Frankly I hate ties, and seldom wear them. But when I go to make a presentation to a client I _always_ do. Your picture on the blog in sports coat and open-necked shirt looks quite nice, but I don't come here to spend money, rather to read your opinions and occassioanlly share mine.

Among other people who have soent a lot of time on the issue of business dressI think there was a fellow named Brandon or Brundun or Brendon or some such who wrote a great book on selling web site service who gave a lot of words to dressing the part ;-)

It might be correct to say you should always dress a level above the folks you are trying to attract ... dress as the professionals they would seek out for help dress ... does your lawyer or your physician normally wear a tie in the office? It may be that there in your lovely laid back resort area ties are uncommon, but it certainly would be out of the norm to see a professional here in Colorado without one on the job.

It all comes down to who you're selling to. I personally don't think a tie would be a good idea, but buttoning all the way to the top-but-one would be good.

Also... your posture just looks a bit weird. I think it would look better if you were in a higher chair.


Tom

Thanks guys

Dave, yes ties are very uncommon where I live (sub-tropical) - you're almost looked donw on for having them!

I figured that our target market for those sites would be younger and wouldn't wear ties as often. So that's what we went with.

Tom, yep I look like I'm hunched and leaning forward. All part of the figuring out the best look process.

Thanks.

Brendon

Yes.

"You never get a second chance to make a first impression"