PortlandBusinessCommunity.com is designed to help you, the small business owner/operator, gain more internet visibility while helping other business people.  We have a TON of new features that are hidden behind the scenes that you can take advantage of (for FREE).

Add a picture to all your posts automatically. We use your image from Gravatar.com.  Gravatar is a free service.  Create an account at www.gravatar.com, use the same eMail address you have associated with your account here on Portland, upload a great picture (preferably of yourself), and VOLA!  Your photo will now be included with all your posts.

Add a standard tag to all your eMails automatically.  With our recent update, we now include your biography with every post and on your author page.  Make sure and keep it short and to the point (no sales pitch).  to add a link in your biography, you need to add a little HTML code.  Here is the format.  Let’s say your company web address is xyz.com, you will add the following code to your biography where you want the link to appear.

<a href=”http://www.xyz.com”>www.xyz.com</a>

Example of how your biography might look with the above address:

The <a href=”http://www.xyz.com”>XYZ.com</a> company has been serving the Portland Metro marketing since 1997.  You can reach me by phone if you have any questions: (123) 456-7890

You no longer need to add your signature block to your postings because the system will automatically add your biography.

Please note, Bear and I monitor and moderate the content on this site.  If your biography gets to sales pitchy or too long, you will hear from us.

Optimal length is between 200 and 400 characters.

Tags: company web address, internet visibility, metro marketing, small business owner

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