Post #15: Brainstorming for my Website

I will be making a portfolio site to highlight my work to potential employers. I have to come up with a domain name that does not contain my last name, it is too long and will not be my last name forever.

Hero or main image that scrolls between images of my best work in each category, also click through links.
Blurb describing myself.
Links to a page for each category of work, about me and contact page
Sitemap and privacy policy in footer

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Post #1: About Me

I'm a proud future cat lady, currently Mother of 2 four-legged beasts. A year working at Wal-mart convinced me that I'd like to never work in retail again, so I went back to school at age 20. I once listened to the same 2 minute song on repeat for 12 hrs, and I focus on silly things very easily. Ask me about the ecological effect of outdoor cats or how to meal prep on a tight budget and I'll talk for hours. I like to grab furniture off of the curb on garbage days and restore it. If you eat a whole bag of dutch crunch salt and vinegar chips in one sitting your tongue will peel. I used to live in a basement and found 38 spiders in less than 30 minutes along one wall. I live to eat and my boyfriend and I often go on vacations to just eat good food. If I'm missing in class this semester assume I'm out sick because I destroyed my stomach with good food.

Post #3: Me and Internet

Proper Netiquette= Hirability. That is as simple as it gets. Sharing things that are inappropriate, politically charged, or rude are sure-fire ways to get turned away by employers. It’s important to maintain a social media presence in our field however, to show potential employers that we are comfortable using it. Many of the jobs available to our class in the future may be helping maintain the social media presence for a company. Going too far in the other direction, and having too much of a presence can seem spammy to others and should be avoided. Like all good things, social media is best in moderation and moderated. Don’t say things online that you would say in front of your mother.

Post #10: Online Presence and Social Media

Social media is the way for an online business to hold the door open for a customer, or ask them about their day. It’s the way to make your company have a friendly, likable face when you can’t have face to face interactions with your customers. It also lets you reach out and find new customers with ease. The first step in making a good online presence for your business is to consider where your target demographic spends most of its time. Are they older, and more likely to access blogs or podcasts? Or are they younger and on microblogging sites like Instagram and Twitter? Its best to find what niche will give you the most success before you pour hours into all social media equally, when you could spend more time focusing on the ones that will bring you back the most customers. Social media makes it easy to advertise promotions or sales to bring in new customers, but its important to be careful that it won’t just draw in one time deal seekers. Its also important to monitor how people a...

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