When marketing yourself online, your personal and/or professional social media accounts can quickly make or break your reputation. It is extremely important to be careful when using them and only post appropriate content. Below are some tips on what to avoid and how to save your account after a slip up.
Things to avoid on both personal and professional accounts
- Drunk photos
- Negative attitude
- References to illegal drugs
- Sexual pictures
- Extreme Alcohol Consumption
- Profanity
- Spelling/Grammar errors
Made a mistake? Clean it up ASAP!
- Deactivate old accounts
- Delete posts
- Change username
- Change settings to “private account”
- Add professional bio
- Post more appropriate content
Social media accounts to consider
- Personal Websites
Kelly,
Very useful information! I loved the section about how to clean up a past mistake. I only wish the text was larger as I have bad eyes (: