Online Presence

Presentation to students at University of Kent about Online Presence and how they can manage their online visibility.

Transcript

1. Managing Your Online Presence By Simon Wood Monday 7th October 2013
2. Introduction to me My name is Simon Wood - about.me/hpoom Worked for over 15 years in the internet industry Currently work for Holiday Extra as Head of Technology and Innovation Interactive session GET INVOLVED!
3. Online presence & why it matters
4. What is an Online Presence? A collection of accounts online that you use to network A place to voice your ideas and views A way to learn more about your specialist field It is not a portfolio website
5. Why it matters People google you! Someone out there's trying to find information about you right now! These days managing your online profile is just as important as having your CV up to date. Even more important now then ever before.
6. What social networks can you use to build an online presence? Flickr YouTube Digg Wikipedia Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Blogs GitHub Forums
7. What you can do to manage your online presence?
8. Find out what info is out there on you already
9. Pick a login, username, handle and stick with it everywhere
10. Sync you profile image on all sites so people know it is you
11. Setup google alerts
12. Checkout Klout
13. Join LinkedIn and connect to people you know. Keep linking after meetings/interviews
14. Complete your profile on all networks and be consistent
15. Join you networks together
16. About.me is a great tool to connect networks
17. How you can sell yourself and your skills online?
18. Build a brand, you are the brand
19. Why recruit without checking feedback?
20. Get on blogs and forums talking about areas you are interested in and get involved
21. Try open source contributions
22. Networking online & offline
23. The power of networking online Follow industry experts Having access to such a vast pool of talent is exceptional. Make the most of it Get connected to people in your area It is who you know and what you know
24. All this online activity will lead to critics How can you manage critics? Don't get into a flame war it will only discredit you Fall back on facts Leave other readers to manage the criticism
25. Sometimes try something really different! http://www.thegooglejobexperiment.com/
26. Questions http://about.me/hpoom http://shortbreaks.holidayextras.co.uk/