One of the things that can really kill your business, is not having a photo of yourself online. So many times I see people on Facebook or elsewhere without a picture of themselves.
As silly as this may sound, it’s very important to have an image of yourself on the web especially if you are doing business online.
Whether you are aware of it or not, others are seeing your “mystery person” image and associate you with that image. If you do not have a Photo of yourself, people might even be seeing a different avatar associated with you instead.
You don’t want to be a Mystery Person, do you? Here are the downsides I see with this:
• It makes you look like a 1000 other people even spammers!
• It doesn’t have any personality… Who wants to communicate with a faceless person?
If you don’t feel comfortable using your own photo, or if you don’t have a photo, then create a cartoon character of yourself!
This is called “Creating an Avatar” – See the gravatar I created for myself on the right!
Here are some free resource for you to create your own cartoon character… Explore and have fun!
Avachara
http://avachara.com/avatar/
Face Your Manga
http://www.faceyourmanga.it/
DoppelMe
http://www.doppelme.com/
Build Your Wild Self
http://www.buildyourwildself.com/
Montagraph
http://www.montagraph.com/
Pickaface
http://pickaface.net/
See if any of these will work for you, and then get rid of that “Mystery Person” !
Let me see you new pictures below in the comment section!
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