Welcome to January 2013! As per tradition people around the world are celebrating the dawn of a new year by resolving to improve on the habits of the year before. In place of resolving to do a hundred sit ups a day (or in addition to), how about resolving to take control of your digital identity? Here at Digital Tattoo we rounded up five easy ways to put your best click forward in 2013.
1. Check your Facebook privacy settings. Again.
I know, I know. Didn’t you just double check these a few months ago? In a word of constantly shifting privacy updates you can never be too certain of who can see your profile. Go ahead check it again, do you want your Facebook profile to come up in Google searches? Do you want to keep Great-Aunt Sally from seeing your timeline? Stop postponing and go clean up your profile!
2. Update your profiles.
Has your online identity gotten a little stale? Refresh your Twitter and Linkedin profile pictures. Have you set your Twitter banner image yet? Creating a digital identity is only the first step. After creation profiles need to be consistently updated. This is especially important for those working on maintaining an active e-portfolio.
3. Compile and control.
It’s easy to get distracted on the internet. That’s why having all of your networks in one place is invaluable. Simply Zesty gives ten different tools to help you manage your online identity. Tweetdeck alone can save you the social media nightmare of tweeting something personal on your professional account or vice versa.
4. Reply more and spam less.
We’re all guilty of this. Sure you might want to post that cute instagram pic of your friends online but for some reason you’re not as willing to complement your friends pictures. Let’s not forget the word “social” in social media. Go beyond the like button and use these tools to connect with people.
5. Be smart both online and off.
You would hope it goes without saying but be intelligent about social media. Don’t write anything online that you wouldn’t tell a stranger at a bus stop and certainly don’t forget that everything you say can be legally used against you. Let us not start out 2013 like 18 year old Jacob, who was arrested for drunk driving after he posted it on his Facebook page.
Do you have any New Years resolutions? Would you agree that you need to refresh your digital identity as often as your physical identity?
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