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To add to this, instead of getting an "image consultant," hire an expert in each of your areas of concern. Fitness? I hired a personal trainer and nutritionist

To add to this, instead of getting an "image consultant," hire an expert in each of your areas of concern. Fitness? I hired a personal trainer and nutritionist. Clothing? I hired a stylist that upped my fashion game, and taught me how to choose clothes. Then I got the clothes tailored to perfection. Public speaking? I hired a singing teacher that taught me how to project my voice, who would help me practice my presentations and not hold back when I was mispronouncing something. LinkedIn/Tinder Photos? I outsourced the selection of these to a third party that has many people vote so you can choose the best one. There is no way an "image consultant" could do half the job that the specialists can do combined.

version_five 4y ago
Personally I think there is value in someone telling you to need x y an z, I'll bring in specialists and instruct them to do those things for you. If you know you need a stylist and a singing teacher and know where to get good ones, that route makes sense, but many people benefit from higher level advice.
- xvector 4y ago
  I can agree with that. I personally could not find any good ones in the SF Bay Area that were willing to focus on personal image as opposed to professional image. But in the end, I feel like I achieved similar results with a bit more flexibility.
- bradlys 4y ago
  Yep. I need an image consultant to be like - “your body for this image needs to be X. Get a personal trainer to figure that out. Your voice needs to be like this - I can refer you to a voice coach. The style that will suit you is this - I can give you some basic advice here and if you’re struggling with this then I can find a stylist for you.” I need someone to evaluate me and then help me redefine the image. A personal trainer is great if you know the body you need. A voice coach is great if you know what kind of voice the image you’re going for is. A stylist is great if you have a perfect image for that person already and they’re already aware of all your other goals and where you are in this process. I think an image consultant could be more helpful with the entire process - and more importantly - point out the deficiencies and what I can and cannot fix/work-on. I don’t want to keep wasting my time working on things that won’t ever give results and right now - I don’t know what is and isn’t a waste of time.
  - yuppie_scum 4y ago
    You should watch the 2005 movie “Hitch”.
- quickthrower2 4y ago
  As we are on HN the analogy would be a marketing consultancy: “you wouldn’t benefit much from SEO so we will just do the basics, but an instagram campaign would be super beneficial, we will get this specialist to work with you…”
alex_sf 4y ago
> There is no way an "image consultant" could do half the job that the specialists can do combined. In construction, you'd call that a general contractor. It's a common model. You want a single point of contact that has a network of specialists available.
jasmer 4y ago
'Outsourced Tinder Photo Selection to Third Party' - 2022! I mean, it makes sense obviously. But still!
- xvector 4y ago
  Yeah my number of matches skyrocketed after!

version_five 4y ago

Personally I think there is value in someone telling you to need x y an z, I'll bring in specialists and instruct them to do those things for you. If you know you need a stylist and a singing teacher and know where to get good ones, that route makes sense, but many people benefit from higher level advice.

xvector 4y ago
I can agree with that. I personally could not find any good ones in the SF Bay Area that were willing to focus on personal image as opposed to professional image. But in the end, I feel like I achieved similar results with a bit more flexibility.
bradlys 4y ago
Yep. I need an image consultant to be like - “your body for this image needs to be X. Get a personal trainer to figure that out. Your voice needs to be like this - I can refer you to a voice coach. The style that will suit you is this - I can give you some basic advice here and if you’re struggling with this then I can find a stylist for you.” I need someone to evaluate me and then help me redefine the image. A personal trainer is great if you know the body you need. A voice coach is great if you know what kind of voice the image you’re going for is. A stylist is great if you have a perfect image for that person already and they’re already aware of all your other goals and where you are in this process. I think an image consultant could be more helpful with the entire process - and more importantly - point out the deficiencies and what I can and cannot fix/work-on. I don’t want to keep wasting my time working on things that won’t ever give results and right now - I don’t know what is and isn’t a waste of time.
- yuppie_scum 4y ago
  You should watch the 2005 movie “Hitch”.
quickthrower2 4y ago
As we are on HN the analogy would be a marketing consultancy: “you wouldn’t benefit much from SEO so we will just do the basics, but an instagram campaign would be super beneficial, we will get this specialist to work with you…”

alex_sf 4y ago

> There is no way an "image consultant" could do half the job that the specialists can do combined. In construction, you'd call that a general contractor. It's a common model. You want a single point of contact that has a network of specialists available.

jasmer 4y ago

'Outsourced Tinder Photo Selection to Third Party' - 2022! I mean, it makes sense obviously. But still!

xvector 4y ago
Yeah my number of matches skyrocketed after!