How to Create a Personal, Professional Web Site
Show Off a Stunning Online Portfolio to Achieve Self Employment
Aug 25, 2009
Marketing is one of the most important aspects of self employment, and one of the best ways to market anything these days is through a professional Web site. Many employers of work at home professionals will request samples before they’ll make any hiring decisions. Having a corner of the Internet to direct these interested parties toward can be a big help when seeking out new self employment jobs. Learn how to offer a stunning online portfolio and create an eye-catching Web site to hook potential clients.
Creating an Online Portfolio
An online portfolio can be essential in self employment. This is a Web page (or pages) that provides links, samples of work completed by the professional in question. It’s a concise listing of snippets meant to tempt and entice potential employers and clients. Many self employed professionals choose to include a link to their portfolios on all their cover letters, even on their resumes.
Creating an online portfolio means learning how to create a professional personal Web site to showcase skills and provide contact information. Anyone who’s interested in self employment should provide this online space, because it’s probably their strongest marketing tool.
Create a Professional Web Site for Self Employment
There are many (free) ways to create a professional Web site for those self employed individuals who want to show off their samples and promote themselves online. In fact, doing so can be absolutely essential to self employed marketing (an ongoing and neverending goal in the life of the self employed professional). Next to the self employment resume, the Web site (which should host an online portfolio) will be seen most often by potential clients and employers - in other words, the paying customers.
Learn how to create a professional Web site for self employment by knowing which elements to place on the pages. Find a free site that suits personal needs (some require much less code-writing than others) and get to work on wow-ing those employers.
About. A brief biography is called for on any professional Web site. People like to know who they’re dealing with. This page doesn’t have to include a picture, though adding one can provide a nice, personal touch.
Contact info. Always, always provide contact information so that clients can easily solicit work. After all, self employment begins and ends with making money.
Links links links. Provide links to Web sites where work is clearly displayed, so interested parties can see just what they can expect if they decide to hire.
Portfolio. The online portfolio is an extremely important aspect of the professional self employed Web site. This should be presented in easy-to-see samples, links and other snippets of interest. Often, online portfolios are best displayed on a single page that’s well-organized and attractive.
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