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How to create a custom URL for my LinkedIn profile

If your LinkedIn profile URL looks something like this:

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/first-last/1a/b40/186

you can change this so that it is:

http://www.linkedin.com/in/firstlast.

The main reason you should make this change is that it looks much more professional. It also is a lot easier for people to remember and for you to share on business cards and other materials.

To customize your public profile URL, please follow these easy steps:

1. Once you have signed into LinkedIn, your name will appear in the upper right corner of the page with a drop-down arrow to the left of your name.
2. Hover over your name and select “Settings.”
3. In the bottom section, click the link to “Edit Your Public Profile.”
4. On the right-hand side, under “Customize your public profile,” you will see a box titled “Your public profile URL.”
5. Click the link to “Customize your public profile URL” and type in your desired URL.
6. If someone has already claimed this URL, you will need to choose another. If you are trying to do /firstlast, try adding your middle initial or going with just the first letter of your last name.
7. Save changes and you are good to go. You can begin using that new URL on your business cards and other materials.

Buy your URL Name

Have you heard of Jon Huntsman? He is Obama’s Ambassador to China. Only, he’s about to step down to look into a possible Republican presidential run against Obama. If you’d like to learn more about him, you can go to his website:

http://www.jonhuntsman.com/

Or actually, maybe you can’t. You see, Jon never bothered to purchase his own name as a domain name. A Democratic activist purchased the domain instead and has posted a letter that Mr. Huntsman wrote to Obama about what a “remarkable leader” Obama is. I’m not politically astute, but I don’t see this helping Mr. Huntsman.

You don’t have to be considering a presidential run to purchase your own name as a domain name. It’s just something you need to do. If you think that would be completely narcissistic, then consider exhibit A listed above. If you don’t purchase it, someone else will. And then, they can do whatever they want with your name. A domain name costs around $11/year. Make the purchase to avoid a dumb mistake like this.

This also applies to your business name and any iterations of the name.

How to set up a WordPress website in GoDaddy

Here is a video I put together walking you through the process of setting up a WordPress website using GoDaddy.com.

This video takes you through the following steps:

• Searching for an unused domain name.
• Purchasing that domain name.
• Purchasing WordPress-specific hosting.
• Setting up the hosting plan and connecting it to the purchased domain name.
• Signing into the administration area of your new WordPress website or blog.

This is a small selection from a longer video. The full video takes you through the basic functions within WordPress. Learn how to edit a page or a post and learn how to create a new page.

If you would like to see the full video, please email me – erik@eprcreations.com. Or, you can subscribe to The Entrepreneur School and watch Lecture 6.6 where this entire video is posted.