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I'll chime in too.

I absolutely loathe facebook. Cordelia knows as she has to do all of our social medial presences there. Facebook groups for SL have no value to me personally. The way Facebook arranges content is annoying on a good day. I do not have the patience to click through to the content.

I am more or less our blogger manager, yep the facebook hater... all I care about is if they have a flickr. Any other social media or their own blog? Doesn't matter to me I am not even gonna click the link. It is useless. People are not gonna click your blog 98% of the time. Just because a blogger puts their credits on their site doesn't mean I'll look at it, I'll discard it as useless to me and not bother. Credit everything on Flickr and we are in business.

I am also the one that fires our bloggers for bad pictures. We focus on make up. Anything that doesn't have a close-up available will be a strike against you when I evaluate bloggers. Want to show a full image? Fine also add a close-up or I am not going to accept it in blogotex. Images need to be crisp in good light. Artistic image? Great, but does it use blur or softening effects? Ok no longer great.

Just taking a close-up doesn't do it either. A good picture that will draw attention has a mix of interesting styling, a fitting background, a good pose. Something that looks like it is dynamic. Not just static and boring. And hair, hair is so important. it has to fit well, enhance your face and not look like a poorly fitted wig. Perspective and proportions. Look up the rule of thirds and apply it to your pictures, a poorly framed shot distracts the eye and people are not going to look at it beyond skimming over it.

Did I mention lighting? A good windlight will make or break your picture after you have staged it. There is nothing worse than a good picture with terrible light.

Don't spam. Post into the right groups. A lot of people look at specific groups on Flickr. Pertaining to their interests and the creators their like. Put your images into the creators group, into a new release group, into whatever applicable group that has something to do with the image. Personally I check the groups that have to do with the meshes I wear and the furniture creators I like. Nothing else. I do not browse blogs for fun and entertainment. I can say I have never clicked a blog link on avatarbook, as that is not what I am here for.