When we played the avatar game in the “Are Domain Names Over Rated” post, the consensus was our avatars are easily recognizable in blogosphere, and do become part of our online brand.

In the comment section, both Wendi of Life’s Little Inspirations and Jennifer of Down To Earth Girl had questions regarding avatars (also know as gravatars).

Wendi, who uses her photograph, asked:

…But as time goes by, we all change and age…do I keep that picture forever? Just because it is my Brand now?

I can just see me at age 65 with that same picture out there…lol…

” MY Wendi, you are looking GOOD!”

Jennifer (Danifer) who uses a graphic for her avatar, went on to add:

…To touch upon what Wendi Kelly said, do you think that if someone changed along the way, that it would throw people off? Or ruin their chances of being identified by those that knew them before? What would be the best way to let everyone know, “Hey, I have a new Avatar – check it out!”?

Having promised the girls we would discuss this further, I’m throwing it out to you.

Today’s Assignment

What do you think? Should we change our avatars as we change/age?

When we do, should be announce it?

Would changing an avatar reduce our online presence or affect our branding?

With this blog being about blogging and many of you asking questions in the comment section, I’ve decided to add this new series named “You Asked For It”. I’ll be taking random questions out of the comment section and throwing the questions out to you, the readers. By doing so, we can better help each other, and the blogger(s) asking the question will have more choices to choose from when determining what will best work for them.

I’m hoping this series becomes a great resource for you, the readers of BWAB.

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P.S. If you do not have an avatar/gravatar yet, check out “How To Get and/or Add A Gravatar To Your Post Comments”and claim one for yourself. If you have any problems, please do not hesitate to ask.

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