Sphinn - 99 Creative and Memorable Profile Avatars

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99 Creative and Memorable Profile Avatars

Went Hot: May 7, 2008 - 8:07 am
Posted By: everett 423 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.getelastic.com)
Category: Social Media

From the Get Elastic Ecommerce Blog, here are some social media profile avatars that many of you will remember... hell, most are probably owned by people on Sphinn.

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from streko 423 days ago #

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can another title be "almost a shoe in to get every one of these people to sphinn this post"

from gyutae 423 days ago #

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haha, seems random to me...

from Drupal 423 days ago #

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They were chosen from Twitter, StumbleUpon and MyBlogLog, mostly. The idea was about personal branding through the avatar, and these examples fit with the analysis of the companion post "Is it Time To Break Up With Your Avatar" - there are different strategies you can use to stand out. Putting "standouts" together makes it harder to stand out. Of course there are amazing avatars that got missed and it's subjective, it's like picking "the best blog posts of the year" or the "50 most beautiful people" :) We'd love if you have your own favorites for what makes a great avatar and why and drop them in the comments.

from ciaran 423 days ago #

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I have to say that I was very surprised to see mine there (it certainly isn;t like that on purpose - it's just that the walls of our office are that colour!), and almost feel like I shouldn't Sphinn in order to avoid looking vain!

from socivitus 423 days ago #

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Lots of familiar brands up there. ^_^

from hotwheel 423 days ago #

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I love the solid color background strategy - Matt McGee does it well. But my favorite avatar of all time for personal branding and avatar recognizability is Tadeusz Szewczyk of onreact.com - it's funny, has good color, is consistent across sites and carries over to his blog. Love it.

from bartimus 422 days ago #

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from incrediblehelp 422 days ago #

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"can another title be "almost a shoe in to get every one of these people to sphinn this post"

No doubt. On their way to 99 sphinns, lol. Glad to see the green monster on there.

from eCopt 422 days ago #

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Thanks for including lil' ol' me Linda! You're the best. Great roundup.

from mike 422 days ago #

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ciaran, your so vain, you probably think this story is a bout you (sing it with me)

YOUR SO VAIN!

Just kidding.

I like this thread a lot, because it uses a positive (flattery) to market. I am so sick of all the XYZ sucks, why Facecbook is dead etc etc stories I keep reading.

Viva la suckupbait!