Read an interesting post on Smashing Magazine by Christian Heilmann entitled Making Your Mark On The Web Is Easier Than You Think. In summary, he suggests the following to get your name out:
- Use Social Networking Tools: Great for showing off successes and ideas, upload photos to Flickr and Facebook showcasing your work
- Write a (Micro) Blog: stay up to date, and update often and regularly. You will get a crowd of followers
- Attend un-conferences such as Barcamp, good place to practice public speaking
- Attend conferences, become a speaker
- Partner and Build Alliances
- Comment on other People’s Work
- Build on the work of Others
- Release Free Code
According to Christian, making your mark on the web is easier than you think. We’ll see…
