK as well. The point here is you want to own your own site.

Buy your name. Own a URL with your name in it. Such as (yourname).com. Although you can buy your name with a lot of endings such as .net or .info I would suggest you stick with .com. There is no need to spend a lot of money owning a lot of spots. You will find that .com will be sufficient. As you go about doing this you may find your name has been bought by someone who has the same name as you do. That's OK, simply add a number to you name such a yourname010.com. The objective here is to get your name out there.

Build your own blog.  Blogging is big on the net.  It allows you to add thoughts and info on a daily bases.  You can develop your own group of bloggers, you can join other groups of bloggers.  Bottom line is you can put your info out there each and every day if you want at no cost.  And it is another way of letting the world know who you are and what you are about.  Word of caution here, think professionally when you are blogging.