Looking for a way to get attention and make a great first impact on visitors to your site? I've got just the thing. It's a new low-cost service called Draw-Me. You simply upload a photograph of yourself and within 48 hours you will receive a professionally drawn caricature of yourself suitable for online and print.

Why would you want to use a caricature instead of a photo of yourself? Think about it. Go to ten sites that show a photo of the webmaster. Most of the photos look like they were taken with a bad web cam camera or by someone's mother. The pictures are usually extremely unflattering, and in my opinion, do more harm than good. Whenever you use a photo of yourself in your promotional efforts it should be a professional photo. Of course, most folks operate their web sites on a dollar budget and can't afford a professional photo session. And this is where Draw-Me comes in with a positively BRILLIANT solution.

Consider the impact of a bad photo. First, it's unflattering. You might look overweight, pale, unfriendly. You may not be dressed in a professional manner. You may not be photogenic -- not everyone is gorgeous. For any number of reasons, bad photos produce bad results. People judge people by the way they look. Right or wrong, a bad picture can trigger an unwanted result -- distrust or even worse, site abandonment.

Now think about visiting a site and seeing a FUN, FRIENDLY, HUMOROUS and MEMORABLE caricature. Instantly, you establish a relationship with your visitor. You might even make a lasting impression. You will differentiate yourself and establish an appropriate mood the second your visitor sees yours caricature. 

I asked them to take a stab at creating a caricature based upon an old black and white business photo and to add a beard. Here's what I received:

   

Pretty good, eh? A caricature can make you appear anyway you want -- as your favorite superhero, celebrity -- it can hide faults such as scars, tattoos, or blemishes. Caricatures can be ANYTHING you want them to be.

A good caricature artist can be hard to find and most will charge you about $50.00 for a sitting. Draw-Me starts at ONLY $37.00 and considering their fast-turnaround (mine arrived the next day) and the HIGH QUALITY of their work, this is a bargain. In fact, at this price you can afford to have a few different caricatures developed, possibly for different holidays, different products, different moods.

Draw-Me also offers logo creation services, animated caricatures, and group caricatures. Best of all, using any number of readily available graphic tools, you can add your caricature to your ebook cover, software box, or web page quickly and easily. To see a portfolio of caricatures and to learn more about Draw-Me's services, please click here.