TOP 5 REASONS YOU NEED A PROFESSIONAL HEADSHOT
ONE: PROFESSIONALISM
Your headshot will be your chance to make the best first impression you can! People study faces and try to understand who you are, what are you like? Your headshot is your golden opportunity to portray your personality - are you a serious, determined person? - in which case have a more serious expression in your picture. Are you in the business of forming relationships, making connections? - in which case try having a smiling photo.
We spend plenty of time talking with our customers to make sure we portray the correct YOU.
TWO: VISUAL REMINDER
It's amazing how many people you meet during your working hours, whether it's at conferences, expos, meetings, networking events. It's all very easy to swap details and business cards - but when you go to connect on LinkedIn and other services you are 100% more likely to connect if they can see your up-to-date professional photograph and place who you were. This is essential in the crowded world of emails and platforms. Let's be honest, how many times do you ignore a request or email if you don't recognise a name or simply can't see a profile picture?
THREE: PRESS / MARKETING MATERIALS
We've all been there - you're suddenly afforded an interview in a relevant publication or the marketing team are putting together either an internal or external presentation. Your photograph is needed on them. If you don't have your professional, current headshot in place already you have to provide a cropped personal picture or grab a selfie on your mobile phone. You immediately look less professional than your colleagues who have already taken care of their professional image. Worst still, your rushed evidently un-though out photo is seen and read but thousands of people in a published article - leaving a less than favourable first impression.
FOUR: YOU USE IT EVERYWHERE
There are countless online platforms now. You are literally visible everywhere - whether it's LinkedIn, a Facebook Business Page, Company Websites, Personal Websites, on your blog, leaving comments on a blog - you'll also be asked numerous times to provide one when guesting on other blogs or sites. Make the investment now! Get a good headshot or a few good options from a headshot shoot. The value for money shouldn't even be a question in your mind - it's essential.
FIVE: KEEPS YOU UP-TO-DATE
There is a proven confidence that comes from people recognising you from your photo. Having current professional photographs of yourselves keeps you confident in your appearance and professionalism. Sure, we all get older, we change our appearance, we may not look as young as we once did! But it's important to remember that as we all change, so does our level of confidence. It's so important to have a great picture of how we look in the now so we can remain confident in how we appear and how we portray ourselves in the professional world.
