Frank Tripi ⋅ Duxbury, MA Business Resource Inc (professional recruiter) ⋅ 45 years experience

You may want to consider joining LinkedIn - it is the most popular business networking website. It is used by recruiters and candidates to network in their attempts to find career opportunities. It provides profiles of companies, candidates and recruiters and positions available.

Good luck

Wesley Calhoun ⋅ New York, NY The Bachrach Group ⋅ 5 years experience

Frank is absolutely correct-- LinkedIn is definitely the route you want to take. I would even go one further and suggest you create a group. Once you have created your profile (if you haven't already done so) you should drop the word LION (all caps) into your profile anywhere, even your name. LION stands for "LinkedIn Open Networking" and means you will connect with anybody who sends you a request. It's an excellent way to connect with like-minded folks and grow your network. Once you have 500+ connections you will be seen as an expert, and people will be more likely to check out your resume services. Hope this helped!

Dr. Scena Webb ⋅ Auburn, WA Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms (ATF) ⋅ 15 years experience

Hi Chris,

Check out VWISE. This is a partnership with Syracuse University and SBA to help women veterans with their small business development. The conference is normally held over a weekend and free of charge. You will pay for your travel but it is well worth the visit. Please check out their website VWISE. You will be impressed.

Scena

Palani Kumar ⋅ Integra Global Solutions Corp ⋅ 6 years experience

Christianah Adesida, first kindly accept my respect for your defense service.

And now trying answer your question. There are a lots of means to promote (or Market) your skills (that is to gain access to more clients).

1. Linkedin: One of the best place for you to focus and the reasons are plenty. LinkedIn is undoubtedly one of the largest professional portal and hence you can find your potential clients (people who want their resume written professionally) with ease. Add more friends and ensure your network expands constantly. Also start helping people by offering free or very low price services to create a profile and name for yourself, in the long run this will help increase your business reach.

2. Other social Media Sites: Facebook and Google + together can bring amazing amount of leads if handled well. But it all depends on your way of approach to begin with start spreading information to help your potential customers and build a base, coz you cannot promote anything if you dont have enough audience. Later it will work perfectly, one key here is to ask your existing and old clients to like your page. This will surely help you reach their friends when they engage (like, share or comment).

Todd Nisbet ⋅ Columbia, TN North Highland ⋅ 26 years experience

Try signing up at Guru.com. There are a number of folks out there seeking freelancers to write business plans.

Tom White ⋅ Patriot, OH U.S. Air Force, Captain ⋅ 23 years served

Hi Chris,

All the answers above are good, LinkedIn is great. While your searching don't overlook joining local networking groups, Jaycees, Kiwanis, etc.. Your local Chamber of Commerce is constantly looking for new members (several are local start ups) that require a good Business Plan.

Bruce Jones ⋅ Ocala, FL IBM ⋅ 28 years experience

As mentioned previously, content is king. Perhaps start a blog, or two, discussing the topics. People searching for information could read your blog, then try out your services. You could have sections of the blog discussing job searches, new business venture successes, failures, lessons learned, what is working, etc.

Sandra Jesse ⋅ Lawrenceville, GA U.S. Army, Sergeant First Class ⋅ 13 years served

My preference is definitely LinkedIn over Facebook. I have quite a few connections that I have established during my time on this site (660 to be exact) as the result of networking and interest groups. I hope I can find you on LinkedIn and share my personal information with you. I would like to inquire about your resume service and potentially refer you to a good friend that will require within days who is also in the Bragg/Fayetteville area.

henry briggs ⋅ Saint Louis, MO U.S. Army, Private ⋅ 4 years served

Hello, my name is Henry Briggs and I need a business plan for my startup.

Ted Mittelstaedt ⋅ Portland, OR Portlandia IT LLC ⋅ 20 years experience

Hi Chris,

Facebook is what you want. LinkedIn is used by professionals but it has 2 major drawbacks. First, it's jam packed full of linkedin spammers. I've been on Linkedin for years and I never saw a LinkedIn profile with 500 connections that wasn't obtained via linkedin spamming. Secondly, LinkedIn is mainly useful for business-to-business sales. You want business to consumer sales which is what Facebook is all about. Most people buying Resume writing services are individuals they aren't companies. And many are unemployed and Facebook is free while LinkedIn costs money, so they are going to go to the free stuff first.

Timothy Blodgett ⋅ El Paso, TX Dept of VA ⋅ 10 years experience

The federal government is a great place to work with many opportunities for advancement. Federal Government jobs are at www.usajobs.gov.

Kathryn Thies ⋅ Chicago, IL Loyola University Chicago ⋅ 3 years experience

Hi Chris,

A great place to do freelance Resume Writing, etc is www.elance.com. ODesk is another great site.