Your online identity has evolved beyond a resume or a LinkedIn page. These days people find you through your social media, portfolio, personal website, projects, posts and communities.
Someone might find you on LinkedIn, but not on your portfolio, or find your Instagram but not your website. You might have great work but if people struggle to find it, then it's not serving it's purpose.
The challenge of a scattered identity
How many places is your information scattered across? Is your resume a PDF or Word doc? Are your projects on GitHub or a portfolio website? Where are your certificates? What about your social media? Your profiles likely don't match up with the information elsewhere.
Maybe you update a title on LinkedIn and forget your other accounts. These slight inconsistencies across your digital footprint add up and can confuse someone that is trying to see who you really are.
As first impressions go, they shouldn't have to work hard to find out who you are.
What is a Whoozit Space?
A Whoozit Space is your central place to showcase and control your identity. Instead of people digging to find all of the important information about who you
Focus on the value of a space
The benefits of a central space start with clarity.
When people come to your Space they'll be able to quickly and easily understand what you do and where they can find more information about you. It's a win for everyone who comes across your information. We only get a few seconds to make a judgement about who someone is so the easier it is to digest the better.
Additionally, by having a single point of reference it's much simpler to share with others.
Instead of sharing multiple links, or explaining where everything is, you give someone a single link and tell them "Here is everything you need to know about me." Which is an extremely powerful statement to make.
Curate your Space to your best work
A great space doesn't try to show the world everything at once. It picks a single place for everything that defines someone. Start with a brief introduction explaining who you are and what types of services or partnerships you're looking for.
Following that, showcase your best work. Students can display projects, internships and certifications. Freelancers can show off projects, services, referrals and recommendations. Creators would have their work, collaborations and social media. The list could go on and on but the takeaway is that this should be the best and most relevant information about you in one place. Quality is more important than quantity, so pick one or two flagship examples instead of dozens of half finished projects.
Centralization doesn't just help those searching for you
Having a well-defined Space helps the discovery of relevant people for you as much as it does them.
By clearly defining, categorizing and standardizing your information throughout your Space it's much easier for others to know where to find you and what you do. For example if a student or even someone starting fresh defines their categories, skills, areas of interest and categories of work, it helps them be discovered by people seeking those things as well.
This applies for students and professionals looking for internships, jobs, clients, collaborators or even business partners.
Continually refine and revise your Space
Building your Space starts with putting together what defines you, but it is in no way a set-and-forget endeavor. Like any good portfolio, it's smart to keep your information up to date. Make sure old work gets taken down, your introduction still reflects who you are, the links are still valid, and the information hasn't been outdated by new developments.
An active, up-to-date Space is always preferable to one that hasn't been maintained.
Anyone looking for ways to present themselves better could find benefits in a Whoozit Space.
Students can collect projects, certifications and internships, job seekers can focus on the best aspects of their resume, freelancers can display what they do and for whom, creators can gather their work and socials, founders and consultants can put together their offerings and specialties and a ton more. A central location, clearly defining who someone is and what they do, as well as where you can discover more about them makes it much easier to understand someone's offering.
So jump on in and start showcasing what makes you unique. With the introduction covered next, all it takes is to define who you are, where you do the best work and what you need to get in touch.
Once you've done that, take a step back and think about it from the perspective of the first-time visitor. Can the average stranger read your Space and understand who you are within several seconds? Can they see what you do and where they can go to find more information? Are your best works easily accessible and can they identify how to reach you?
If the answers are yes, then congratulations you're one step closer to having the easiest way for people to understand what you do.
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