Thing #2: Adding media, using gadgets, and labelling your posts

Since most of us are about to graduate from Coe in the next three months, I thought it would be important to include a link to my LinkedIn page here. If you are not familiar with LinkedIn I would suggest checking it out. The website is a great resource for professionals looking for networking and/or employment opportunities.

But if you're too lazy to explore it on your own, check out this video. It's a tutorial on what LinkedIn is all about and why it is so useful: 

 

 Customizing and labeling you blog is the best way to allow it to stand apart from other blogger's pages. For this blog, I took the time to change the layout of the page which included a new background photo, a search bar, and other minor changes which impacts how a visitor perceives the page.  The way I decided what to add resulted from an exploration of other successful blogs and an understanding in what they contain how they are different than the thousands of unsuccessful blogs. The labels on my blog correspond to what I thought would be most useful. I think the only way to make sure that this blog is living up to it full potential is by hearing feedback from visitors as to what would make their visit more enjoyable or productive.