SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILE:Who is Taylah Florence Kleid?

CREATIVE

PROFESSIONAL PERSONAL

A visual overview of all of the social media networking platforms that I currently use.

(im212 blog)

The girl, the character, the mission.@taykleid is a communications student, coffee snob, a social media

enthusiast with an overflowing wardrobe that she puts to good creative and self-expressionistic use! She is a lover of words, both in their

informative and academic ability and their lyrically beautiful potential.

I have chosen to focus on the two platforms Twitter and

Blogger as I feel that both as a collective, display my online

identity in the best light. That is a well-constructed image of who I am and the work I am

interested in doing. All the while maintaining a good balance

between presenting my genuine personality and my

professional skills.

My LinkedIn profile is my connecting hub for these.

Display picture, an accurate portrayal of

myself. Coffee in hand, I look tiny, face is

shyly covered.

In an autobiographical piece, I once wrote that

any generic social media bio you read about me

will tell you “I’m all about words, coffee and style”

to some degree.

Tweet Tweet: My Twitter Account

Clear link to my main

blog.

Who am I on Twitter?

• A mixed bag of lollies

• A media student (see #im212)

• A shameless self-promoter

• A song lyric-quote regurgitater

• An article retweeter

• A public transport complainer

Two-way Tweeting:Because one of the criteria I set myself for this course was to start

to use Twitter in a more professional way, or engage in conversation, talk to “Industry” people.

This is me. Professional comment I

know! (but apparently this is “key” to networking).

Carmen - one of my favourite fashion bloggers. (SHE

ALSO WORKS AT VOGUE!)

A reply! (of some form)

WIN!!!

After this, I sent Carmen a proper email introducing myself, acknowledging her work etc. She’d be a nice connection to have in the blogger and magazine community.

Getting Retweeted on Twitter:

Market HQ (Online store and fashion blog) retweeted my blog post :)

It’s just a little Tweet but yes, it made me feel good and was a nice little validation and promotion of my work.

(more on my blog and cross networking to come…)

“She’s Just Like The Weather”

- My latest and greatest- Could sum up as a style + lifestyle blog- I describe it as a “personal showcase”.

- This is a place where a potential employer can buy my personality as well as my work.

- Goal: Build it up to be like an “online resume”. Styling, writing, creative direction, raw experience in online

marketing and social media management.

Professional Information on Blogger

Short but informative

description of what this blog is about.

Sidebar links clearly at the top of the

page. More info and contact details and where else you can

find me online.

Here is the content of the page the “About Me” links to. Important information at the top. I read somewhere that this is the “most important”

thing to visible on your blog.

Cross-networking

We discussed in class how putting links in tweets is not always the most effective as many people access Twitter on their phone etc… I often still share the link

(you never know) but have found my biggest audience comes from promoting the link on my Facebook

account or through photo on Tumblr.

Promoting my Blogger posts through my Twitter account

Note: Relevant tag.

I am still pondering whether or not to make a “She’s Just Like The Weather” Facebook page. It seems every blog has one to help with promotion and communication with readers… Hmm

The Blogger CommunityFunnily enough I wasn’t sold on “Blogger” when I signed up to start using

the platform - when you compare it to something like Tumblr, the “community” aspect is severely lacking… but then through other people

blogs and word of mouth, I discovered Bloglovin’

It’s where most of the fellow style bloggers in particular connect with each other.

Word on the street is in the online fashion world (if there is such a thing), its where a lot of industry people trawl through

to find stylists and potential blogging contributors or people to collaborate with.

Linkedin: The Hub of choice LinkedIn has become the "Hub" of my online ID, and I think it suits me and the work I do

better than something like ABC Pool. Being somewhat of a freelance writer and a blogger, it seems more relevant for me to be here, where as I view ABC Pool as good for people

interested in working in film/radio.

Here is a snapshot of my "online resume" which viewed live has more detail of my work experience and what kind of work I am looking for. It has links to my Twitter and my

Blogger site - my two most "professional" online social media platforms.

Along with so far having 51 connections, I recently joined these three relevant Groups on LinkedIn. I am yet to really explore what the Groups

sector has to offer and planning to get involved in more of the discussions within each and see where and who this may take me to :)

The LinkedIn Community:Getting involved

A summary of sorts…

Whether I’m “taykleid”, Taylah Kleid or Taylah Florence, I can be found on many social networks.

As discussed and illustrated, I try establish a balance between “professional” and “personal” on all

of these networks. I’d say Twitter and Blogger are the best examples where both of those facets are

displayed.

I am hoping to build up more of a professional presence online through my blog and Linkedin

accounts and maybe one day someone will offer me a job through the Internet! (wouldn’t that be nice!)

I am very active on all of them, I post daily on Twitter and Tumblr and try to get substantial posts on my

Blogger out at least twice a week.

However I am a firm believer of still being myself and selling my personality. I rarely censor what I post, I

like to think I am pretty sensible and appropriate anyway and don’t believe in masking the little things like quotes and song lyrics that make me who I am…