Social Media Tip: Use Custom Graphics for Your Blog Posts!

Do you create custom graphics for your blog posts or do you just slap up a stock photo that sort of has something to do with the subject of the post? When your readers share your blog posts using your social share buttons does the image that shows with the preview stand out and carry your blog's branding with it?

If you haven't considered the benefits of using custom branded images with your blog posts, you should!

When someone shares your post on their social network pages the preview will contain an image from your post so it stands out nicely in the user’s feed but a cool graphic with the text of what the article is about will stand out and get noticed more than a picture that sort of relates to your article. It’s also a good idea to add you branding or blog name to each image so when the post is shared that branding goes with every image.