Facebook Professional Profiling

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The 21st Century, the era of technology. 
What ever happened to the time when commencing professional networking was strictly based on face-to-face contact? or just by calling? or through a business card? Advances in technology is your answer. Technology is growing so quickly that it seems to be the new/best way of communication with the outside world. With new social networking sites, not only is technology making life easier to meet contacts, but it's also a less costly way to grab your target market. A simple click of a button allows you to make a profile page that displays your picture, credentials, interests, contact information all for a cheap price of just time.


It is the present and the future. But why is it important? Good old "Google" (and other search sites, but primarily google). Google launches out 34,000 searches per second, thats 2 million searches a minute! (Source :By The Numbers : Twitter Vs. Facebook Vs. Google Buzz) Its such a big buzz that even 98.795045% of questions asked by people are answered in "just Google it." But how does this link to professional profiling? Being a professional, you want to be reachable or noticed. Having a professional profile helps you achieve that goal by allowing people to search for you & your profession/service plus give a little background information about who you are. This also gives consumers a little comfort with knowing who/what they are dealing with. For example, you are looking for a nanny in edmonton, you search "nanny in edmonton", a "Jane Doe" pops up with contact information, picture, education and certificates, plus similar interests that you attain. This information will not only help Jane Doe find a job, but make her consumer comfortable with knowing and putting a face on the future nanny for her kids. It is a great way to expand yourself with the outside world without even spending a dime or time.


Professional profiling is also useful to reference or refresh other professionals about who you are. By adding a profile page to your signature to e-mails it gives the people on the other side of e-mails a chance to look over your profile and remind them of work you've done together. Big business professionals see hundreds of different names/face throughout the year. This can easily mislead them to who they are talking to. Putting a face to a name/company really reminds people who you are and what business you have to talk with them. Therefore, by concluding with a professional profile, it can leave a lasting impression to the recipient. 


Anyway, here is my first facebook professional profiling page that I hope one day may land me that sweet taste of success. Also you might be wondering "Why out of all topics, my second post is about professional profiling?" Well, an easy way for me to answer that question is to read and FOLLOW one of my fellow classmates here.


"Your reputation is priceless.  Your on-line reputation is the future of your property business.    Are you investing in building it?" - Vanessa Warwick