{"id":659,"date":"2011-08-09T04:50:44","date_gmt":"2011-08-09T08:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/?p=659"},"modified":"2011-08-06T23:11:49","modified_gmt":"2011-08-07T03:11:49","slug":"do-you-need-a-personal-website-or-blog-to-improve-your-online-visibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/do-you-need-a-personal-website-or-blog-to-improve-your-online-visibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you need a personal website or blog to improve your online visibility?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/do-you-need-a-personal-website-or-blog-to-improve-your-online-visibility\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"button_count\"  size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>Both visibility and a consistent online identity are critical to your brand, your career and to landing your next position.\u00a0 How will you improve your visibility and achieve consistent branding online?<\/p>\n<p>There are so many tools to help you build visibility online.\u00a0 \u2018One size\u2019 or one tool does not fit all. A resource that may help you quickly improve your online visibility is a personal portal.<\/p>\n<p>In January, <a href=\"http:\/\/about.me\/arruda\" target=\"_blank\">William Arruda<\/a> shared <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepersonalbrandingblog.com\/personal-branding-trend-8-personal-portals\/\" target=\"_blank\">Personal Portals<\/a> as one of the Top 11 Trends in Personal Branding for 2011.\u00a0 What is a personal portal?<\/p>\n<p>A personal portal is a tool that allows you to create your custom personal profile page on the web to point users to your content and information on the web.\u00a0\u00a0 It provides analytics and is easy to set up at very low or no cost. Two of the options in this category you may want to explore are about.me and flavors.me.<\/p>\n<p>An about.me \u201csplash page\u201d allows you to provide a brief well rounded branded bio and links to your online presence for an instant website.\u00a0 If you are not ready to manage a website or to blog this is a great option to help you improve your visibility online.\u00a0 If you have a website or a blog it helps you improve your visibility as a hub for all your content.\u00a0 It is easy to put up, provides a portal to your LinkedIn profile as well as your other online locations, and gives you a nice link to add to your email signature.<\/p>\n<p>Bottom line \u2013 A personal portal is easy to set up.\u00a0 Low cost and gives you central web presence.\u00a0 You can create an account, select your URL, add your bio and you have your page up in less than an hour.\u00a0 You don\u2019t need special skills.\u00a0 Of course you need to do a little planning and have your bio ready.<\/p>\n<p>Curious?\u00a0\u00a0 Check out my info at <a title=\"about.me\" href=\"http:\/\/about.me\/CindyKey \" target=\"_blank\">about.me<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/flavors.me\/cindykey\" target=\"_blank\">flavors.me\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Do you have a question or comment?\u00a0 Post it below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Both visibility and a consistent online identity are critical to your brand, your career and to landing your next position.\u00a0 How will you improve your visibility and achieve consistent branding online? There are so many tools to help you build visibility online.\u00a0 \u2018One size\u2019 or one tool does not fit all. 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