Social media press release spawns off-spring
February 21st, 2008 by Andy Merchant
We have all heard about the SMPR by now, and we also know that not that much has happened since the original concept was released. But after reading my RSS feeds over the last few weeks I have noticed some SMPR reincarnations in the form of resumes/CVs.
A few weeks ago I came across the Visual CV :
“The Visual CV makes a traditional resume come alive with video, pictures and a portfolio of your best work samples and other supporting documents. Informational pop-ups provide background data on the companies you’ve worked at and the colleges you’ve attended. You can securely share different versions with your own network of employers, colleagues and friends, and control who sees what.”
Why is it like a SMPR you might ask? Well from the blurb it looks like you can add video, pictures, audio, charts, presentations and even share it on social networks. Check out a preview CV and see what you think.
But the Online Resume Builder illustrates the holy grail of social media CVs - the social media resume. The features seem pretty impressive and include images, video and direct links to your related online communities. The resume is also shareable, search engine friendly and trackable. All very impressive!
The only other SMPR spawn I know of is our own Liberate Media interactive Social Media Video Release which we did over three weeks ago for our client iCrossing, and has had over 2000 views now - case study to follow.
So what will be the next SMPR offspring? I’m not really sure , but I do think exciting times are upon us!. Now is the time for creative peoples to get their thinking caps on and evolve the format of the SMPR to the next level! WATCH THIS SPACE.
Tags: cv, liberate media, resume, smpr, Social media, social media press release, social media video release
