About.Me is a site that shows and links people on a single page, to your major social media links. It profiles you and your links. I’ve been on it for a few months now and it looks like they have added some analytics of your Twitter account and they sent me some free business cards to pass out to my profile. They do give you analytics to show who clicks your site. Mine is http://about.me/chrisvoss. There is a plethora of sites claiming “get in now and reserve your name.” Frankly its a little tiring of a marketing line when almost every site claims that. Technically you can use Google Profiles and a few other sites to do the same thing. I do have to say the Twitter analytics are cool in showing you who your top influencers are. But you probably know that.
With sites like this you cant do much with them thats fun and interactive, so I dont see it staying on peoples frequented list. For networking I prefer Linkedin. But About.Me does make it so you can make a cool background too and market yourself in that manner if you like. Its a little bit more image based marketing. Thanks About.me and Moo.com for the free business cards with my background on them. All in all its a nice site. I think some of the things they have done so far, if they keep adding features will be great.
Thanks Chris.
Great idea, Chris!
amazing post. and beautiful picture) really))) you are so full of energy and new ideas) good luck!
Very nice picture! And great post.
Thanks for the info, Chris. I have just created a profile at About.Me. Mine is http://about.me/jim_berry.
I like some of the features on the site. And the new integration with Klout is helpful with your social media analytics.
I have not ordered the business cards yet, as I am not decided on the background image.
Thanks again!
Trying to see if there is any Buzz to the About.Me website face, I happen to like it, but a 3 column link format would be nice, you could fit a whole site’s navigation links on a fast loading front end that has the right visual bang.
See mine at thebigislandreporter.com
I really like it.
I share my about.me link with people whom I meet but don’t want to send directly to my Facebook account. (this was before G+) I work in events and in many social spaces. Its business but also social. I use my about.me profile to allow people to explore both my Professional and Social side of my online life before we become friends on fbk or other.
Love the clean layout.
Unfortunately with the redesign, this website has significantly declined in value, and it is unfortunate that the new designer felt that the older design was too similar to Facebook. I don’t typically use Facebook, finding it better suited for kids than adults. The older design on this site felt more appropriate for adults. A person could tailor their page to the look at feel they wanted to convey, and through words or a description of themselves, invite others to encourage future communication. I met many current friends this way. The new design feels more detached, more isolated. You can’t see the pages of others. It’s ridiculous. I closed my account. The site is absurd.