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When I need stock photos, I get them for free on Unsplash. Yet, for some reason, many other publishers continue to push out cheap (and usually cheesy) stock photography to serve as a representation of their brand. The truth is high-quality stock photos don’t have to come hand-in-hand with a hassle or high price tag. To prove it, we’ve compiled a list of awesome resources for free, high-quality stock images for websites, blogs, and similar online properties. From enviable office spaces to stunning scenery, we‘re certain you’ll find exactly what you’re looking for with the help of this roundup. Best Free Stock Photo Websites for Royalty-Free Images 1. Negative Space Negative Space offers up new free stock photos every week. All of its photos are shared without copyright restrictions, meaning you’re free to use them however you please. From architecture to technology, Negative Space‘s continuously growing collection of images is
Before the days of smartphones — if you can remember such a time — taking a great photo was a labor-intensive process. Now, it’s easy to master how to take good photos with your phone — no fancy cameras or desktop editing software required. Brands are catching on, too — these kinds of visuals remain important to marketing. But make no mistake: Taking a great photo on your smartphone is not as simple as pointing and shooting. There are plenty of bad smartphone photos out there — I’m sure you’ve seen at least a few. What’s the secret to taking great pictures with your smartphone, then? As it turns out, there are a few of them. Check out these tips below to improve your smartphone photography game. (And once you have the photo-taking part down, check out some of the best photo editing apps for mobile.) How to Take Good
This is a question that I get asked often: If somebody sends an email message that is 100% images, does that design choice itself make the message more likely to get relegated to the spam folder? My short answer is no, not really, but it merits a discussion, so let’s dive into it a little bit deeper.First, let’s get this bit out of the way — YES, some spam filters will score emails higher (more spammy) if the image-to-text ratio is low – meaning that a message contains little text, but is chock full of images. SpamAssassin is an example of a filter that will note this in its filtering results. But while SpamAssassin can be good for “broad strokes” guidance for email senders, this is an example case where SpamAssassin’s filters give different results compared to the spam filtering engines of the biggest ISPs and mailbox providers like Gmail
What’s the ideal YouTube cover size? The audio/video streaming platform provides you with precise recommendations to maximize graphic rendering of custom images by creators. Let’s take a look at the sizes recommended by the social media platform. The size of the images on social media are crucial for profile rendering: they provide your brand and content with professionalism, a good reputation and can greatly affect your performance. All social networks have formats, sizes and resolutions to respect, depending on image type and use (covers, carousels, stories, video IGTV, square photos, profile photos etc.). If the formats of Instagram and Facebook images are quite familiar to professionals but not Social Media Marketing, the format of YouTube images is a more niche topic, discussed less often. Here are the ideal photo sizes recommended by YouTube. The ideal YouTube cover sizes YouTube is still the world’s most watched platform in the online streaming…
Are you about to launch a personal website or boost the performance of an existing one? Always remember that image optimization is key for site ranking and top positions. When working on a website, we often tend to focus on content, optimized texts, photos and colors, and other small stylistic choices to tune it to our tastes and products. But we often fail to care just as much about image optimization— or we overlook its importance. What it means to optimize images Essentially, optimizing images means compressing and making them less heavy to improve your site’s speed and performance. What many don’t know is that the quality and weight of the image directly affect the speed and performance of the site and, consequently, its positioning on search engines. If you’ve already done everything you can to increase the quality of your content and keywords, and the website and index settings have…
How confident are you in your ability to create or find festive holiday images? As a webinar designer and presenter for Constant Contact, one of the most frequently asked questions I heard was how to create images fast. The good news is you don’t need to be a graphic designer to create festive holiday images. There are plenty of easy-to-use tools and resources to help you create quality images quickly and affordably — or even for free. So grab a pen and paper or bookmark this post — you’re going to need it for your holiday marketing. Here are the must-have resources for holiday graphics and images this season: Table of Contents7 resources for free holiday images1. Constant Contact Image Editor2. PowerPoint for quick holiday graphics3. Canva for holiday graphics and promo images4. Shutterstock for holiday images and videos5. Pablo for quote images and graphics6. Pixlr for slightly more advanced…
When people arrive at your Facebook Page, where do you think they’ll look first? I’ll give you a few hints. It’s a visual piece of content that sits at the top of your Page. Its dimensions are 820 pixels wide by 312 pixels tall. It takes up almost a quarter of the screen on most desktop browsers. That’s right — it’s your Facebook cover photo. A cover photo can transform your Facebook Business Page from a passive repository of your business’ activity to an inviting community. Whether you’re using Facebook to generate leads, close your next sale, or create a customer network, knowing how to create and optimize your Facebook cover photo will be essential to the success of your Page. In this post, you’ll learn Facebook cover photo best practices with real-world examples of each tip we recommend. To get started, let’s dive into Facebook cover photo dimensions. Sometimes…