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Making Business People Look Like Superstars with Una Zhu

Wealth Without Borders Podcast

Release Date: 01/11/2021

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Are you struggling to find the perfect photo as your profile picture? Are you stuck with a casual, not-so-professional, and cropped out photo of yourself?

Does it even portray the true you and the potential you behold? Do you think you will be able to get an awesome first impression on your clients with that?

Professionalism and new connections start with the right profile picture. For others to see your potential, you must show them a face that carries passion, power, and authenticity. How can you expect to attract more clients and make good first impressions if your headshot does not speak about who you truly are?

Una Zhu is a portrait photographer who focuses on business portraits. She specializes in relaxing people so their true personality can shine through!

In this episode, Una shares the importance of a professional headshot and how it is the key to important first impressions and getting potential clients.

What you will learn from this episode: 

  • Discover how to look more professional in your profile picture and at the same time, show your authenticity
  • Learn more about how communication can happen through the use of a proper profile picture
  • Find out how to attract more potential clients and make long-lasting important first impressions through a picture

“I believe the headshot makes us real in the virtual worlds.”

- Una Zhu

Topics Covered: 

01:40 - Una defines her ideal client

01:55 - Problems that Una solves for her clients: lack of professionalism and bad first impression through the use of profile pictures or headshots

02:48 - The importance of a professional headshot, why you shouldn’t undermine the power of a profile picture

03:47 - Professionalism and potential in a headshot, how finding the right photographer is a necessity to show yourself and your business

04:58 - Una’s valuable free action: “You know what we can do is just simply going through the media and the company website to see if those existing photos core represent yourself truly and professionally. We are taking our career seriously, and the fact if you're willing to invest in a quality professional image shows that you also invest in your education, career, and personal development. So, I believe that professional headshots give your prospects an idea of how you will represent them in the care you’re, well, taking, and meeting their needs.

05:43 - Una’s valuable free resource: Go to www.unazheadshot.com

06:30 - Concept alert: What is actually the fundamental of beauty to life?

07:24 - Question that should have been asked to Una: What makes me become a portrait photographer?

Key Takeaways: 

“The use of the photo profiles has become as usual as actually email addresses, and professionals who deal with clients and shareholders, in particular, need the right photos to help them to establish the very important first impressions on, you know, social media.” - Una Zhu

“Choosing the right photographer who can really portray you authentically is important.” - Una Zhu

“I believe that professional headshots give your prospects an idea of how you will represent them in the care you’re, well, taking, and meeting their needs.” - Una Zhu

“It's a question that keeps recording in my mind, so I started to revalue what I’m really interested in, and human emotions are always intriguing to me. I want to freeze the moment of a smile, a laugh, a sense of realness of how you will see this person face to face.” - Una Zhu

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