Why You Should Create A Homepage Right Now

Inspired by https://guzey.com/personal/why-have-a-blog/, I thought I’d touch on a simpler case: a personal homepage.

A personal homepage serves as a virtual first impression and introduction to who you are. Your homepage serves to influence employers, business partners, investors and all other audiences that you’re a reputable person. Herein lies virtually endless opportunities, especially given the worldwide stage they sit on.

Most netizens will have a social media profile such as Twitter, Instagram, TikTok etc., so they’re familliar with setting up accounts but directing people to a canonical location that’s not tied to any one service is problematic. For example if I tell a friend I’m “@kulor” online, they’ll have to use their mental energy and perhaps some detective skills to know if they’re referring to a Twitter, Instagram or other online service. If they instead said “I’m kulor.com online”, that becomes easier and more interesting.

So why are there so many people without a website?

Typical objections will include:

• It’s too complex to set up
• It’ll cost too much
• Considered to not have enough content including blog posts, polished photos etc

All of these objections are addressed with a range of services aiming to reduce the barriers to getting an online presence.

Let’s cover a few of them:

About.me

Pros: Really simple setup, very focused on your story
Cons: Limited designs and too much About branding on finished sites
Cost: Free / $8 per month

Carrd

Pros: Excellent set of templates to use, point and click editing of content
Cons: Tricky to add additional content beyond the basics
Cost: Free / $19 per year

Squarespace

Pros: Premium template selection with powerful content management to power blogs and e-commerce.
Cons: Templates assume you have a wealth of high-quality photography and content to fill their luxe designs. Seems more targeted at businesses.
Cost: $19 per month

Linktree

Pros: Simplest way to aggregate all your social media accounts
Cons: Limited personalisation options and not great beyond a list of links
Cost: Free / $5 per month

Read.cv

Pros: A slick way to create and show off your resume
Cons: Lack of personalisation
Cost: Free

Spend 10 minutes signing up for any of these services mentioned, add it to your social profiles, include it in your email signatures and print it on your business cards. This will be the start of unlocking your potential as you’ll be more findable and look more impressive as you’ll have put more effort in than the majority of the crowd.

It’s exciting once you’ve set up a website, so send me a message with what you’ve created, I’d love to see it!