Affiliate since: 12/24/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Mark's 6 other Ask SC answers

When you're not meeting with someone face-to-face, their first impression of you will be the photo you choose to post on your profile. As the saying goes; first impressions go a long ways. However, if you personally sponsored an affiliate, then seeing your friendly face again when they log into SFI, will make them feel a bit more welcome. As with any business, you want to appear in a professional manner but that's not to say you've got to wear business attire in your photo. Make sure that the photo you choose to post is one showing you smiling, as to convey a welcoming feeling to those that visit your site. People tend to like to work for/with others that are perceived to be friendly.

The photo that you have chosen is a good one; there is no real need for it to be in color. As long as your photo is in good taste and done with a professional feel to it.

Have a blessed day!

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When you're not meeting with someone face-to-face, their first impression of you will be the photo you choose to post on your profile. As the saying goes; first impressions go a long ways. However, if you personally sponsored an affiliate, then seeing your friendly face again when they log into SFI, will make them feel a bit more welcome. As with any business, you want to appear in a professional manner but that's not to say you've got to wear business attire in your photo. Make sure that the
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Affiliate since: 09/26/2012, Power Rank: 524 | Read George's 87 other Ask SC answers

Your photo is essential and must be a good one, a memorable one and a professional one. Why? Because you are branding yourself.

When you place a stream message or your Team Mailings or a forum post, all these are accompanied by your photo. YOUR AFFILIATE, a2a friend or other SFI people responds to your post, good or bad. When a person receives valued content from you consistently over time, then you begin to Brand yourself to that person, they begin to respond to you. I have Affiliates with whom I have built a trusted bond, and, now they no longer seriously engage in SFI. But they still chat with me and make purchases every month, or every other month in TripleClicks. They are friends. They have a situation such that they can't consistently apply themselves in SFI, but they do want to bring value back to me. They buy in TripleClicks those things they might have bought elsewhere.

As you brand yourself, and if you are viewed as a provider of valued content, affiliates respond. They scan the Stream messages and when they see your face they stop and read. They scan the forum and stop and read your posts. They look to you for help, direction and guidance and you forge mutually beneficial relationships. They trust you because they feel like they know you and they truely do, in the cyber sense.

My profile picture in SFI is the same as my picture in Google+ and Linkedin and gmail and all my ad posts, why? Because when a person signs up as an Affiliate I want them to recognize me immediately.
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Your photo is essential and must be a good one, a memorable one and a professional one. Why? Because you are branding yourself.

When you place a stream message or your Team Mailings or a forum post, all these are accompanied by your photo. YOUR AFFILIATE, a2a friend or other SFI people responds to your post, good or bad. When a person receives valued content from you consistently over time, then you begin to Brand yourself to that person, they begin to respond to you. I have Affiliates
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Affiliate since: 07/28/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Ingrid 's 138 other Ask SC answers

SFI is a real business. Your business! When I look at your photo I would expect to see a professional look. That would give me the first impression of you and what you stand for. It tells me whether you are a serious business person or not.

Imagine going for a job interview, and then think of your attire. That is what your photo does for you at SFI. Remember that first impressions are lasting. Your role is to conduct your business in the best way possible and to connect with prospective customers, clients and friends/advisers. An inappropriate photo can distract your prospects and give the impression that you are not ready.

As a prospective customer, I am not interested that you live by the sea, that you love dogs, or that you have a spouse. Those are personal matters and do not tell me anything about your product or the reason why I should do business with you.

To your affiliates and especially, your downline, you want to appear as a real person who can relate to them. Therefore, your photo she exude the kind of relationship you wish to have with them.A groomed appearance, a smile can go a long way in helping your business to grow and be a success.

Let’s go for the professional look! It is the message you want to convey!

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SFI is a real business. Your business! When I look at your photo I would expect to see a professional look. That would give me the first impression of you and what you stand for. It tells me whether you are a serious business person or not.

Imagine going for a job interview, and then think of your attire. That is what your photo does for you at SFI. Remember that first impressions are lasting. Your role is to conduct your business in the best way possible and to connect with prospective
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

I think everyone has answered the first part the same way, you need a good picture so your affiliates and customers have a human face to work with. What makes a good photo? Well, your photo is excellent. Your face can be seen clearly, you look pleasant and attentive. I can almost hear you asking, "How may I help you?" I was a little surprised to see a black and white photo, but it is very sharp and clear and I think it was a good choice. There are some photos that are so out of focus they barely look human, which makes me feel the person won't look me in the eye. Others are obvious "playing" and that makes me feel like the person isn't taking me as a customer seriously. How would you want a person to look if you walked up to their desk to do business with them? Friendly, focused, competent. When you get all that in a picture, you've got a perfect picture.
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I think everyone has answered the first part the same way, you need a good picture so your affiliates and customers have a human face to work with. What makes a good photo? Well, your photo is excellent. Your face can be seen clearly, you look pleasant and attentive. I can almost hear you asking, "How may I help you?" I was a little surprised to see a black and white photo, but it is very sharp and clear and I think it was a good choice. There are some photos that are so out of focus they
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Affiliate since: 05/05/2004, Power Rank: 216 | Read Robertson's 212 other Ask SC answers

Some people prefer not to add photos to their profiles for various reasons but the truth is profiles without photos are far less effective than those that include one. That faceless SFI profile makes it much more unlikely your PSA will click to read more. By adding your photo your new PSAs can be greeted by both your name and your friendly face. Your PSAs sees you as a real person and not some fake object. Having a profile without a photo also makes it less likely that people will accept your A2A requests nor will others connect with you.

A good photo can be set out as follows:

If possible have the photo taken out professionally.

The photo should be a head shot. If you use full body shot, no one will be able to see your face.

The photo should be well-lit and in focus.

The photo should be as close to a square as possible.

Finally put that smile on your face.

So what really matters is to get you face in front of your affiliates and that ensures you are a real person.


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Some people prefer not to add photos to their profiles for various reasons but the truth is profiles without photos are far less effective than those that include one. That faceless SFI profile makes it much more unlikely your PSA will click to read more. By adding your photo your new PSAs can be greeted by both your name and your friendly face. Your PSAs sees you as a real person and not some fake object. Having a profile without a photo also makes it less likely that people will accept your A2A
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Affiliate since: 07/07/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Preston A.'s 18 other Ask SC answers

Why the Importance of an Account Photo?

You are doing an online business therefore you need to personalize it by adding your photo. This will enable the people you are sponsoring and doing business with to know you are a real person and also make them have some level of confidence and trust in you.

A good photo?
A good photo should be a image of yourself and not a family member, friend or pets.
It should be good looking and clear enough for your PSAs to see and should not be too casual, otherwise you may seem like an unserious person.

In summary, you are your business and people see you before they know what you do.
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Why the Importance of an Account Photo?

You are doing an online business therefore you need to personalize it by adding your photo. This will enable the people you are sponsoring and doing business with to know you are a real person and also make them have some level of confidence and trust in you.

A good photo?
A good photo should be a image of yourself and not a family member, friend or pets.
It should be good looking and clear enough for your PSAs to see and should
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Affiliate since: 08/26/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Dr Sudhanshu's 155 other Ask SC answers

A good SFI profile photo is very important towards many ways for your business. A good photo means a clear and a professional image of you showing your personality.

1. It creates a physical presence of you in front of your Team members.

2. Generates trust among your team members that you are a real person not a robot.

3. Also it makes the new affiliate believe that he has joined a real business not a scam.

If you are still looking for more importance of your profile photo please read the launchpad 18 with title "Putting a face on your business" at
https://www.sfimg.com/LaunchPad/Day18
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A good SFI profile photo is very important towards many ways for your business. A good photo means a clear and a professional image of you showing your personality.

1. It creates a physical presence of you in front of your Team members.

2. Generates trust among your team members that you are a real person not a robot.

3. Also it makes the new affiliate believe that he has joined a real business not a scam.

If you are still looking for more importance of
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Affiliate since: 07/24/2012, Power Rank: 320 | Read Beverly's 79 other Ask SC answers

A good photo is like a logo. It's better than a logo actually because it shows people that you're not afraid to show others who you are, a real person. In my opinion a good photo, like a logo, takes time and professionalism to produce. Of course, any photo is better than none at all.

Things to avoid:

- anything in the background like a car, motorcycle, or a messy house.
- another person other than your spouse
- children and pets
- having your head go outside the boundaries of the photo

Things to Show:

- head and shoulders with a plain background
- your best you but make it current, not 20 years ago.
- large enough so it doesn't look blurry changed to a different size.
- yourself as a professional business person

Have fun taking pictures!!



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A good photo is like a logo. It's better than a logo actually because it shows people that you're not afraid to show others who you are, a real person. In my opinion a good photo, like a logo, takes time and professionalism to produce. Of course, any photo is better than none at all.

Things to avoid:

- anything in the background like a car, motorcycle, or a messy house.
- another person other than your spouse
- children and pets
- having your head go outside the
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Affiliate since: 10/12/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Arun's 6 other Ask SC answers

A good impression goes a long way in selling your work. Small wonder then that even male celebrities have elaborate make-up teams to maintain their image. Similarly, When I click on your name to know about the person making me that delightful offer, I:

1. Expect a Photograph, not a "not yet posted" message
2. I would expect a trustworthy face (don't ask me how your heart does it, but most of the time, it does - ) a good photograph immediately secures a personal bond that stays.

A good photo would be full face and show the eyes clearly, so that the customer can "relate" to the image of the affiliate on the screen.
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A good impression goes a long way in selling your work. Small wonder then that even male celebrities have elaborate make-up teams to maintain their image. Similarly, When I click on your name to know about the person making me that delightful offer, I:

1. Expect a Photograph, not a "not yet posted" message
2. I would expect a trustworthy face (don't ask me how your heart does it, but most of the time, it does - ) a good photograph immediately secures a personal bond that
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Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Andrew's 330 other Ask SC answers

If you walked into JC Penny and the sales person came up wearing a clown mask, dressed as a kitten, or thugged out in a ski mask would you walk out of the store or buy everything in it?

People connect with people to establish trust.

When you have a photo of someone other than you on your profile, some funny picture, a logo, or no photo at all there is nobody available for people to trust. There is no face to put with the name and it basically kills 99% of your business.

A good photo is one of you, if possible interacting with your business or wearing a logo shirt, or professionally dressed. You should be looking directly at the camera and smiling if possible, and the lighting should be such that people can see and recognize you. I see too many photos on SFI that are nearly blacked out from poor lighting or poorly chosen Photoshop filters. They make you feel like you are dealing with a seedy person selling Rolex Watches out of a back alley. You know it can't be good.

I hear a lot of people getting scared about their picture being taken and used by someone else, the problem is those people always seem to have photos on Facebook, or Pinterest, tag themselves in friends photos of them etc.. in the places most likely to have a photo copied or stolen. They keep photos on their phone or pc and tablet and never realize that hacked devices are a major source of those stolen images.

You have to practically disconnect your offline life from your online life to lessen the risk of someone using your image and then guess what happens? Ever seen the site People of WalMart? Yep anyone with a cell phone, tablet, or camera can snap a picture of you out in public, home in private, or at work and post it online. So don't fear what you can't stop from happening. Your business will face enough challenges without facing this one.
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If you walked into JC Penny and the sales person came up wearing a clown mask, dressed as a kitten, or thugged out in a ski mask would you walk out of the store or buy everything in it?

People connect with people to establish trust.

When you have a photo of someone other than you on your profile, some funny picture, a logo, or no photo at all there is nobody available for people to trust. There is no face to put with the name and it basically kills 99% of your business.

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