Personal Website

The personal website is one of your tools in personal branding strategy. Although already have social networking profiles, personal web page catalyzes all your professional information in one place. For example, on Facebook you very personal information with photos, reviews, and many "friends" (most are only known). On LinkedIn, you have to adapt to its format and include professional information that dictates how LinkedIn.However, to have complete control over content and appearance, the best choice remains a personal website. Even a page provides you with a higher level of differentiation as many candidates have decided to use only the information contained in their social networks.To create a custom Web page, there are several items to consider: domain, hosting and storage, content, design, and promotion. 
Domain.-On the domain, you must register it with any of the services available on the network. Network Solutions, 1 & 1 or GoDaddy are some of the options available. When you register the domain, try to address corresponds to your name / surname or something similar. If your nombre.com already registered, choose to combine surname, first name, initials. If the. Com is not available, you can use. Net. Name, or. Info. Annual cost: $ 9.99. 
Storage or Hosting. - Upon registration of the site, you must choose where to store all that content. And possess a hard drive in your computer where reside all your files and folders, you'll need a place to store your site. In cases like 1 & 1 or GoDaddy, these services allow you apart from registering the domain, store your pages. The estimated monthly cost is $ 5 or $ 60 per year. Apart from the companies mentioned include Fat Cow, Host Gator, and Host Monster. 
Design. - You've already registered your domain and you have a web space to store your website. It's time to design and create the page content. There are two options: you create it yourself or pay a professional to make it (costs for a single page can be around $ 500 - $ 1,000). Obviously the page entrust a professional will be the most expensive option. Even if you have no experience creating pages, a professional will bring a more beneficial outcome. 
If you choose to create your own page, you also have two options: use existing design template and populate it with your content and create all your. If you decide to use a template, you can use those available in 1 & 1, GoDaddy, or TemplateMonster. By contrast, to create everything yourself, you should know how to use DreamWeaver (basic knowledge of programming languages ​​HTML and CSS), and Photoshop (photo editing). 
Content. - When creating the navigation menu, try to include the following: contact information, biography, resume, portfolio, blog (optional) and a picture of you. But before writing the content and even design your site, you must define the type of person you want to visit your site. Depending on where you look for the industry and the type of work that these companies employ recruiters, will use design and content based on your audience. Do not write to you or your family and / or friends. Write to the recruiter that found your website by promoting it has done and is in position to grant you a job interview.Promotion. - How to promote my site? When you have completed the process of creation and publication, send the link to your page to your contacts. It would be useful to learn about SEO to promote it. Basically, the SEO will take care of you appear in search results on Google, Bing, and others. You may have the best designed site with better content but relevant and influential people do not know how to find it, all this work will have been in vain. 
Treat your personal website as your primary online identity. The virtual reflection of you. Take care in great detail each element of the creative process and the results will accompany you. If you think you can not meet all the requirements, abandons the idea of ​​creating the page. You should only publish your site if you feel really proud of her and reflects your true value.Best of Luck.