Digital Business Card 2.0 by Retaggr

Retaggr is all about unifying your online profiles.

You can bring all your profiles on all your services into one place, so the world can find out who you are, and connect with you.

With Retaggr you can display your profile a few different ways,

1. On the Retaggr site, complete with your own custom URL, eg http://www.retaggr.com/page/matthewtommasi
2. As a digital business card, which can be embedded in,

• Your email signature
• Your blog
  

You can create an interactive business card with content you already use including photos from Flickr, status updates from Twitter, widgets, find your recent blog posts, and much more.

This guide will show you how to create your very own digital business card.

Once you have registered and logged-in you will want to update your profile information.

Profile Information

Click on Enter your profile information,

Click on Profile and fill out your profile page. Once you are finished click on <Save Changes>,

Click on Profile photo and upload a photo. Once you are finished click on <Save Changes>,

Click on Contact details and upload a photo. Once you are finished click on <Save Changes>,

Click on Websites you use, then start entering your usernames next to the social networks you use,

Alternatively, if you have a FriendFeed account then you can Get all your usernames in one step by clicking on that link,

Enter you FriendFeed username then click <Import>,

Your FriendFeed accounts will be imported.

If you have another profile on the internet not listed before, click on Other profiles and enter its URL here,

Once you have finished click on Blogs and enter your Blog’s name, URL and Feed URL then click <Add Blog>,

Click on Widgets and select a widget from the drop-down list, eg Facebook,

Select Click here to get the code from Facebook, then login to Facebook,

Customise your Facebook badge then click <Save>,

Click on <Copy> to copy the code for you new badge.

Now go back to Retaggr and paste in your code.. then click <Add widget>,

Now click on Professional and fill out your professional page. Once you are finished click on <Save Changes>,

Click on Affiliations and add any affiliations you want,

Finally click on More details and add any extra details,

Preview Card

Once you have filled out your profile information, click on Preview Card to see what you digital business card looks like,

Check that your profile information is how you want it to appear.. otherwise go back and make the necessary changes.

Email Signature

Once you have created your profile you can embed it in your email signature providing your email client/service supports HTML signatures.

Click on Profile Tools –> Email Signature,

Copy the HTML signature code,

And follow the email signature setup notes for the service/client you use, to embed your Retaggr profile as your email signature,

Embed Profile Card on your Blog

To embed your profile card on your blog click on Profile Tools –> Embed Profile Card,

Next, copy the code for the type of badge you want to embed,

Paste this code where you want it to appear on your blog.

For WordPress users click on Widgets,

Click on the Text / Drag the Text widget to your sidebar,

Paste in the code, then Save and Close,

Your Retaggr badge will now be embedded in your blog,

Twitter your Retaggr Card

To let the world know you have just setup your Retaggr card, click on Home, then Twitter your Retaggr card,

Tweet your card,

Done!

You have now setup your very own digital business card 2.0 and embedded it into your email signature and blog.

Another great way to promote yourself, your blog and/or your business.

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