Comments on: Exploring Social Media: What’s in Your Bio?

By: john

john — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:56:47 +0000

I am aprehensive to put out my face on the inetrnet. I ‘m not completly comfortable with having people metting me and not having me meeting them at the same time. Is this not a perception that other people have about putting their face on the internet? On places such as myface? If success in my profesion were directly proportial to the amount of exposure of my face to unknowns It may make me feel differently.

By: Maria

Maria — Thu, 07 May 2009 03:06:52 +0000

First of all, thanks for the link!

I agree with Jay regarding images. I think your account picture or avatar should represent you without using someone else’s (possibly copyrighted or trademarked) image. I wish more of my Twitter friends (for example) used photos of themselves for their avatars. It really helps me connect with them personally.

I also agree that everyone should have a central place for their online presence. A blog is great if you have one, but if you don’t, Facebook or LinkedIn or something like them might work. Your central place is the best place to put concentrated information about yourself. Keep that up to date and point everything else to it. Makes it a lot easier to keep your identity current.

By: Maria Reyes-McDavis

Maria Reyes-McDavis — Wed, 06 May 2009 07:02:09 +0000

Great post, most important part being the “central” location for your presence — ie, one’s blog. This is the biggest part most miss when developing their online presence. — Everything from there, should be short, sweet, and to the point — with personality. Goals are great, but they call it the social web for a reason :-)

By: Jay Philips

Jay Philips — Wed, 06 May 2009 05:19:46 +0000

Bios should be short and sweet. Provide a link to more details so people can get more details.

I don’t think people should be using cartoon images or characters. If you’re in social media how is that being social?

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 06 May 2009 05:15:38 +0000

Why you missed out Google Profile ? It will be one cohesive place for all your online profiles and it can get indexed by Google easily. Market your personal brand by verify your credentials using Free Crederity account.