PlusOne - Musings of a marketer

I have been reading a few blogs in the past few days, and one thing that strikes me is the high number of, well… AWFUL photos that are used to show the blog owner or post author.

While there has been talk around the net this week about not putting up videos of yourself doing something that is likely to embarrass your employer (with examples of footage of people in booze-ups at college seeing them sacked years later by their employer when someone discovers it and decides it reflects badly on the company) surely people must realise that a really bad photo of themselves on their blog, social media site or website does them no favours.

There are two solutions:

1. Get a professional photo taken (needing a studio sitting and associated costs)
2. Get a fantastic mascot or avatar created that can reflect your personality a whole lot better.

Of course I am biased.

You see, in the past 9 days over at Caricature King, we have had a run of orders for mascots or avatars or whatever name you want to give them, for use on blogs and websites.

Here is a small selection

Not only can a unique persona be created, but the images can be used in many other ways to reinforce your online identity - even spilling over to your real world life as well.

Think about use on forums, on every online ID you have (social media sites) plus business cards, and even on Tshirts (they do look GREAT!)

The other aspect that a good online mascot/avatar provides is a degree of legitimacy - you have gone to the effort of branding your own image.

While time can take its ravages on our faces, you can always look sharp in your avatar!

Contact via here for getting an avatar/mascot created