Last week we gave you 3 tips to make your page look great. This week we’re delving into our first tip there about Background photos.
While all the other components of your page are important, an excellent Background photo is the foundation for a great page.
So we recommend a photo that is:
“How can I make my page look good?” or “What can I do to improve my page?” are two questions which we frequently receive from members of our community via our Twitter and support page.
So today we’re going to dissect Jessica Gressa‘s page to show you how a great page should look. Then we’ll follow it up with 3 tips to help you easily create a compelling page for yourself.
In last week’s tips post, we talked about sending an Intro and just how easy it is to do. It’s so easy we’re betting you’ll be able to send one even faster than you can find and hand out your physical business cards.
But now that you’ve sent an Intro, what do you do next? Well, with the contact information of your new acquaintance saved in the app, you’ll want to take some action to keep in touch, learn more about your new friend, and avoid suffering from “business card amnesia“. To see that information, just open the menu and choose the “My Shares” section. There you’ll see all the people to whom you’ve sent Intros, along with the dates you sent them and the city from where they were sent.
In the past we’ve given you tips on writing your bio for Intro, adding a photo to your page for Intro, and controlling what you share with Intro. In general, we’ve prepped you for sending an impressive Intro. But have you actually sent one yet?
If not, you probably met someone new over the holidays or will be meeting new people very soon with the hustle and bustle of the new year, so now is a great time to start sending Intros. Plus, it’s simple to do and takes only a few seconds. Here’s how it’s done.
In many of our previous tips posts, we’ve talked about why you should have a picture of yourself as the Background Photo of your about.me page. Now, with Intro app, there’s a brand new reason to have your face on your page. But first, here’s a brief refresher of the top 3 reasons we’ve cited in the past.
1) A picture on your page allows you to put your best foot forward and show the world who you are both personally and professionally.
2) People are more likely to click on your page if they see a picture of a person (as opposed to a landscape shot) while browsing about.me.
3) Your page looks its best and is more likely to be Featured or chosen for Staff Picks or Follow Friday (#FFaboutme).
We’re excited to have this week’s tips post from our friend Patrick Ewers (@PatrickEwers), an executive coach and founder of Mindmaven. He is based in Silicon Valley.
I do not love networking. Yes, you read that right. It may seem unusual coming from a person who has been called one of the most successful networking coaches in Silicon Valley. I doubt I’m alone – if you are on the team of people who find networking events to simply be a necessary evil, you’ve come to the right place.
Last Thursday we released our newest app, Intro, which allows you to take your about.me page and easily turn it into a sharable digital business card that actually communicates your identity.
Normal business cards just give the basic facts of who you are, your name, where you work, but they don’t tell others who you are. So to find out more about you, your new contacts will likely turn to Google and land on whatever page they find first. It could be your Twitter, Facebook or some other social media page, but none of those show the full picture of who you are. If you’re trying to put your best foot forward, sharing your about.me page is the best way to showcase who you are, on your own terms.
To judge a college student by his or her résumé would be like judging a YouTube video from its freeze frame. You just can’t get the whole picture.
A résumé is critical for students during an internship or job search. All of the basics, like education, skills, and experience, are important. However, at all costs, avoid being solely defined by the words typed between the margins of a résumé.
What about all the other great ‘stuff’ that makes you who you are? Here are five very defining things you can’t put on a résumé.
Contrary to popular belief, it’s not who you know, it’s who knows you.
Lucky for you, there’s an easy way to get known. It’s called an informational meeting.
Face it, social media is ingrained in your everyday life. You tweet, you Instagram, you Facebook, you Soundcloud, you Snapchat…the list goes on and on.
The great thing about social media is that it allows you tell your story through different mediums. However, don’t let just one outlet define you. Take control of how people see you online.
