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7 Reasons Why You’ll Click on Everything I Post: Avatars 101
Social Media News Source: http://nowsourcing.com
Published: Dec 19, 2007 - 09:15 am
Story Found By: aimClear 1515 Days ago
Category: Social Media
Great post From NowSourcing (Brian’s original headline :) A BAD avatar ruins EVERYTHING. "content is king...Your diamonds are trying to stay afloat in the cesspool of spam, viagra, forex, and trash. KILLER titles are critical, a crappy avatar wrecks content."
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from SexySEO 1515 Days ago #
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"don’t go overboard" Hmm... Any suggestions what I should wear? Please remember that bathing suits are not allowed ;)

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from planetc1 1515 Days ago #
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The power of the avatar is massive, especially when those "brands" can be carried across other platforms. I have found myself recognizing many faces/avatars on places like myweblogs, twitter, digg, mixx, etc... and admit I’m more likely to click, visit, take action on those related posts.

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from aimClear 1515 Days ago #
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Yes, Brian’s article takes a nice look at the dynamics of avatars.

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from peterdaly 1515 Days ago #
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Many people will never look at your name/nick and make an association between your posts, but they will notice the connection if your avatar appears over and over again.Excellent post.

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from nowsourcing 1515 Days ago #
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@sexyseo: hey, wasn’t my call.  I didn’t think you took it over the top, but whatever.  It’s all back to normal now, right?@planetc1: cross site is the power of recognition.@aimclear: thanks, glad you liked it, Marty!@peterdaly: thank you...and the way that you get that avatar to be seen over and over again is to get it noticed the first time.  For instance, I have burned my green N into your memory :)

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from aimClear 1515 Days ago #
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I see the green N in my SLEEP...AEGGGGHHHH...MAKE IT STOP!!!!!

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from nowsourcing 1515 Days ago #
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come on Marty, you don’t sleep :)

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from Rachael823 1515 Days ago #
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I almost didn’t click on it, just to be difficult.  Good article, though!

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from aimClear 1515 Days ago #
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The headline was Brian’s and it’s hard to pass up.

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from incrediblehelp 1514 Days ago #
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I vote for my avatar as most memorable of 2007, lol

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from Sebastian 1514 Days ago #
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Great post. :)@incrediblehelp Nothing works better than a red crab.

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