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Your Headshot Strategy Report
Illustrative sample · 4 headshots · female
An illustrative example of the report you receive after checkout: hand-written sample numbers, not a real scan. Your report runs the same engine and metric readings on your own headshots, read for executive use. It includes an executive presence projection across LinkedIn, About-page, and Sales-deck, and an AI Recruiter Panel of 20 simulated decision-makers, in words.
Best headshot
82
percentile
Average
71
percentile
AI Recruiter Panel — 20 simulated decision-makers
Each headshot read the way a recruiter, a prospect and an investor would — in words, never a score
An AI-simulated panel of 20 senior decision-makers: recruiters screening a shortlist, prospects deciding whether to take a call, and investors reading a founder bio. Each read is tied to a measured metric or a visible cue. AI-simulated first impressions, not real human ratings and not scores.
Executive presence projection
Today vs. ceiling — across the three surfaces your headshot actually performs on
How your lead headshot reads on each surface today and after the fixes, in words, tied to a measured metric or a visible cue.
LinkedIn primary
Recruiter and decision-maker read
Direct gaze already reads as competent; a warmer expression adds approachability without losing authority.
About-page lead
Website visitor read
Soft, even light on the face lets the expression land before the copy does.
Sales-deck headshot
Prospect and investor read
A tighter head-and-shoulders crop and a solid jacket fix the casual read on slide 1.
Written projections, not percentages and not guarantees.
Metric breakdown — strongest readings + photo-side fixes
Strongest + weakest signals across your slate — and exactly what to fix
Strongest readings come from the facial-geometry engine; the photo-side fixes are a written read of what is visible in each headshot, never a score. Your report also names the weakest measured readings on each photo.
Strongest signals — keep doing
Eye-corner angle is your strongest reading across the slate
Left and right halves read evenly in the front-on shots
Eye-to-mouth height relative to face length sits in a balanced range
Weakest signals — what to fix
Mid-grey shirt against neutral background flattens the silhouette
Fix: Solid color (navy / charcoal / deep emerald) against a contrasting backdrop
Backdrop too close to subject; ambient bounce blurs the edge
Fix: Step 6 ft from wall, soft natural-light source 45° from frame
A closed-mouth expression reads less approachable than a slight smile that reaches the eyes
Fix: Hold a real warm thought between shutter clicks — engages orbicularis-oculi naturally
Pattern recognized
Your measured fundamentals (canthal tilt, symmetry, midface) are your strongest readings. The drag is in production-quality variables — wardrobe, backdrop, micro-expression — all fixable in a single 90-minute studio reshoot.
30-day execution plan
Week by week, built on your weakest readings
Written for solo founders, partners, and senior leaders. Total time investment: ~8 hours across 4 weeks (90-min studio + 2 hrs wardrobe + light operational ops).
- ›Book a real photographer. Three outfit changes — solid navy, charcoal, deep emerald.
- ›Shoot list — three angles per outfit: front-on, 3/4 left, 3/4 right. Eye-level lens.
- ›Replace LinkedIn primary the same day. Update About-page + email signature within 48 hours.
- ›Tailor the jacket so the shoulder line meets your shoulder seam.
- ›Crew-cut or trim 2 weeks before shoot, not the day of — softens the line.
- ›Mattifying primer + 30-sec blot before the shoot — takes the shine off the T-zone.
- ›For studio: 6 ft of subject-to-backdrop separation, soft natural-light source 45° from frame.
- ›For office: clean a clear corner, neutral wall — no shelves, no plants, no books in frame.
- ›Watch + glasses on if you wear them daily — consistency with in-person presence matters.
- ›Push the new headshot to: LinkedIn, About-page, sales deck slide 1, email signature, Calendly avatar.
- ›Refresh Google profile-image attribution where applicable (knowledge-panel readers index it).
- ›In week 4, rescan the new headshot and compare it with this report.
The research behind the read
Two published findings behind how the audit reads a headshot
LinkedIn's own figure on profile photos, and Princeton research on how fast people judge a face. Each source is named so you can check it.
14×
How much more likely a LinkedIn profile is to be viewed when it has a picture at all, versus none
LinkedIn Talent Blog
"Just having a picture makes your profile 14 times more likely to be viewed"
0.10s
Exposure after which competence and trustworthiness judgments of a face already correlate highly with judgments made with no time limit; more time mainly adds confidence
Willis & Todorov, Princeton 2006
Psychological Science 17(7):592–598 · PMID 16866745
Figures are quoted as each source reports them. Your audit reads your own headshots against the first impression they describe, in words.
What's inside the $49 audit
7 deliverables
$49
Bundled into one report. Generated in 1-2 minutes. Report link emailed, with a Download PDF button. Your report runs the same engine on your own photos.
Up to 10 headshots measured by the 17-metric engine, each with its Face Score and its strongest and weakest readings
Engine picks your LinkedIn primary with full reasoning
LinkedIn / About-page / Sales-deck — current read vs. realistic ceiling, in words
Recruiter, prospect and investor reads of each headshot, in words
Which photos to pull, and the reading behind each call
Week-by-week fixes built on your weakest readings
Report link emailed, with a Download PDF button
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Same engine. Your headshots.
The sample above is what you receive — personalized to your face, your weakest metrics, your target platforms.
Executive tier
Professional Audit
- ✓ 17 metrics, up to 10 headshots
- ✓ 5-page executive PDF
- ✓ AI Recruiter Panel, in words
- ✓ Reshoot fixes + 30-day plan
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