The OKCupid blog measures the response rates of different types of photos on their site. Cool data!
I especially liked learning about the power of the "Facebook photo."
http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/2010/01/20/the-4-big-myths-of-profile-pictures/
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Suw Charman reviews "Four Big Myths" posting on "The Social Enterprise" http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/enterprise-social-software/2010/01/what-can-a-dating-site-teach-e.html
ReplyDeletecool data if I'm looking for a date....not sure I would attempt to transfer the analysis over to a business scenario. Although it would be interesting to see. I suspect a photo on a linkedin page would drive more contacts than a similar profile without a photo. (wonder if I should smile?)
ReplyDeleteOk. Now I know what I should do in a profile picture. I do beg to differ on using a cell phone picture though. Most cameras in cell phones are 3 megapixals or more. Not that bad of quality.
ReplyDeleteRandy