Photo Perfect Image in the Social Media Age: Don’t just point and click!

When thinking of updating your online photo, the obvious temptation is to pick up your own camera and snap a picture without much thought or planning.  Just point, click, and shoot.  But as the subject matter, your goal is to have a picture that best represents your personal brand and image.  Solid planning goes a long way toward helping you get that visual message across to others.

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Party Season In Style

Putting yourself together for a party is worthy of a plan.  In the social media age where everyone’s got a camera, control your brand by making sure your makeup and hair are camera ready.  Even a “casual” party doesn’t mean it’s not still a party.  What you wear, how you wear it, and how well you behave at a party is how you control your visual brand message even when someone else captures you on candid camera.

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Style Between the Sheets

We’re back in the bedroom again!  Back in June, I co-blogged about the positive impact a good night’s sleep has on one’s personal image with Valentina Cirasola of Valentina Interiors and Designs, who wrote about the effects a good bed has on one’s posture.

When it comes to the bedroom though, there’s much more to consider.

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Distinctly Italian

Italian fashion and style are a huge influence on my work as an image consultant and on my personal style.  No matter which way the trend winds blow, each season shows a fresh purpose and intention.  I think no other foreign designer collective is more influential to Americans than the Italians who show in Milan.  Even mass producers closely follow the Italian designers; so if you aren’t a wearer of designer fashions, it’s likely you still experience their influence.

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