Blogging and the Complete Visual Experience
Blogging is an excellent way for any business to share their message with their audience.
Readers are able to get a glimpse into the important projects, experiences or information that the business wants to share with their audience, while keeping up-to-date with the happenings of your company! Of source, humor can also be expressed in a blog, allowing your readers to get a bit of chuckle – a great way to share your message with the world!
However, the written word must not be the only context by which your readers engage with your message. Having visual aids that align well with your content is also extremely important. Some may put little emphasis on this, but your visuals should not be forgotten.
A picture that coincides with your message can be highly relevant to the content you’re sharing, while also enhancing your message. Your visuals don’t only have to be limited to photo images, but they can also be charts or graphs, video, sketches of a process or any other means to provide more clarity to your content – but visually!
Many bloggers still struggle to find images since using images from many online stock photo platforms come with a cost. However, there are many websites where you can get good quality images for free!
Here are some websites that offer quality images which can add some visual flare to your blog content! But always remember to check the terms of use as sometimes they may change. But as of right now, below, are some tried and true places you can use to grab some quality images to bring more clarity and engagement to your writing!
Here are 7 Stock Photo sites you may want to consider using for your next blog post:
- Unsplash.com offers a wide selection of free stock photos.
- Pixabay.com offers free videos and images that you can use anywhere!
- Stocksnap.io has hundreds of new photos added each week.
- Placeit.net is a cool site that allows you to post your e-product within their images for a personal touch!
- Burst.shopify.com is a website developed by shopify.com to help entrepreneurs sell their products better. Shopify made the photos in-house, so each photo has a very professional feel.
- Gratisography.com adds new and free high-res personal and commercial use photos on a weekly basis!
- Lifeofpix.com was created by LEEROY creative agency. This site has free high-res images (added weekly) without copyright restrictions!
If you’ve been looking for a wide selection of blog photos that are free to use, any of these are a great place to start!
Please share any other sites you’ve found useful for finding quality free images without the restrictions.