Tech Tip: Show Off Your Work to Prospects
Chris Heiler- Editor
Are you tired of hauling around photos and renderings to show prospects? This easy-to-use FREE online portfolio creator may be for you.
Portfolios have always been a great way to present your past work to potential clients. However, today, prospects want to see our portfolios BEFORE they meet with us. They want to see our work before they even pick up the phone. Having your own website is an effective way to show off your portfolio. But what about those who don't have a website? Thankfully there is www.Carbonmade.com. This web based application allows you to easily display, organize and update your own on line portfolio. This is absolutely painless to learn and requires no web experience to manage. It took me less than an hour to sign up for my free account, upload photos and organize my portfolio. The free account allows you to have 5 projects with 35 images. If you want the ability to upload more than this, you will need to sign up for the paid package. This is $12 per month and allows 50 projects and 500 photos. Upon registering with Carbonmade, you are given a unique url. You can use this in all of your advertising and marketing just like you would a typical website address.
You also might want to check out www.Landscapedia.com which was created by landscape designer Michael Franklin. Although much more than an online portfolio site, it does have a portfolio function built in. And it's also free. Who is Carbonmade for?
- Designers who don't have a website
- Students who want to display their work online
- Designers who are working for a company and want to display their personal work online
- Designers seeking employment
You can register by going to www.carbonmade.com. Below is a screen capture of what my Carbonmade portfolio looks like. You can check it out at http://fountainhead.carbonmade.com
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