Blog Mastermind Review Part 5 - Show Some Personality Already - Add Your Photo To Your Blog
Written by Vera Raposo
on November 15th, 2008 / 12 Comments / Print this
Ok so I’m following along the Blog Mastermind Program and Yaro suggests that we add more personality to our blogs to develop a closer relationship with our reader. One way he says is to add your picture to your blog to show your personality and build your brand.
Yaro says…
I want you to be very open, honest and real with your readers. You can do this by using your real personality and photos of yourself….
Well, I’m not one for pictures but I snapped this one with my laptop webcam of me with NO make-up I might 
add… (by the way gentlemen, that’s a huge deal for us women).
Anyhow, I have to say that I really love this Lesson, it’s the first one that I’m really enjoying. There’s alot more that will come out of this lesson that I’ll be adding to the site here, and I’ll be off this week to get some professional photos done for the site here.
In the meantime, here’s a true view of what I look like as I’m working on the site. 
About Vera Raposo
Vera Raposo has been an entrepreneur since age 22, literally negotiating a lease for her first retail store in 1997, which then also began her online business with eBay.
By Summer of 2000, her stores grew to 5 retail locations in Vancouver, British Columbia. By the age of 29 she re-evaluated her life, and literally sold & closed all store locations.
Since January of 2003 Vera has developed marketing plans for her own online business and has landed inside books and magazines for her hobby of scrapbooking.
“I’ve never ever believed in the word can’t. I have always had big dreams for myself and my family which has caused me to strive for excellence in everything.”
Vera went on to consult with local retail business owners about adding online business to their offline business plans.
Today I also host an enthusiasts podcast called Scrappers Talk Radio (www.scrapperstalkradio.com). All proceeds from this podcast is donated to Mercy Ministries.
I am living out an entrepreneurs dream having successfully turned business into a venture that’s completely online.
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12 Comments to “Blog Mastermind Review Part 5 - Show Some Personality Already - Add Your Photo To Your Blog”
November 15th, 2008
8:58 pm
[...] Add Personality To Your Blog - I’m finally onto some fun stuff. Well, the previous lessons 1-4 was OK I guess, but was more review for me than anything. I liked the list of plugins that Yaro gave and some other good things to remember. But now, Part 5 is more about adding personality to your business and your blog, so I’m enjoying that by posting a picture for you as part of my lesson. [...]
November 16th, 2008
7:42 am
So where would be the best place to put the photograph? On each blog post ?
November 16th, 2008
7:50 am
Funny Melitsa!
Ah… nope probably not. But that’s where my own personality comes in, I think it’s funny to see my mug there. I won’t have it up for long, just posting on what I’m doing at the moment. I do plan on getting some professional photos done and adding them to the About page and probably the Contact page.
November 16th, 2008
8:25 am
I saw you following me on Twitter. Sorry, but I had my limit in following. I just subscribe to your blog, anyway.
About adding a photo in a blog, I totally agree on this and even made a post about its importance last July this year.
I truly believe that it adds confidence to the blogger, and increases opportunities because of transparency. Having a self-photo means that the blogger is a human, and not a robot.
Thanks!
November 16th, 2008
2:24 pm
Thanks Angel, yes today I went through all of my Twitter followers and followed everyone back. I don’t do this task very often and wanted to update it. I feel it’s important to follow back to build relationships. Thanks for your message, I love the aspect of connecting with others.
November 16th, 2008
4:51 pm
Ugh, this is something I need to do. I have my photo on two of my websites and all my social media profiles but I left it off my latest blog because I’m hoping to get a fresh image - just haven’t had time to get all dolled up for photo shoot. Thanks for the reminder though - now I’m going to add it to my to do list so it gets some priority - because this is advice that I agree with 100%.
November 17th, 2008
8:15 am
>>So where would be the best place to put the photograph? On each blog post ?<<
That depends - if YOU are teh brand, than I would show the pic on every page. I you are “just” the siteowner or proprietor of a smal lbusniess, the about page may by sufficient.
On my site for example, i have a picture of Santa on every page, but there it goes very good along with the christmas theme. An other site i maintain, only features a small pic of me doing something site-related on a very short about page.
November 17th, 2008
10:01 am
Melissa - Wonderful! Glad it’s getting you motivated to get a pic up at the same time as you can see I didn’t doll myself up, I even don’t have make up on. Professional pictures are the way to go but in the meantime this works for me mostly going through the process.
Santa - Great point! Of course you are your brand so that makes sense, I think I would probably scare readers off if I was on every page :-).. but I have seen other marketers do this successfully.
November 17th, 2008
7:20 pm
I added my picture to my About page. I just can seem to find a good place to include on every page of my blog.
November 18th, 2008
4:15 am
Hey Omar, looks great! I can see that your brand is more about crazy/busy dogs? Just first impressions. I like your picture too, it’s quite relaxed and ties in nicely to the theme of your site, the outdoors is perfect!
November 19th, 2008
5:21 am
Vera wrote:
>>Professional pictures are the way to go but in the meantime this works for me mostly going through the process<<
Vera, when getting a professional photo done it is important that it does not get too good. I quite often find pictures of website/blog owners that seem to be taken out of their college yearbook or from their wedding album.
In my opinion, the picture has to reflect the personality of the author (website owner) as well as the style of the website/business. A good example is Lynn Terry on selfstartersweeklytips com
November 19th, 2008
12:58 pm
Oh yes for sure, I love Lynn she’s great! Her pictures are very nice also. The one thing I don’t like either is stuffy business photos… I do like Ed’s also, he seems pretty relaxed over on his site. Right now I have broken out a bit on my face so now I have to wait, thought that was over at age 15, I gather not.
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