How to build an impressive online reputation –
Introduction 👋
Did you know that the things you post online, could have a huge impact on you getting work? 💼💻
If you’re applying for a job recruiters will look you up online – including your personal social media profiles. 👀👀🔎
If you’re running your own business, customers will look you up online. 👀👀🔎🔎
What they see/read about you online (your online reputation) could make or break your career. 💔🏆
Today we’re going to teach you how to create an online reputation that’ll help boost your career. 🚀
Step 1 – Work out your goals 🏅
The first step to building an online reputation is to work out your goals!
Who do you want to be? 🕺
These days, a lot of people will meet you online, before they meet you in person. 🤳
What do you want them to think about you? 🧠
Do you want to seem:
- clever 🤓
- inspiring ✨
- cool 😎
- creative 🎨
- serious/sensible 🧐
- trustworthy 🤝
- caring 🥰
- authentic 🙋♀️
The things you post, can introduce people to you in the way you want to be seen. 👓
What are your career goals? 💼
The career goals you set, will influence what you post. 🏆
Imagine you’re working in a really strict finance job. 💭👨💼
Would posting rude or cheeky jokes online be a good idea? 🃏💩
Probably not. 🤷♀️
You might get into trouble! 😬
But what if you wanted to become an entertainer? 🥸
Suddenly your jokes could become an online portfolio, and help you build up a following! 📱
It totally depends on the kind of person you want to be seen as! 📸
Step 2 – Check your rep 🕵️♀️
The second step to building an online reputation is to check what reputation you’ve already got online.
Google yourself! 🔎
Have you ever googled yourself? 🧐
How easy are you to find online? 🔎
What kind of things come up? 💻
Do they match the career and online reputation that you want? 💃
If you were a job recruiter, or a customer, what would you think of yourself? 👀
What networks are you on? 🕸️
Next, check out all of your profiles on social media! 📱
What kind of online reputation do your posts give you? 📸
Is there an old account that you forgot to close down with embarrassing old posts? 🔒
Why not tidy up your accounts, and delete the ones you’re no longer using?🧹
Who can see your posts? 👀👀
So by now you should know all of the networks you’re on online. 📱
Do you know who can actually see what you post on them? 🤷♀️
Who are all of your friends/followers? 👋 Do you actually know who they are?👀
Do you want those people seeing all of your posts? 🔎
What are your privacy settings like? 🔏
Do you have any posts that you want to keep, but perhaps hide them from the whole internet? 🤫 📶🌍
What will people think of your current posts? 🤔💭
Do your current posts fit in with the online reputation you want to have? 🕺
Are there any posts you have that you’d hate other people to see? 🙈
Clean up your posts 🧽
Time for a spring clean! 🧼
Delete or hide any posts that:
- could give you a bad/unwanted reputation 👎
- don’t suit the reputation you want 🤩
- you want to make private 🔏
- could be misunderstood by other people in a bad way 🥴
Do you have any family/friends who have put posts up about you that you don’t like? 😬
Perhaps you could politely ask them to delete them! ❌
Remember, people can very easily post:
- messages you’ve sent them 📨
- pictures they’ve taken of you 📸
- videos they’ve taken of you 📽️
- audio they’ve recorded of you 🎤
Think about how these could affect your reputation! 🤔💭
Step 3 – Get posting! 📬
The third step to building an online reputation is to get posting!
To post, or not to post? 🤔
It’s totally up to you whether you post online or not. 💻✅❌
If you don’t post online, it might be less stressful, and people won’t be able to judge you. 👩⚖️
But, you might also miss out on opportunities to connect with other people. 🤝
If you do post online, always ask this question first: 🤔✅
Is this going to help my online reputation – ✨
or hurt it? 🩹
Pick your socials 📱
What kind of people do you want to connect with? 🔊
Think about which social networks would help you reach the right people 🤝🧑🤝🧑
What to post 👍
What you post depends on what your goals are. 🏆
Why not search for successful people online, with a reputation you want to imitate? 🪞
They might give you some inspiration for post ideas. 🧠📝
Whilst there’s no secret recipe to the perfect reputation, in general you could consider posting things that:
- are inspirational ✨
- educate people 👩🏫
- entertain people 🤹♀️
- show your achievements 🏅
- demonstrate your personality 🥰
- are charitable 💖
- show your impressive work 💼
- people can relate to 😻
- make people happy ☀️
- have good spelling 📝✅
- are friendly 👋
- show you helping others 😀
- accept and welcome other people 💞
- show your good relationships 🤗
- get straight to the point 🎯
And it’s not just word posts! 🔇
Think about the kind of:
- videos 📽️
- pictures 📷
- words 💬
- audio 🎶
- questions ❔
- comments 🙊
- messages 📩
you put out online! 📬
What not to post 👎
Whilst there’s no secret recipe to the perfect reputation, for most professional reputations you should avoid posting things that:
- are offensive 🙅♀️
- involve swearing 🤬
- contain violence 🥷
- might trigger people e.g. sad topics 😢
- involve harm to people or animals 😟
- have bad spelling/grammar ✍️
- aren’t inclusive to others 🤝
- support things that might offend people e.g. politics can be quite argumentative ⚖️
- involve illegal activity🚨🚓
- show your bad relationships😾
- spam people 🙄
- waste people’s time ⌚
And it’s not just word posts! 🔇
Think about the kind of:
- videos 📽️
- pictures 📷
- words 💬
- audio 🎶
- questions ❔
- comments 🙊
- messages 📩
you put out online! 📬
Conclusion 👍
So that’s it!
You can create an impressive online reputation by:
Step 1 – Working out your goals 🏅
– Who you want to be! 🕺
– Your career goals! 💼
Step 2 – Checking your rep 🕵️♀️
– Googling yourself! 🔎
– Working out what networks you’re on! 🕸️
– Checking who can see your posts! 👀👀
– Evaluating your current posts 🤔💭
– Cleaning up your posts 🧽
Step 3 – Posting! 📬
– Deciding when it’s good to post or not🤔
– Picking your socials, to reach the right people📱
– Posting good posts👍
– Avoiding bad posts👎
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