Communivations

Here is a 99 Second Solution that I think will jazz up your social media image portfolio.

If you were to hire an illustrator to do a portrait of you of you, it might cost $5,000, or $1,000 or even $25; but there would be no guarantee that it would look like you or even that you would like it.  

I found a great new tool online, thanks to Fern DiMaio (and yes she is related).  This 99 Second Social Media Solution is a way to spruce up your online look, and create a bit of a buzz while doing it. 

Check out BeFunky.com.   It is a Free online animator that uses your own person image, from your own stock images to create ‘illustrated’ icons or avatars.  The image that comes out can be black and white, color, and just as funky as you want to make it.  

Here are the cool parts of befunky.com:

a.       It’s social media at its best

b.       It’s Free

c.        It’s pretty user friendly

d.       It leverages your current stock images to give you a different but recognizable look.

e.       In some cases this look blends very nicely into a the Web 2.0 World

So if you want to take what you have and make more use of it, check out befunky.com.  They also have the video function, but I haven’t had the chance to try it out.  Thanks Fern and befunky.com.