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Don’t forget your author photo!
Yesterday’s blog post talked about the many benefits of filling in the blanks on your Expert Author Bio. One thing that wasn’t mentioned, however, was the importance of uploading an Expert Author photo (like the one to the right) as well. As a matter of fact, you must have both your author photo and bio uploaded in your profile in order to have a public Extended Expert Author Bio URL.
Follow these steps to upload your author photo:
- Log into your EzineArticles Expert Author Account
- From the Author’s Area, click on the “Profile Manager” drop-down menu
- Select “Edit Author Photo”
- Click on the “Browse…” button and select your picture file
- Click the “Upload Photo” button
Remember:
- Photo must be actual photo of YOU or have YOU in the photo
- We will accept renderings, drawings or non-photo images if they are of YOU
- We will not accept company and/or personal logos, symbols, crests, avatar images, violent, sexually-explicit or offensive material, or copyrighted images
- Photo must be .jpg or .jpeg file
- File size must be Less than 100k
- Your uploaded photo will automatically be scaled to approximately 160×200 image size (size will vary depending on aspect ratio)
- To update a photo simply select a new photo and select upload photo. This will replace your previous photo if one exists
Need some expert advice for getting a great photo? Joan Stewart, the Publicity Hound, has written a special article for EzineArticles.com authors on tips for improving your author photo. Read it here: “Why a Good-Quality Photo Should Accompany Your Articles”
Bottom Line: Having an author photo not only adds credibility to you as an author, it’s also a requirement if you’d like to have your extended author bio show up on EzineArticles. So find a nice photo of you, or take a new one, and get it uploaded today.
 Posted by Christopher M. Knight on March 25, 2009 at 8:21 am | 1,052 views |
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Susan,
A good question, but I’m not sure there’s really an issue.
Multiple pen names serve the purpose of connecting one name with one niche – so that the reader doesn’t wonder why, for example, their favorite author for organic gardening also writes about finding the best deals on junk food.
Since articles can’t be searched by the author’s photo, there’s little chance that somebody searching for articles on organic gardening will stumble across the same author picture in the junk food niche. And if they do, will they even notice?
Finally, for the sake of credibility, there should always be a real person with a real face behind every article. In the case of multiple pen names, the “real person” doesn’t change, hence the picture shouldn’t either, no matter what name they use.
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Susan,
I agree with Marc and I’ve seen some members with multiple pen names or variations of their name do this:
They take different professional photos for each niche they are in… Example: Fitness niche vs. Business niche might have a Fitness photo of themselves in fitness gear vs. Professional business photo head shot.
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I can’t believe how easy it is to set up multiple pen names on ezine articles. I’ve been wrestling with what do since I’m in the Internet Marketing/Web Design industry and also interested in Renewable Energy. Now I can have pen names for both!
My issue is that on sites like twitter I use my photo with my company logo next to my headshot.
After reading the TOS it says that logos are not allowed as a profile pic.
Mine is not a logo, its me and my logo. So would that be ok to use.
You can see the one I have on Twitter. Its the same one I’d like to use here on ezinearticles.com
Please let me know and thanks
Eric Bonnici
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Great for establishing and maintaining your online presence. Personal branding are buzz words at the moment and this can only help.
Many thanks
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