Comments on: Icon Hall of Fame: Use Your Blog’s Avatar to Grab New Readers

By: Jared

Jared — Sun, 31 May 2009 03:33:22 +0000

I never really thought of my icon before and how it could brand my business. I think I am going to have to go back and check out my icons. You gave me some great ideas, thanks!!

By: Matt - the Caricature King

Matt - the Caricature King — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:52:36 +0000

If you are looking for a custom avatar like these, then contact us. Yes, avatars can create a huge difference in how people perceive you.

By: WordPlay

WordPlay — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:08:02 +0000

Hi, Park City. You caught me!

Actually, I just migrated three blogs to WordPress (whew!), including this one. Between that and running my own business, it’s taking some time to get caught up with all the bells and whistles on each blog. Gravatars are definitely on the implementation list though.

By: Park City

Park City — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:29:30 +0000

Thanks for the avatar advice, I have been looking around for information like this for a while. One question, with all of this talk about avatars, why don’t you have gravatars for your site comments?

By: admin

admin — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:56:54 +0000

Hi Steven! You’re quite welcome. I was glad to include your icon in the article.

By: Steven

Steven — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:48:59 +0000

I’m a little late to the party as well Great article! Glad to see that my avatar is effective! Thanks for the mention!

By: admin

admin — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:08:35 +0000

Hi Cardiogirl! That article has been up for months; I’m so glad you finally discovered it. I’m also happy to learn that you painted your icon. (Isn’t that funny? I had a feeling you did.) It’s nice to see so much visual creativity being implemented on a blog.

By: cardiogirl

cardiogirl — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:55:18 +0000

(Jumps up and down and starts to hyperventilate) Hi. Yes, I did that! Yes! I painted that icon. Oh you don’t know how happy you have made me by simply acknowledging that fact.

I have a long brown ponytail and I like to listen to my mp3 player on the elliptical. That is me (or how my mind’s eye sees me).

Thank you for your kind words, I appreciate them!

By: Grizzly

Grizzly — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 02:03:47 +0000

Cool post Carla…

You could add your icon to the list as well.

Griz

By: Kila Morton

Kila Morton — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 01:37:35 +0000

You are so right! This article is speaking to me. I’m a programmer and designer and I have such a hard time selecting avatars for me that I end up using the default. I’ve been very bad! I’m going to stop being such a baby and create something right now! Great article!