If a picture is worth 1,000 words, make sure yours counts.
One of the best ways to draw someone into your page is with a great photo. Your photo should show off your personality and ideally gives someone a snapshot of who you are, or even what you stand for.
We’ve rounded up our top 3 photo tips for a photo that stands out and draws people into your story.
This week, we’re off to the UK, the second most popular location in our community followed by the United States.
Meet four community members who are skilled creatives, data scientists, tea drinkers and food critics. Valeria, Azeem, Maisie and Nick have turned personal passions into thriving careers.
Valeria Aliperta (whose photo heads off this post) is an interpreter and translator of English, Italian, Spanish and French. Outside of translating, Valeria also is a branding expert and her interests include social media, fashion, and communication. Valeria links her SoundCloud to her page to connect people to her music.
At about.me, we love to get excited about photography.
Each week, our team sees hundreds of new pages pages created with beautiful photos. Your personal page gives you the opportunity to highlight your best photos. If you’re a photographer or artist, we recommend you add a link to your portfolio; if you’re an avid Instagrammer, add your Instagram profile. Your page is a great place to showcase your best photo, or a photo that captures what you’re passionate about now.
Our Staff Picks this week are talented photographers who use their pages to point people to their photos.
My first week of college at North Carolina State University was one of the most nervous and exciting times in my life.
It included everything from meeting tons of new people, decorating my dorm, finding my classes on campus, and not to mention the millions of free t-shirts I seemed to receive.
But during a time of change and unfamiliarity, things can get blurry. You’ve heard people tell you to be yourself and do your best, but let’s take that a step further.
Our community is full of great writers.
At about.me, we want your page to showcase your work and highlight what matters most to you. Your page supports embedding both your Medium profile and your blog so your most recent posts will appear on your page. Additionally, feel free to link to where your writing lives online, whether that’s in a book on Amazon or on a website.
Today we’re featuring 4 writers in our community who use their pages to point people to their work.
Alex Georgiades doesn’t believe in planning.
Instead Alex feels his best photos are spontaneous, capturing real emotions and allowing viewers to feel the intensity of a moment. Alex is a world traveler who loves to photograph new people and places.
As our Guest Instagrammer this week, Alex will be taking over our Instagram feed, sharing beautiful snapshots of a day in his life. Read on to learn what inspires Alex, when he first became interested in photography and his tips for being proud of what you share in a culture of comparison.
Every week, our team selects Staff Picks that inspire and intrigue us. This week we’re highlighting tech enthusiasts and entrepreneurs who use technology as a driving force to change the world for the better. We hope you enjoy their stories and check out their pages.
Delia Suteja (whose photo heads off this post) lives in Sydney Australia and is a Principal, Brand Builder and Product Chief at Bubblefish. Delia is passionate about entrepreneurship and technology.
This week, we celebrate 3 dads in our community who are proud fathers and leaders in their communities. Rory, Matthew and Eugene all have more than one career. Each of them has a creative passion that they pursue with dedication, allowing them to become incredibly talented and notable photographers, musicians and thought leaders.
Rory Tucker (pictured above) is the father of two boys who balances work as a professional photographer and his role as the Interactive Director at Origin. He lives in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada and enjoys playing outdoors with kids. Read more →
Where my extroverts at!?
Extroverts, this is coming from one of your own so focus up!
Many people (wrongly) think that extroverts don’t need networking advice. They think we could hold a conversation with a park bench. And though they may be right, that doesn’t mean that there aren’t opportunities to develop our social skills.
Here are a few things we know about extroverts:
Welcome to India.
This week, we’re off to India, seeing the country through the eyes of four community members: Binoyeeta (whose photo heads off this post), Girish, Divya and Zabeeh. What unites these people, along with their residency in India, is a love of travel and adventure.
India ranks top 5 for countries that most of our community lives in. With a long history with deep regional culture, India is the second most populated country on earth with its population hitting 1.2 billion in 2013 and continuing to grow. Today’s community members come from some of the most populous cities in India: Bangalore, Mumbai, and New Delhi.
