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Soundcloud, Youtube, Vimeo, and Blog

Today we are thrilled to launch a new way to show off some of the content that makes you unique. Choose from your latest Soundcloud, Vimeo, YouTube or blog content to display in your bio box. Keep it fresh by updating when you have new sounds or video to share.

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With the help of Soundcloud, you can embed public tracks, sets or even profiles right on your about.me page. http://about.me/rachelzevita In addition to Soundcloud, we have also added the ability to embed a video or recent blog links directly into your bio box. ScreenGrab- How to add content To include a Youtube or Vimeo video, add the video (not channel) URL.  We want to see what you’re up to! Tweet your updated page with the hashtag #aboutme as we’ll be sharing and featuring the ones we see!

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Not on Twitter? Just add your page in the comments below. We will choose the best pages with audio or video to highlight next week. Time to update your about.me!

April 4, 2013  :  Platform, Product, Tips  :  Leave a comment
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Olá Portugal

We’re bouncing back to Europe for our next world tour stop, this time to Portugal. Just look at the beautiful background shot captured by Jose, above!

Portuguese are creative: poets, designers and curators.
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Many professional pages reflect the business center, Lisbon. Engineers, marketing and communication managers all have fantastic pages.
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We hope these pages inspire you to represent your location on your page, either visually or with the Location feature! How about a few city shots to close it out?
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March 29, 2013  :  Featured Profiles, World tour  :  3 Comments
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Ascending the UserVoice Summit

Last week Jacob and I attended the UserVoice Summit. We’re the team that has responded if you’ve ever reached out to us via our Support Center, Twitter or elsewhere. And this was a great event for us to connect with other people working in customer care.

We heard leaders speak from amazing companies and organizations about streamlining process, scaling support, and just sounding human in communications (something we aim for). It was an opportunity to take stock and think about how we support the about.me community.
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If you haven’t yet, be sure to stop by our Support center. It includes frequently asked questions but also tips and tricks for making the most of your about.me page. Additionally we gather product ideas and use the features voted on to help determine things that get prioritized to work on.
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At the Summit we were even recognized for closing out requests and reports in the forum, which is truly an award for the whole team here! They work hard to address issues and include features into updates to allow our team to provide great support.

If you have any feedback regarding support here or have things you’d like to see us doing, please let us know! We love hearing your ideas.

March 26, 2013  :  About.me  :  Leave a comment
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Cameroon

For our next stop around the world, we head south to Cameroon. Known for its geological and culture diversity, Cameroon has plenty of representation on about.me. Here are some pages we discovered:
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March 22, 2013  :  Featured Profiles, World tour  :  Leave a comment
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Out of this world

For this week’s inspiration, check out these pages from scientists, engineers, space cadets and amateurs who work in space discovery and travel programs.
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They capture views and perspectives you won’t see on the ground here.
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We have representatives from NASA, SpaceX and Virgin Galactic on the platform, as well as fans of space exploration doing their part.
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How do you represent your work or passion on your page?

March 19, 2013  :  Featured Profiles  :  Leave a comment
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About.me 102: Use your page

So you’ve created an awesome page, drafted a page-turning biography, connected a few services – now what? Here are some tips for making the most out of your about.me page after completion.

First, add your personalized about.me URL to your email signature! You can get rid of images that might not load or extra links, and instead point to the one spot online all about you.

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Now that your page is complete, let your friends, followers and fans know! Share it to Twitter, Pinterest and more to get your first visitors easily. Then, add your page URL to your profiles at those services. It gives potential followers the context of who you are and what you’re about with one click.

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Finally, for all of your offline contacts, score some complimentary about.me cards.

Share them in the real world to connect online. What are some other ways you use your page?

March 15, 2013  :  Tips  :  Leave a comment
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Animal Planet

We’ve featured people who love puppies, cats and horses, but what about some of the other members of the animal kingdom? Below are some pages representing other animals.
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Stunning views and adorable faces!
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Some of these represent people who study animals, others are animal supporters.
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These are amazing images, demonstrating a love of animals, or perhaps reflecting a spirit animal for the page owner.

March 12, 2013  :  Featured Profiles  :  Leave a comment
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Under Water

We love showing off creative pages to help inspire you and think about the different ways to represent yourself on your about.me page. A group that come to mind are those under water.

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While there are lots of self-portraits under water, wildlife is also in the spotlight.
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Some of the most creative backgrounds I’ve seen are in this bunch. So marvelous:

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So if you are stuck on a background image, try hopping in the pool or ocean for inspiration!

March 8, 2013  :  Featured Profiles  :  1 Comment

Add a Facebook background and share to your Timeline

We’ve just added the option to connect your about.me page to your Facebook Timeline. With this, instantly share important updates to your page seamlessly to your friends and fans on Facebook.

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You have completely control over what gets added to your timeline. Show off when you update your background, get added to a directory, or compliment another person’s page! It’s a great way to provide updates to the people you are connected to.

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We also now offer your Facebook images as background options on your about.me page. Head to your Background tab for this additional option. Be sure to connect to Facebook on your page to take advantage of these features.

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What better time to freshen up your background? Then share it to your friends and fans!

March 5, 2013  :  Product, Tips  :  2 Comments
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Ireland

Highlighting pages of users from Ireland means focusing on the creative. Take a look at some of our favorites we found in our searching:
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March 1, 2013  :  Featured Profiles, World tour  :  3 Comments