While sifting through blog posts and making comments, you may have come across the term “Gravatar” and wondered what it means. Gravatar takes its name from Avatar, a computer user’s idea of how you would represent yourself – whether it be an actual photo, your business’ logo, or your alter ego.
When you sign up to create a Gravatar, you create a picture linked to your email address that you will use for blog commenting or posting (so that’s how they do that). Everytime you use this address, this image will appear when Gravatars are accepted. It’s a great way add some personality to your email address without leaving a generic image behind.
To sign up click here. For more information on how to use Gravatar, see the video below:
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Excellent comment and advice as well, Bob! If any of your clients should ever need help in creating their own Gravatar, ask them to contact me.
Good advice, Lisa. Gravatars really do separate professional looking blog comments from amateurs. Some women business owners have told me they had reservations using their real picture for their avatar for security or privacy reasons. For them, I recommend using their business logo or if that doesn’t work, create a simple square image with their company name or tagline in it. but have it created professionally. An amateurish looking avatar is almost worse than no avatar. Remember, this is representing your business to everyone that sees it.