This is part 2 of a 2-part series about how to create engaging social images…
Step 4: Edit The Images
Now that you’ve selected or taken an image, it’s time to go to your image-editing tool and edit that image. You may edit it in the following ways:
Category Archives: Technical Topics
How to Create Engaging Social Media Images, part 1
Of course you need to create great content in order to engage your social media followers. But you need something to capture attention – and posting images is the answer.
In some cases, your post may just be an image with very little text (especially if you post on a platform like Instagram). In other cases, your post primarily may be a text post, but you attach an image to it. Either way, you need engaging images that capture attention.
How do you create these images? That’s what this tutorial will show you how to do. We’ll spend the bulk of our time in Step 5, which will show you how to create the best and most eye-catching images.
Let’s get started…
The Blog Plugins Checklist
One of the features of using a platform like WordPress is that it’s not bloated software. In fact, it’s developed in a way that allows users to add the functionality they need—and when you use plugins to add this functionality, you don’t even need to know a lick about coding.
The question is, what sort of plugins should you install? Obviously, that’s going to depend on your needs. If you have a specific need, you can always search for a related plugin at www.wordpress.org/plugins/.
However, there are certain types of plugins that almost every blogger ought to be using. Check out this list:
Contact Form
You need to give your visitors a way to reach you, and setting up a contact form is a good way to do this. There are a lot of plugins that give you the ability to set this up fast. If you don’t have much tech experience, then you can opt for a user-friendly plugin such as WP Forms: https://wpforms.com/. If you need something more robust, then check out www.gravityforms.com.
Blog Setup Checklist
One of your first steps in becoming a blogger is to set up your blogging platform. Fortunately, this step is fairly easy, thanks in part to blogging platforms such as WordPress that are designed for people who aren’t very technical. Nonetheless, if you run into any problems, you can always outsource this task to a competent WordPress developer.
TIP: There are other blogging platforms available, but we’ll focus on WordPress since it’s the easiest to use, most robust and most secure platform available.
Here’s how to get set up fast…
Choose a Domain Name
There are two parts to this process:
How to Upload a Twitter Video That’s Longer than 30 Seconds
Twitter is a fascinating spot in the world of social media. It’s often where people hear of breaking news first. It seems to move at the speed of light. Yet, Twitter keeps coming up with ways to keep people engaged…to keep them in one spot on the social site for longer periods of time. And it’s working. One of those ways is through video.
Why Video for Twitter Rocks
Have you tried uploading a video to Twitter yet? If you haven’t, you should. There are so many reasons why video for Twitter rocks. For one thing, you’re on Twitter to grow your business. You hope to share your business with more people, grow your leads and audience, and build relationships.
You can do that through tweets and general interaction, sure, but there’s only so far that can take you. The web is increasingly visual. You don’t want to be left behind, and that certainly means not forgetting about video.