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Journo Portfolio is the easiest way to create a beautiful, professional writing portfolio website that will impress clients and employers. Import your work from anywhere, customize the design, and showcase your best work to the world.
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Journo Portfolio is the perfect platform for writers of all levels to create a portfolio that will help them achieve their writing goals. Whether you're a student, a freelancer, or a seasoned professional, Journo Portfolio can help you showcase your best work and get noticed by clients and employers.
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Key Features
It's quick to get started with Journo Portfolio but it's also packed with features to help you take things to the next level.
Features • Import
Import anything.
Import your work from anywhere in any format. Upload PDFs, Images, Videos and Audio files, import articles by URL or publish blog posts directly on Journo Portfolio.
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Features • Showcase
Your work, your way.
Build a stunning site to showcase your work using custom pages, collections and a flexible content builder. Display your work in a grid, a column, as a blog or an image gallery.
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Features • Backup
Backup your work.
Articles and web pages are removed all the time. Journo Portfolio can automatically grab screenshot backups of your online articles from across the internet so that you'll never lose a piece of work again.
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Features • Protect
Protect your work.
Make sure your current employer can't find your portfolio. Use password and secure-link privacy options to restrict access to your whole portfolio or a single page, or set your portfolio to be hidden from search engines.
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Features • Grow
Build a following.
Allow visitors to your portfolio to subscribe to your portfolio by email or via RSS to receive weekly updates when you publish new articles.
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Features • Analyse
Track your progress.
Fast and privacy-friendly analytics for your site allow you to monitor how it is performing. A unique timeline view lets you track every visit.
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Built with Journo Portfolio
Is it worth having an online portfolio?
Absolutely! A modern digital portfolio is a vital tool to help you get more work, apply for jobs or just stand out from the crowd. Your portfolio can be the place you send people to browse all of your work or learn about you and your services or skills.
Why should I use Journo Portfolio?
Started in 2012, Journo Portfolio has helped over 250,000 creatives build their portfolio. Our platform is dedicated to building portfolios which makes it easier and quicker to build a stunning, unique site. Our customers highly rate how easy it is to build their site with us.
What should I put in my writing portfolio?
You can build your portfolio gradually. To start with upload a few of your best pieces of work. Recent work, testimonials, your services and a contact page are all good options to add later. Read our blog for more advice and tips on what to include on your portfolio.
Can someone build my website for me?
Our team are more than happy to help you import your work, set up your site and customise it to your liking if you choose a Pro plan with us. We will work closely with you so you can manage your portfolio site going forward.
How do I get a custom domain for my website?
Once you have built your portfolio, upgrade to our Pro plan and select a domain to be set up for you. We take care of everything, from the DNS settings to a security certificate and the renewal. Your custom domain is included with our Pro plan at no extra cost, forever.
How do I start making a portfolio?
Simply click Get Started to create your account. Our setup guide will take you through adding your details, importing your work and customising your site in minutes.
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Artist
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Freelance writer
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”The RainyDay Writer
Writer
“Journo Portfolio has been great for keeping all my articles in one place. Articles on other websites can be accessed on my portfolio and I can write new articles on my portfolio website.
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Content marketer
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Publications professional
“I host my digital portfolio on Journo Portfolio because they automatically create a back-up pdf of my work. Super important because stuff in the online world does just disappear sometimes.
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Writer & Photographer
“I found out about Journo Portfolio 3 years ago at the beginning of my journey as a freelance journalist. On top of being affordable and intuitive to use, Journo is amazing for multi-skilled people and whoever offers more than one service. As someone who wants to be able to showcase my work in different areas, I love how this platform allows me to do just that, but having a solid selection of templates for articles, but also having many customizable options for a variety of pages.
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Makeup artist, content creator, creative director and writer
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Thank you for providing such a great service.
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Video editor and photoshop artist
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”Jennifer L. Grybowski
Writer and Editor
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”Dahna M. Chandler
Communications Consultant & Journalist
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Designer and illustrator
“Journo Portfolio is amazing not only for writers.
I used it to step by step build website for my work and it works perfectly as a presentation of my business. Compatibility with social media plugins, variety of themes and flexibility of moving elements, creating articles together with possibility of integrating outer plugins such as chat support for you website... For almost no cost.
”Monika
PADI Instructor, Master Scuba Diver Trainer
“I found JP randomly while looking at portfolio sites. I like that the editing is fast and intuitive.
Even a free account is useful, and the analytics are still available. The creation process was easy, and I built the articles outside of JP and seamlessly dropped them into the portfolio.
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Maker and Artist
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Always makes for a great first impression.
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Writer, Editor, Author, Podcaster, Investigator & TV Host
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I can’t endorse this site enough and hope that other writers enjoy the same experiences I have had using it.
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Writer
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Journalism Student
“I'm thrilled I could easily put together my own website!
Journo Portfolio is easy to edit and easy for me to add articles and photos. I've already gotten work from my site and I'm so thankful for this!
”Anne Stein
Writer and editor
“I created my portfolio a little over a year ago. This was the first portfolio I've ever done & Journo Portfolio made it so easy for someone not familiar with website development.
If you're a creative searching for a simple way to get your work out there, give Journo Portfolio a try!
”Melissa Monson
Writer
