Your Tunes Take Center Stage

Last week we announced the ability to display featured content inside the bio box, including audio tracks and sets from Soundcloud. In fewer than 7 days, thousands of people added audio of all types to their pages, from guitar and voiceover artists, to electronic and hip-hop producers.

Like New York City-based producer Branchez, anyone can embed audio from Soundcloud by pasting a link into their bio’s featured content section.

Here are some great examples of how musicians on about.me are making the most of their page:

Great artwork can help your page stand out, but sometimes it’s best to let personality shine.

Who knew there were so many talented musician on about.me? But Soundcloud isn’t only for musicians. Podcasters, radio personalities and sound designers can now put audio on their page as well. What other uses have you discovered for audio on your about.me page? Let us know in the comments!

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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.

With the help of Soundcloud, you can embed public tracks, sets or even profiles right on your about.me page. In addition to Soundcloud, we have also added the ability to embed a video or recent blog links directly into your bio box. 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!

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!

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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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.