by Ian Moyse | @IMoyse | LinkedIn
Well if someone comes looking do they get an initial good odour or a bad one? Are you sending off the right vibes, whether it be a prospective employer checking or a customer? We all make micro judgements whether we like it or not?
Does your profile smell, a good odour or bad ? How do you know, what should you be looking for? Well some of it is obvious and some not so.
And remember it also works the other way, you do a sniff test of others profiles, right? When going to call or visit a prospect you at least take a quick look at their profiles, ideally a longer dig looking for insights.
When you look, you take a first quick impression, based on the picture and any headlines. If it has a poor or inappropriate picture and/or spelling mistakes or errors what do you take away?
So in your own profile(s) take pride and make sure you don’t stink or even send off a bad odour
Firstly, make sure you don’t fall into the all too often trap of using any old picture or one that you like as quirky or a a memory of a fun time you had.
Avoid a simple mistake and choose a well-lit, professional and clear picture. .
And consider that of pictures you have of yourself, from 5 similar ones, one may be the killer one to use for profiles. You can test your pictures for free, as I have written of previously, at photofeeler.com Take a small time to test the 4-5 pictures you feel you might use and meets the basic criteria and see which best represents you.
People who read this also read these:
http://www.social-experts.net/no-one-can-hear-you-scream/
http://www.social-experts.net/5-reasons-to-applaud-gdpr/
http://www.social-experts.net/an-embarrassment-of-riches/
