Do you know what people feel when they see your profile photo?
Our profile photos are often the first impressions our potential customers have on social media. Especially on LinkedIn, we want to show people we are capable and approachable.
You have your colleague take a bunch of photos at your company event where you look your best. And you select one to make your profile photo. But does it actually work as intended?
We need actual honest opinions here, not polite ones.
We all want to look our best, right? But hey, I’m not here to sugarcoat things. If there’s spinach in your teeth, you bet I’m gonna tell you! Just DM me and lets roast each other's photos ??
But you know what, why just rely on my opinion alone? At the end of the day, it's just one opinion. What you need is to create a survey and find out what a lot of people think. (Oh, marketers love A/B testing)
I am not an influencer yet, so rest assured I did not take any money for this: www.photofeeler.com
It’s like having your own personal focus group—for free! People vote and share tips to help you up your pic game.
Recently, Anirban Das??suggested to use a single color background. As I observe, a lot of influencers do it as well.
But in my opinion, I would lose a lot of opportunity to give hints about my environment and my life.
For example, for a public speaker, having a digital screen of a presentation in the background, even though it is out of focus, gives a lot of information for a first impression.
So far, Photofeeler | Test Your Photo, Get Actionable Feedback is agreeing with me, but we need more data.
I may even need an entirely new photo taken by a professional photographer.
What do you think?
Which one seems more capable and approachable?