# Trooly Prof

> Personal websites for professors, authors and keynote speakers: designed, written and kept current by one person. Start with two free sample sections.

Trooly Prof is run by Akanksha, a web designer and copywriter based in Mumbai, India, with over twelve years of experience, working to US hours. One person designs, writes, builds and maintains each site.

## Who it's for
- Professors, especially at US business and policy schools
- Academic authors with published or upcoming books
- Keynote speakers and experts who are quoted in the press

## What's included
- Design and build on the client's own domain
- All copy written for the client and approved by them
- Book pages with praise and buy links
- Talks, podcasts and op-eds, archived
- Speaking enquiry form that reaches the client or their bureau
- Media kit for journalists
- Monthly care: new work added, security handled

## How it works
1. The client requests two free sample sections via a short form: https://troolyprof.com/request
2. Two sections are designed and written from the client's real work and sent by email
3. If the client wants to continue, the full site is built and reviewed page by page by email
4. Ongoing: the client forwards new papers, books or talks and they're added to the site

## Selected work
- Professor Anindya Ghose (NYU Stern): https://www.anindyaghose.com/
- Professor Ravi Bapna (University of Minnesota): https://www.ravibapna.com/
- Professor Rahul Telang (Carnegie Mellon, Heinz) (in progress)

## Questions and answers
- **Do I need to write anything?** No. I draft everything from your published work and your profile. You approve or edit.
- **What does it cost?** A one-time build fee, then a flat monthly care plan. I quote after you've read the samples.
- **Who owns the site and the domain?** You do. It's registered in your name and stays yours if you ever stop the care plan.
- **Does it replace my faculty page?** No. It sits alongside it and links to it. Your university page stays as it is.
- **Do we need a call?** Only if you'd like one. Most of the work happens by email.
- **How fast do updates go live?** Usually within [X] working days of your email.

## Articles
- [Do professors need a personal website?](https://troolyprof.com/articles/do-professors-need-a-personal-website): If people outside your department look you up (journalists, event organisers, readers of your book, prospective collaborators in industry), yes: a personal website gives them one current, complete page under your own name, which a faculty profile usually can't.
- [Faculty profile vs personal website: what's the difference?](https://troolyprof.com/articles/faculty-profile-vs-personal-website): A faculty profile is the university's page about you, written for academic colleagues and tied to your current job; a personal website is your own page, on your own domain, that covers your whole body of work (books, talks, press and research) for any audience and stays with you when you move.
- [What should a keynote speaker website include?](https://troolyprof.com/articles/what-should-a-speaker-website-include): A speaker website should let an organiser decide and act within a few minutes: a clear one-line positioning, your talk topics, video of you speaking, a short and a long bio, a downloadable headshot, logos or names of past events, and a simple enquiry form that reaches you or your bureau.

## Contact
- Email: akanksha@troolyprof.com
- Free samples: https://troolyprof.com/request
- Address: 216, Mastermind 4, Royal Palms, Goregaon East, Mumbai 400065, India