An image in a post paints up a scene
where a neon-lit signpost baths the floors of an alley with its brilliance on a
moonless night. And it's because like the neon tube, a picture transmits info on
a different wavelength effectively, creating knockout first impressions which casts
a spell on visitors to your site. The offshoot of it all is your audience is furnished with a picturesque cause to visit again.
Pictures can make or remake your blog.
Should that statement interpret as “you
can't enjoy a steady flow of traffic if you don't use images?” I could say
yeah and we could argue about it all day. Thing is I'm not going to. What you
can do for yourself is take a look around the WWW for a moment. Do the math and
come up with your own conclusions. Surf any of the big sites, popular for its
content. Did you notice the smattering of images on “every” article? Maybe, you
should close your eyes and imagine the same page without the graphics. It is a
fact you can’t unsee the upshot of pictures especially, if they are done well.
Images are magnets that attract
attention. Sometimes, a well-timed portrait might be all it takes to pull a
crowd. Take it from an angle; your title and content bring in one kind of folks
and your images another. I think that kind of doubles the effect, if you catch
my drift.
They are a good distraction, too (which
is why you have to make a visual representation pass across some form of
message). Readers will feast on these things if they are done magnificently.
"An appropriate piece says a lot more about your content than the words
themselves because pictures communicate on a level only pictures can."
Besides, take a long look at some of those bare posts (yours or someone
else's). I bet they seem a bit 'stripped.' Think of images as a covering for
your write-ups. Has it ever crossed your mind how using images can land you and
your blog a feature on Google Images search page and by extension, Google
Search?
Some other payoff of blogging pictures is
they give your blog an “official touch.”
Your posts get the feel of a magazine or Ezine. But keep watch you do not fall
into the trap of excess; there is such a thing as too many illustrations, you know? If you are not displaying art for
the fun of it or pictures with quotes embedded or portraits of persons and/or
books relevant to the topic under discussion, and unless your blog is
especially, dedicated to photography, I'm not a stickler for rules but it would
do you a world of good if you stick to two per post tops. If your readers can't
see the post for the pics, that's a cue you're doing it wrong. Images are like wild flowers, they are good,
but carefully picked ones are better.
One more as a parting gift and we're done
here,
“If
you have to paint a picture, use the brightest colors.”
Keep your pens bleeding.
Akpan
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