A Professional Digital Identity
April 25th, 2010 | Categories: Online, Work | 5 CommentsLast summer, I registered my name as a .com domain. I made a half-hearted attempt at housing my creative writings at that domain, but that quickly ended when school began and I had little time to write and even less desire to deal with an online writing portfolio. I ended up deleting the writing portfolio, but I still retained the domain name.
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about using the domain as an extension of my “professional” identity. You know, so that I’d have my own little niche of the World Wide Web devoted to, well, me as a professional. I’ve been seeing more of these professional-type domains popping up amongst my peers; it seems as though creating and maintaining a professional digital identity is the next big thing in the career world. Even if it isn’t, I don’t think having one would hurt.
I’m not a graphic nor a web design student, so it’s not like I could (or should) use the domain to showcase examples of my digital work and/or expertise. I am a communications student; therefore, I have writing samples and a list of links to articles and/or web pages where I’m quoted or featured. I also have a pretty solid resume. These are all things I could put on the domain. That’s a start, right?
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Hi, I'm Manda. I'm a college student studying communications and languages. I like to read, shop, bake, and travel. I have a tendency to listen to my favorite songs on repeat for hours on end. Sometimes I catch myself thinking in a language other than English. 
I think that sounds like a really great idea, especially seeing as you’re a communications student. Have you ever heard of nubbytwiglet.com? She’s actually a graphic designer, but she has a lot of great posts about marketing yourself and creating a solid online identity. Might be helpful somehow.
(Oh, and P.S. I tagged you to do a spiffy blogger tag in my last post. I expect a highly detailed post. :P)
I think that is a very good idea. There is a girl who is a broadcasting/journalism student at my school and she has her own personal .com domain showcasing her writing and broadcasting skills. I don’t actually know her personally or anything, I just see her a lot on my city’s twitter hashtag :P linda-hoang.com/ Admittedly according to her website she is a web-design and photography enthusiast, but the primary focus of the site is journalism and broadcasting. I hope this helps. :)
Yeah that’s definitely a great idea :D Even though I haven’t registered a domain using my own name yet, I am working on a network/ collective website. I also decided to blog under my full name to take my online identity (google results) in my own hands.
So I think setting up a portfolio with your work is a SUPER good start ~
I think that sounds like a pretty awesome idea! I say go for it! If you have something to showcase, then put it out there for people to see!
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