Brand Yourself and Your Profile

[Crystal Pennington]

What does your profile say about you?

If you are new to social networking, please read these tips to transform your profile!

Ok, your NMC profile is like your online office. Your place of business says alot
about who you are. Color, Images and Content is your flashing marquee that tells
people, "You're Open For Business"!

Let's start with your picture. Click on "My Photo" tab and upload a pic as soon as possible.
I don't know about you but when I see a shadow person, I don't feel all warm and fuzzy
inside. If you don't have a photo, use an image (google has lots, just 'save as' in a folder
on your computer and upload it to your profile) You can also send a pic from your cell
phone (look in your settings for that.) Either way, you are making a mental impression
on your visitors and they will begin to remember you by name in other areas of the
network...I call that Branding Yourself!


Add a page title. Beside your pic is a page title. When you put your cursor over it, it will
highlight, click on it and backspace the current text...add a motto, a business name,
your favorite quote or something that represents your business personality.


Change the appearance of your page from the default setting so it stands out. A splash
of color and little bit of design goes a long way. Click on the "Theme" tab under your
pic on your profile. You can choose from the premade templates, adjust to your liking
and you don't have to use html or css. If you know css and html, you can get pretty
creative. ;)

The text box. This is a great feature that really turns your page into it's own. You can
add banners, pictures, videos, text ...just about anything you want to catch the eye
of your visitor to your business and offers.

Did you know: you can move some of your profile boxes? I moved my text box to the
top and my RSS feed to the left. Put your cursor over the profile boxes and you'll see
the little navigate tool, hold your mouse button down and move it around to where you
like.

That's good for now. If you want me to check out your profile when you're done, let me
know. I'm looking forward to seeing what you can do!

Smiles,
Crystal

And hey, if you need any help...holler ;)

[rjeter]

Thanks for that information, I need all the help that I can get..thanks again.

[Crystal Pennington]

Oh, It's my pleasure, Roxanne. I also replied to you over in Keith's Forum about ISM.

Roxanne Read said:

Thank you Crystal :-)

[Crystal Pennington]

Absolutely, rjeter! Please let me know if there is anything else I can do for you. :D

rjeter said:

Thanks for that information, I need all the help that I can get..thanks again.

[Colleen L. Wiley-Doran]

Thanks Crystal, YOU ROCK!!

I love yoga! It keeps me YOUNG! I like the Rodney Yee videos!

Have Fun,
Colleen

[Mark Bohnet]

Thanks Crystal. Very informative and being new to this scene I need all the little tips I can get. Going to implement a few now. Your awesome.

Thanks Again
Mark

[Crystal Pennington]

Hello Colleen!
Yoga buddies. It does keep us young :D

Smiles,
Crystal

Colleen L. Wiley-Doran said:

Thanks Crystal, YOU ROCK!!

I love yoga! It keeps me YOUNG! I like the Rodney Yee videos!

Have Fun,
Colleen

[Crystal Pennington]

Hi Mark,
I'm glad you'll be implementing some of these tips to your profile :)
Thank you!

Smiles,
Crystal

Mark Bohnet said:

Thanks Crystal. Very informative and being new to this scene I need all the little tips I can get. Going to implement a few now. Your awesome.

Thanks Again
Mark

[Keith & Penny Warf]

hi crystal,
Just wanted to leave a post because i haven't left any yet for any-one and wanted yours to be first because of the support on my discussion and to us,, i really thank you for this and tell you that i have been to busy and i mean too busy is the reason for no post yet to anyone but i am getting started now...!!!
This is a great post and a lot of people got a lot of good out of it.
Man i just hope a lot of folks out there listen to you about how important there pics. are to there profiles for branding and for the other person to be able to put a face with the name which starts relationships..
Keep up the great post and drop by soon....

special thanks,
keith warf

[Debbie Dolan]

Hi Crystal,
I was wondering how you had things kind of changed around on your page. I thought it was in your theme!! I LOVE the way you have your page set up!!

You are so awesome Crystal! Always there to lend a helping hand!

I am so honored to be your friend!

Thanks so much for all the help and great advice you have shared with me and all Net Millionaires!!

Smiles,
Debbie :)

Tried a hyperlink...now let's see if it works!! LOL :)
my hyperlink didn't work! :(

[Crystal Pennington]

Hi Debbie,
Yes, one of the cool things you can do with your profile is move the boxes around! To move a box, put your cursor over the header of the box, you'll see a navigation tool (up, down, right, left) proceed to grab the box and move. If you se a circle with a line through it, you can't moved the box in that spot, so some limitation but do test it out. Also, if you want a box to disappear, such as activity feeds, click the edit button and put the activity on zero. You'll see the collapsed box, but visitors won't.

Hyperlink troubles, huh?

Go read this Debbie: Creating Clickable Links by Wayne Evans

Smiles!!
Crystal

Debbie Dolan said:

Hi Crystal,
I was wondering how you had things kind of changed around on your page. I thought it was in your theme!! I LOVE the way you have your page set up!!

You are so awesome Crystal! Always there to lend a helping hand!

I am so honored to be your friend!

Thanks so much for all the help and great advice you have shared with me and all Net Millionaires!!

Smiles,
Debbie :)

Tried a hyperlink...now let's see if it works!! LOL :)
my hyperlink didn't work! :(

[Jacquelyn L. Meehan]

Hi Crystal,
Thanks for your suggestions/ Please look over my page when you can. I would love your help. Jackie

[Crystal Pennington]

Sure Thing, Jackie...I'm on my way over :)
Smiles,
Crystal

Jacquelyn L. Meehan said:

Hi Crystal,
Thanks for your suggestions/ Please look over my page when you can. I would love your help. Jackie