Heidi Allen Digital Strategy

Whether or not you are using Google Buzz, having a Google profile is a place where people can read a bit about you and find the different sites you’re on.

What you don’t want is this:

which is no good to man nor beast if you do want to set up a Google profile because no link is provided.

This is a small snapshot of what a Google Profile looks like (there’s lots more info available):

To create a Google Profile

1. Go to Google Profiles http://www.google.com/profiles

2. Click on ‘Create my profile’ and log in using your gmail address and password

3. Fill in the boxes and upload a picture (don’t forget to add your superpower)

4. Add your links (twitter, facebook etc).  If you are unsure, Google will also scour the web for you and see if it can find anything that resembles your profile on other sites and ask if you want to add them, although that may take it some time.

5. Customise your url

6. Voila – you’re done! And you can change your details anytime.

Here is my practical video demonstration on how to use feedly and why. feedly is a RSS reader and from a research point of view it’s essential. It is a tool that is useful for

• staying current
• sharing with your network
• bookmarking research
• keeping in touch with what other experts are doing…

all in one place. Here’s how to do it:

Feedly is based on Google Reader, which means you will need a Google account (ie have a gmail address) to log in. If you are researching and wanting to keep up to date easily, an RSS reader like feedly is essential. Download it here.

UPDATE:

Feedly have just featured this video on their blog building feedly along with some changes they may make as a result.

What they also have are some very helpful tips about how to use feedly for Google chrome which I am about to implement myself. Thanks guys!