| Written by Eva Lohan, on 04-04-2008 10:42 |
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 Free Stock Photos and Images as a Way to Dress Up Your Articles
As part of my daily routine, I regularly visit other blogs and browse through interesting posts, both for business and pleasure. What often strikes me as puzzling, is the lack of visual stimuli that often makes an otherwise great blog unattractive and uninviting. Think about it - your favorite e-zines and news portals all headline their best content with some image or photo to attract the eye and invite more readers and click-throughs. Good photos may help you 'sell' your visitors to read an otherwise hard to 'sell' article.
Lets face it, we are all visual beings and giving your visitors that 'eye candy', is an important part of designing a better user experience.
You don't need to have images of business meetings for your business articles, computer images for your technology posts, etc. Think in broad terms and try to convey a general concept or idea.
The image on the right is an example of how to convey a thought or concept that may otherwise seem unrelated to the topic. (blank page + eye candy..)
Combating Writer's Block
An added benefit to having a great repository of quality stock photos is aiding that dreaded writer's block syndrome. If you are trying to write a new article or blog entry and facing a blank page, I encourage you to try a little experiment:
Look through some photos in different categories, and jot down some words, thoughts, concepts or sentences that jump to your mind. You will be surprised how one photo can transform a blank page into an entire article. The trick here is to be creative and open minded.
Here are some examples you could use for this experiment:
For a list of some quality, royalty free, online stock photo and image repositories, visit our free graphics and photos page in our resources section.
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