An assignment completed for im212 at RMIT University. Analysis of my online identity through various social media platforms.

1. SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILE:
Who is Taylah Florence Kleid?

2. A visual overview of
all of the social media CREATIVE
networking platforms
that I currently use.
(im212 blog)
PROFESSIONAL PERSONAL

3. The girl, the character, the
mission.
@ taykleid is a communications student, coffee snob, a social media
enthusiast with an overflowing wardrobe that she puts to good creative
and self-expressionistic use! She is a lover of words, both in their
informative and academic ability and their lyrically beautiful potential.
I have chosen to focus on the
two platforms Twitter and
Blogger as I feel that both as a
collective, display my online
identity in the best light. That is
a well-constructed image of
who I am and the work I am
interested in doing. All the while
maintaining a good balance
between presenting my
genuine personality and my
professional skills.
My LinkedIn profile is my
connecting hub for these.

4. Tweet Tweet: My Twitter Account
Display picture, an Clear link to In an autobiographical
accurate portrayal of my main piece, I once wrote that
myself. Coffee in hand, blog. any generic social media
I look tiny, face is bio you read about me
shyly covered. will tell you “I’m all about
words, coffee and style”
to some degree.

5. Who am I on Twitter?
• A mixed bag of lollies
• A media student (see #im212)
• A shameless self-promoter
• A song lyric-quote regurgitater
• An article retweeter
• A public transport complainer

6. Two-way Tweeting:
Because one of the criteria I set myself for this course was to start
to use Twitter in a more professional way, or engage in
conversation, talk to “Industry” people.
Carmen - one of my
favourite fashion
bloggers. (SHE
ALSO WORKS AT
VOGUE!)
This is me. Professional
comment I know!
(but apparently this is
“key” to networking).
A reply!
(of some form)
WIN!!!
After this, I sent Carmen a proper email introducing myself, acknowledging her work etc.
She’d be a nice connection to have in the blogger and magazine community.

7. Getting Retweeted on Twitter:
Market HQ (Online store and fashion blog)
retweeted my blog post :)
It’s just a little Tweet but yes, it made me feel good and was a
nice little validation and promotion of my work.
(more on my blog and cross networking to come…)

8. “She’s Just Like The Weather”
- My latest and greatest
- Could sum up as a style + lifestyle blog
- I describe it as a “personal showcase”.
- This is a place where a potential employer can buy my
personality as well as my work.
- Goal: Build it up to be like an “online resume”. Styling,
writing, creative direction, raw experience in online
marketing and social media management.

10. Professional Information on Blogger
Sidebar links clearly
at the top of the
page. More info and
contact details and
where else you can
find me online.
Here is the content of the
page the “About Me” links to.
Short but Important information at the
informative top. I read somewhere that
description of what this is the “most important”
this blog is about. thing to visible on your blog.

11. Cross-networking
Promoting my Blogger posts through my Twitter account
Note: Relevant tag.
We discussed in class how putting links in tweets is
not always the most effective as many people access
Twitter on their phone etc… I often still share the link
(you never know) but have found my biggest audience
comes from promoting the link on my Facebook
account or through photo on Tumblr.
I am still pondering whether or not to make a “She’s Just Like The Weather” Facebook page. It
seems every blog has one to help with promotion and communication with readers… Hmm

12. The Blogger Community
Funnily enough I wasn’t sold on “Blogger” when I signed up to start using
the platform - when you compare it to something like Tumblr, the
“community” aspect is severely lacking… but then through other people
blogs and word of mouth, I discovered Bloglovin’
It’s where most of the fellow style bloggers in particular
connect with each other.
Word on the street is in the online fashion world (if there is
such a thing), its where a lot of industry people trawl through
to find stylists and potential blogging contributors or
people to collaborate with.

13. Linkedin: The Hub of choice
LinkedIn has become the "Hub" of my online ID, and I think it suits me and the work I do
better than something like ABC Pool. Being somewhat of a freelance writer and a blogger, it
seems more relevant for me to be here, where as I view ABC Pool as good for people
interested in working in film/radio.
Here is a snapshot of my "online resume" which viewed live has more detail of my work
experience and what kind of work I am looking for. It has links to my Twitter and my
Blogger site - my two most "professional" online social media platforms.

14. The LinkedIn Community:
Getting involved
Along with so far having 51 connections, I recently joined these three
relevant Groups on LinkedIn. I am yet to really explore what the Groups
sector has to offer and planning to get involved in more of the discussions
within each and see where and who this may take me to :)

15. A summary of sorts…
Whether I’m “taykleid”, Taylah Kleid or Taylah
Florence, I can be found on many social networks.
I am very active on all of them, I post daily on Twitter
and Tumblr and try to get substantial posts on my
Blogger out at least twice a week.
As discussed and illustrated, I try establish a balance
between “professional” and “personal” on all of these
networks. I’d say Twitter and Blogger are the best
examples where both of those facets are displayed.
However I am a firm believer of still being myself and
selling my personality. I rarely censor what I post, I
like to think I am pretty sensible and appropriate
anyway and don’t believe in masking the little things
like quotes and song lyrics that make me who I am…
I am hoping to build up more of a professional
presence online through my blog and Linkedin
accounts and maybe one day someone will offer me
a job through the Internet! (wouldn’t that be nice!)