Guess which online information about you affects peoples’ opinion of you?
Everything.
Every last photo that pops up (sure, on your Facebook page, but also your Twitter feed and even the picture of you on Skype). Each snippet is a little piece of you.
Yes we’d love to hear from you every day through your blog, which you can set up in about three minutes. And yes it’s a good thing to have some personality.
If that feels like too much, why not put up a homepage (like Frank’s or James’)? You could spend one day (one day!) doing this and making it better than 99% of what’s out there. If a properly hosted page seems like too much, how about an About.me profile. And yes, you should be on LinkedIn too.
And since you have at least one friend who has a nice camera and likes to take pictures, ask her to take headshots of you on a simple white background and buy her dinner to thank her. Heck, invite some friends over. Best $50 you’ve ever spent (OK maybe more if drinks are involved).
You don’t have forever to stand out from the crowd, but right now it’s still pretty easy to distinguish yourself online. What are you waiting for?
Hurry.
Well, you totally get how most of us drink the koolaid and have become so relationally challenged that we do not know how to have a face-to-face conversation with our geographic next door neighbor that is life-giving…. go, go, go, do, do, do & then collapse in front of a screen ~ life!
Very valid point, Sasha. Every aspect of our online lives is used as the basis of someone else’s opinion. Everyday, we have that opportunity to craft our online image to help us stand out in the crowd.
Of course, what you don’t write is that there are many ways to stand out. Being photographed drunk at a Devo concert is probably not a great way to attract new clients. 🙂
Thanks for the thoughts,
Eric