{"id":71133,"date":"2023-01-20T15:46:26","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T15:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/how-to-promote-your-services\/"},"modified":"2023-01-20T15:46:26","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T15:46:26","slug":"how-to-promote-your-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/how-to-promote-your-services\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Promote Your Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Promote your services and get more people to see your profile. We&rsquo;ll show you how to share your profile when you&rsquo;re posting on Facebook, tweeting on Twitter, emailing potential clients, or posting a classified ad. Follow the instructions below to put your profile front and centre so families can find you.<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>Step 1: Promote your profile on social media<\/strong><br>Let your social network know what kinds of jobs you&rsquo;re looking for. Some of the best job leads come from people you already know, so don&rsquo;t be shy about asking your network for help.<br><br>Simply go to your profile page and hit the tweet, like, and +1 buttons in the upper right.<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>Step 2: Promote your profile on Kijiji and other classified sites<\/strong><br>Tip: Don&rsquo;t include your email address and phone number in your classified ads. Instead, include a link to your Care.com profile. That way you can use Care.com&rsquo;s secure messaging system until you feel comfortable sharing your contact info with a potential client.<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>How to post a Classified Ad:<\/strong><br>Go to <a title=\"Kajiji\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kajiji.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kijiji.ca<\/a> and click the &ldquo;post a classified ad&rdquo; link in the upper left:<br>&nbsp;<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kijiji.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-472\" title=\"Care_Promote_Your_Services_Post_Ad_Step1\" alt=\"Click on post a classfied ad\" src=\"\/c\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Care_Promote_Your_Services_Post_Ad_Step1.png\" width=\"180\" height=\"60\"><\/a><br>&nbsp;<br>Select your region and city\/county, make sure the correct category is selected, and click the &ldquo;Go&rdquo; button:<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kijiji.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-463\" title=\"Care_Promote_Your_Services_Post_Ad_SelectLocation\" alt=\"Select location for your job ad\" src=\"\/c\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Care_Promote_Your_Services_Post_Ad_SelectLocation.png\" width=\"528\" height=\"547\"><\/a><br>&nbsp;<br>Select a category for your post under &lsquo;services&rsquo;, &lsquo;pets&rsquo;, or &lsquo;jobs&rsquo;. Make sure the correct category is selected:<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kijiji.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-473\" title=\"Care_Promote_Your_Services_Post_Ad_SelectCategory\" alt=\"Select a category for your job post\" src=\"\/c\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Care_Promote_Your_Services_Post_Ad_SelectCategory.png\" width=\"655\" height=\"430\"><\/a><br>&nbsp;<br>Add your job title, description and image from your Care.com profile. Paste in details from your profile like your hourly rate, location, gender, age, years of experience, education, and languages spoken. Then paste in your bio. Finally paste in a link to your profile and instruct families to learn more about you and contact you on Care.com. You can use the same picture you used for your Care.com profile:<br>&nbsp;<br><a href=\"http:\/\/useprd-wpadmin.use.carezen.net\/ca\/files\/2012\/09\/Care_Promote_Your_Services_Post_Ad_Step32.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-492\" title=\"Care_Promote_Your_Services_Post_Ad_Step3\" alt=\"Add you job title, description and image from our Care.com profile\" src=\"\/c\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Care_Promote_Your_Services_Post_Ad_Step3.png\" width=\"649\" height=\"258\"><\/a><br>Click on post your ad, and you&rsquo;re done!<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kijiji.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-467\" title=\"Care_Promote_Your_Services_Post_Ad_Step2\" alt=\"Add a ttile, description and image for you job post.\" src=\"\/c\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Care_Promote_Your_Services_Post_Ad_Step2.png\" width=\"529\" height=\"59\"><\/a><br>&nbsp;<br><strong>Step 3: Promote your profile in your email signature<\/strong><br>How many emails do you send each day? Make your messages work for you by customising your email signature&ndash;it&rsquo;s an easy way to share your Care.com profile. See below for instructions for popular email services like Hotmail, Yahoo!, and Gmail.<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>Hotmail:<\/strong><\/p><ol start=\"1\"><li>Select <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hotmail.msn.com\/cgi-bin\/options\"><em>Options<\/em><\/a><\/span> from the Hotmail navigation bar.<\/li><li>Go to the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hotmail.msn.com\/cgi-bin\/options?section=mail\"><em>Mail<\/em><\/a><\/span> category.<\/li><li>Follow the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hotmail.msn.com\/cgi-bin\/signature\"><em>Personal Signature&gt;<\/em><\/a><\/span> link.<\/li><li>Paste the link to your Care.com profile in the text field.<\/li><li>Click <em>OK<\/em>.<\/li><\/ol><p><strong>Yahoo!:<\/strong><\/p><ol start=\"1\"><li>Select <em>Options | Mail<\/em> Options in Yahoo! Mail (near the top right corner of your Yahoo! Mail screen)<\/li><li>Go to the <em>Signature<\/em> category.<\/li><li>Make sure <em>Show a signature on all outgoing messages<\/em> is selected.<\/li><li>Paste the link to your Care.com profile.<\/li><li>Click <em>Save Changes<\/em>.<\/li><\/ol><p><strong>Gmail:<\/strong><\/p><ol start=\"1\"><li>Follow the <em>Settings<\/em> link in Gmail&rsquo;s top right navigation menu.<\/li><li>Go to <em>General<\/em>.<\/li><li>Paste the link to your Care.com profile under <em>Signature<\/em>.<\/li><li>Click <em>Save Changes<\/em>.<\/li><\/ol><p>&nbsp;<\/p><div><div>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<\/div><\/div><p>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Promote your services and follow these tips to put your Care.com profile front and centre, so families can find you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1404,"featured_media":71134,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"enable_toc":false,"care_reviewed_by":0,"care_post_updated_flag":false,"care_updated_date":"","last_update":"2023-01-20","view_count":244,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[346],"tags":[],"member-type":[312],"vertical":[315,324,328,335],"platform":[],"class_list":["post-71133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-caregiver-advice","member-type-provider-en-ca","vertical-careers-in-child-care-en-ca","vertical-careers-in-home-care-en-ca","vertical-careers-in-pet-care-en-ca","vertical-careers-in-senior-care-en-ca"],"acf":[],"created":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71133"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78547,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71133\/revisions\/78547"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71133"},{"taxonomy":"member-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/member-type?post=71133"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=71133"},{"taxonomy":"platform","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/platform?post=71133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}