<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><channel><title>Social Media Examiner | Do you really NEED to show up your face on your blog? | Topic Replies</title> <atom:link href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-really-need-to-show-up-your-face-on-your-blog/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-really-need-to-show-up-your-face-on-your-blog/feed/</link> <description>Do you really NEED to show up your face on your blog? - Forum Topic in the Group Blogging</description> <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 09:35:36 +0000</pubDate> <generator>http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5</generator> <language>en</language> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-really-need-to-show-up-your-face-on-your-blog/#post-44727</guid><title><![CDATA[Kim Steadman replied to the forum topic Do you really NEED to show up your face on your blog? in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-really-need-to-show-up-your-face-on-your-blog/#post-44727</link> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:31:40 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kim-steadman/" title="Kim Steadman" rel="nofollow">Kim Steadman</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-really-need-to-show-up-your-face-on-your-blog/" rel="nofollow">Do you really NEED to show up your face on your blog?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> I've been taught that if you are going to have a blog that trying to reach people on a personal basis (with articles that say "I", "Me", etc, ) then yes, your picture on your blog is important.&#160;&#160; It gives [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-really-need-to-show-up-your-face-on-your-blog/#post-44503</guid><title><![CDATA[Sam Scholfield replied to the forum topic Do you really NEED to show up your face on your blog? in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-really-need-to-show-up-your-face-on-your-blog/#post-44503</link> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 11:17:32 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/samscholfield/" title="Sam Scholfield" rel="nofollow">Sam Scholfield</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-really-need-to-show-up-your-face-on-your-blog/" rel="nofollow">Do you really NEED to show up your face on your blog?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> I have found that the traffic to my website and interaction with posts have increased since I put my picture on the website. Most of the comments will contain something like "Hi Sam" or "Thanks Sam" which [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-really-need-to-show-up-your-face-on-your-blog/#post-44487</guid><title><![CDATA[Kenneth Golden replied to the forum topic Do you really NEED to show up your face on your blog? in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-really-need-to-show-up-your-face-on-your-blog/#post-44487</link> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 02:20:18 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/klg007/" title="Kenneth Golden" rel="nofollow">Kenneth Golden</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-really-need-to-show-up-your-face-on-your-blog/" rel="nofollow">Do you really NEED to show up your face on your blog?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> By not doing this you let a valuable opportunity get by. The photo does not have to be great but it should be a person and not a object!</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-really-need-to-show-up-your-face-on-your-blog/#post-43203</guid><title><![CDATA[Judith Gotwald replied to the forum topic Do you really NEED to show up your face on your blog? in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-really-need-to-show-up-your-face-on-your-blog/#post-43203</link> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:18:45 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/judithgotwald/" title="Judith Gotwald" rel="nofollow">Judith Gotwald</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-really-need-to-show-up-your-face-on-your-blog/" rel="nofollow">Do you really NEED to show up your face on your blog?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/crazzykylex/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/crazzykylex/' rel="nofollow">@crazzykylex</a><div></div><div>Also, I noticed that my readership picked up when I started writing more personally. Blogging is a revealing medium. Dare to be yourself!</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-really-need-to-show-up-your-face-on-your-blog/#post-43173</guid><title><![CDATA[Crazzy Kylex replied to the forum topic Do you really NEED to show up your face on your blog? in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-really-need-to-show-up-your-face-on-your-blog/#post-43173</link> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 04:25:42 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/crazzykylex/" title="Crazzy Kylex" rel="nofollow">Crazzy Kylex</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-really-need-to-show-up-your-face-on-your-blog/" rel="nofollow">Do you really NEED to show up your face on your blog?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/triplogic/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/triplogic/' rel="nofollow">@triplogic</a> mine is about blogging and affiliate marketing<a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kristi-hines/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kristi-hines/' rel="nofollow">@kristi-hines</a> Thanks a million, Kristy! Those are the greatest examples I could need at the moment. <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/judithgotwald/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/judithgotwald/' rel="nofollow">@judithgotwald</a> I thought that you need to show your [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-really-need-to-show-up-your-face-on-your-blog/#post-43158</guid><title><![CDATA[Denise Rubright replied to the forum topic Do you really NEED to show up your face on your blog? in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-really-need-to-show-up-your-face-on-your-blog/#post-43158</link> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 23:52:18 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/deniserubright/" title="Denise Rubright" rel="nofollow">Denise Rubright</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-really-need-to-show-up-your-face-on-your-blog/" rel="nofollow">Do you really NEED to show up your face on your blog?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> Nice website Geoffrey! I like your images too.<a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/geoffrey-gordon/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/geoffrey-gordon/' rel="nofollow">@geoffrey-gordon</a></p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-really-need-to-show-up-your-face-on-your-blog/#post-43141</guid><title><![CDATA[Judith Gotwald replied to the forum topic Do you really NEED to show up your face on your blog? in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-really-need-to-show-up-your-face-on-your-blog/#post-43141</link> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 18:11:24 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/judithgotwald/" title="Judith Gotwald" rel="nofollow">Judith Gotwald</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-really-need-to-show-up-your-face-on-your-blog/" rel="nofollow">Do you really NEED to show up your face on your blog?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> Once I contributed to a book and the editor asked for a photo of myself. I gave thm a photo of my hands playing a musical instrument. The editor was delighted and ran that photo with the author bio. Point, be [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-really-need-to-show-up-your-face-on-your-blog/#post-43133</guid><title><![CDATA[Kristi Hines replied to the forum topic Do you really NEED to show up your face on your blog? in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-really-need-to-show-up-your-face-on-your-blog/#post-43133</link> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:16:28 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kristi-hines/" title="Kristi Hines" rel="nofollow">Kristi Hines</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-really-need-to-show-up-your-face-on-your-blog/" rel="nofollow">Do you really NEED to show up your face on your blog?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/crazzykylex/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/crazzykylex/' rel="nofollow">@crazzykylex</a> There are a few that come to mind...<div><a href="http://www.blogtyrant.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.blogtyrant.com/</a>&#160;started out anonymous and eventually decided to reveal himself. You can see what he accomplished anonymously (&#060;a [&#8230;]</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-really-need-to-show-up-your-face-on-your-blog/#post-43121</guid><title><![CDATA[Kate - Trip Logic replied to the forum topic Do you really NEED to show up your face on your blog? in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-really-need-to-show-up-your-face-on-your-blog/#post-43121</link> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 14:24:01 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/triplogic/" title="Kate - Trip Logic" rel="nofollow">Kate - Trip Logic</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-really-need-to-show-up-your-face-on-your-blog/" rel="nofollow">Do you really NEED to show up your face on your blog?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> It depends a lot on what type of blog you are running. &#160;Brain Pickings is an amazingly popular blog, and the focus is more on interesting content than on the creator of it. &#160;Blogs that are based on a personal [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-really-need-to-show-up-your-face-on-your-blog/#post-43106</guid><title><![CDATA[Geoffrey Gordon replied to the forum topic Do you really NEED to show up your face on your blog? in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-really-need-to-show-up-your-face-on-your-blog/#post-43106</link> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 05:48:40 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/geoffrey-gordon/" title="Geoffrey Gordon" rel="nofollow">Geoffrey Gordon</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-really-need-to-show-up-your-face-on-your-blog/" rel="nofollow">Do you really NEED to show up your face on your blog?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> Yip she is my wife. We are a team :) Thanks for the feedback.</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-really-need-to-show-up-your-face-on-your-blog/#post-43105</guid><title><![CDATA[Crazzy Kylex replied to the forum topic Do you really NEED to show up your face on your blog? in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-really-need-to-show-up-your-face-on-your-blog/#post-43105</link> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 05:17:07 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/crazzykylex/" title="Crazzy Kylex" rel="nofollow">Crazzy Kylex</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-really-need-to-show-up-your-face-on-your-blog/" rel="nofollow">Do you really NEED to show up your face on your blog?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/geoffrey-gordon/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/geoffrey-gordon/' rel="nofollow">@geoffrey-gordon</a> Yes, just saw it on the About page. But you still use your real photo. By the way, who is Aruna Gordon? Sounds like your wife ;)And... one more thing man. I love your website design. Great!</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-really-need-to-show-up-your-face-on-your-blog/#post-43103</guid><title><![CDATA[Geoffrey Gordon replied to the forum topic Do you really NEED to show up your face on your blog? in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-really-need-to-show-up-your-face-on-your-blog/#post-43103</link> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 04:04:11 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/geoffrey-gordon/" title="Geoffrey Gordon" rel="nofollow">Geoffrey Gordon</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-really-need-to-show-up-your-face-on-your-blog/" rel="nofollow">Do you really NEED to show up your face on your blog?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/crazzykylex/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/crazzykylex/' rel="nofollow">@crazzykylex</a> if you&#160;don't&#160;want to show your pic you can always go for a graphic vector of yourself. check out <a href="http://www.blazewebstudio.co.za" rel="nofollow">my website</a>. I have mine and my partner in the business in vector format. Although i&#160;don't&#160;mind [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-really-need-to-show-up-your-face-on-your-blog/#post-43041</guid><title><![CDATA[Crazzy Kylex replied to the forum topic Do you really NEED to show up your face on your blog? in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-really-need-to-show-up-your-face-on-your-blog/#post-43041</link> <pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 04:05:07 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/crazzykylex/" title="Crazzy Kylex" rel="nofollow">Crazzy Kylex</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-really-need-to-show-up-your-face-on-your-blog/" rel="nofollow">Do you really NEED to show up your face on your blog?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kristi-hines/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kristi-hines/' rel="nofollow">@kristi-hines</a> can you please mention the name of those bloggers?</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-really-need-to-show-up-your-face-on-your-blog/#post-43024</guid><title><![CDATA[Kristi Hines replied to the forum topic Do you really NEED to show up your face on your blog? in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-really-need-to-show-up-your-face-on-your-blog/#post-43024</link> <pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 20:28:11 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kristi-hines/" title="Kristi Hines" rel="nofollow">Kristi Hines</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/do-you-really-need-to-show-up-your-face-on-your-blog/" rel="nofollow">Do you really NEED to show up your face on your blog?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/crazzykylex/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/crazzykylex/' rel="nofollow">@crazzykylex</a> I've known some bloggers who have become really popular before revealing who they are, and some that have stayed anonymous. Usually the anonymous ones will have some kind of character / symbol to [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> </channel> </rss>