If you’ve passed your AdWords exams – CONGRATULATIONS on upping yourself to the next level in the PPC competition! You’re now officially certified as Google AdWords Professional. Give yourself a pat on the back.
So! You have your new profession that comes in the form of a digital certificate, and what’s next to “SHOW-OFF” to the world?
*Disclaimer: qualifying yourself and passed the AdWords exams will not guarantee clients but it certainly helps in instilling confidence in potential customers, impressing your boss, stand out amongst your peers, or simply just making mama proud. A degree does not guarantee jobs, but it’s the essentials – same goes to the Google AdWords certifications.
If you have not qualified yourself, please read: What you need to know about the AdWords Certification Exams?
As a first point, let’s start off by learning how to VIEW + PRINT your certificate from Google Partners dashboard:
- Login to your Google Partners account
- Click My profile
- You’ll find all certifications right below your profile photo, click each link to open up a new window and you may now PRINT directly in the window – hit Ctrl-P or Command-P (for Mac).
Next is to ensure your profile is publicly accessible. Scroll down to “Public profile” in your profile, change to “Public.” No need to click save as it’s being auto-save in real-time every time you make any changes.
Now, you’re ALL SET! Let’s get right into how to promote your certification! At the top of our list, here are the top FIVE prominent places to showcase your certifications:
1.) Website or Online Portfolio
If you own a website for your business, displaying the certificate is the most basic way to promote you as an AdWords certified professional and also likely to turn your visitors into potential clients. If you don’t have a website, you may also insert onto your online portfolio or even your personal blog.
2.) LinkedIn
LinkedIn is THE social network for professionals. It is one of the top recruiting platforms for headhunters and resources for the business connection. A free LinkedIn account pretty much allows you to do everything including adding certification feature.
Find out How to add AdWords Certification on LinkedIn Profile?
3.) Facebook Page
Share on your Facebook Business Page. We recommend share on Page instead of your personal profile on Facebook. There are a little tricky if you copy & paste the Public Profile URL from Google Partners onto Facebook. You’ll need to tweak the image and title of the “Shared URL” on Facebook, or else your post will end up like this…
Here’s a trick to properly optimize your post on Facebook (image example below): paste your Public Profile URL on your Page’s status, you’ll have the option to add Available images ensure your picture/banner maintains the ratio size of 1.91 : 1 or 1200 x 628px. This is the Facebook’s standard image size for Shared URL. Remember to edit the Title before publishing your post.
4.) Google+ Page
Another great social platform to showcase your certification is your Google+ Page if you do not own a page, adding in your personal Google+ profile is also an ideal way as you may join Communities to promote yourself. For Google+ Page, you may insert certifications description and public profile URL under Story » Introduction.
5.) Twitter
Lastly, don’t forget to Tweet the whole world about your certification! Since you can’t edit Twitter Cards like Facebook’s additional images; we encourage you to use relevant hashtags like #AdWords or #AdWordsCertified to hop into the conversations.
One more thing…
An OFFLINE way to promote your AdWords certification is to print your certificate on a matte paper (FYI, the surface of a matte paper makes your certificate looks vivid and real) then framed or laminate it; display it proudly by hanging on your office wall or walkway of your office etc.
We hope the suggestions above give you an idea about promoting your AdWords certificates by showcasing on various at places. Get found is the key here, no one knows unless you tell them!