Is now the proper time for a brand new Linkedin headshot?

Pennie Withers – Headshot photographer. Linkedin profile photographs. www.photosbypennie.co.uk

With Lockdown restrictions regularly being lifted, I’m delighted that I can now get again to doing what I really like – taking pure, skilled headshots for Linkedin and different on-line media.  

Having interacted with a variety of companies on-line over the past 10 weeks, I discovered it vastly noticeable that many on-line profile photographs are merely lower than the job of representing professionals.  Many have outdated profile photographs, selfies (sure, actually!), vacation photographs and worst of all…..no photograph in any respect!

And but, in response to Linkedin, your profile is 10 instances extra more likely to be considered when you’ve got knowledgeable headshot. And everyone knows that we actually have milliseconds to make the proper impression with our on-line presence.  

So, perhaps now’s the time to replace your skilled headshot?  After you have knowledgeable profile photograph, you need to use it not solely on Linkedin, but in addition on Zoom/Microsoft Groups/Skype/or different video conferencing platforms, your Fb enterprise web page, your electronic mail footer, google my enterprise and newsletters. 

All headshot periods could be run in response to present social distancing tips – with my zoom lens, I shall be greater than 2m aside and all headshot periods will at present happen exterior. So, what are you ready for? Now’s the proper time to replace your profile photograph. 

For extra info and a few recommendations on how one can take advantage of out of your Linkedin profile photograph headshot session, here’s a weblog I wrote: https://www.photosbypennie.co.uk/weblog/Headshot-photography-top-tips

Listed here are only a few examples of outside headshot periods that passed off manner earlier than social distancing was even a phrase in our vocabulary……