Exactly what I’ve been saying so often: Introduce yourself to us. Not a monkey on skates or a silhouette riding off into the sunset. You. Your picture!
Seth gives us 10 compelling reasons to revise our first online impression and ‘improve our social network brand’.
- Professional quality
- No distracting backgrounds
- No hats unless you have a good reason for wearing one (I hope I do!
) - Revelations from your ‘psyche’ by showing your foot should be saved for the second impression
- Cropping is important. Cropping is important!
…and several more crucial points are being offered for your examination. Read here…
Do you think you will change your avatar?
Would you suggest I change mine?
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Hilarious. Reminds me of that night on Twitter. The bunny shoes, you turned into a lens — probably the most LOLing I’ve ever done online. But, yes, you just might consider changing it. LOL
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I still debate about my profile picture and whether I should use the same one across the web. I actually like my “little girl” picture and have had a lot of good comments about it. Lately, on some sites where I do more serious writing, I’ve started using a real-life picture, one that actually makes me look pretty good (I’m not at all photogenic). It isn’t professionally done, though, and I’ve actually thought about having another one taken. On the other hand, I’ve thought of changing the adult picture to the little kid picture in order to be identifiable across the web. On my personal blog I actually have a series of pictures, just to tie everything together. Ah, decisions, decisions. Anyone have any advice for me?
Chef Keem, I like your profile pic. It’s “you,” including the hat, and I wouldn’t change a thing. I especially wouldn’t replace it with the bunny slippers picture, even though that, of course, is totally adorable!
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I use a flower from my garden as my avatar because it matches my chosen name. Not sure a real picture would work as well…although I do use my real picture on my personal website.
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