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Demystifying Stock Photo Sizes for Social Media

Stock photo sizes for any social media post

I love the brilliant colors of autumn!

Add some fall colors to your social media projects with HTBphotos ‘Fall Foliage‘ Series by John and Katharina Notarianni, available on Dreamstime.

HTBphotos fall foliage series available on Dreamstime — HTBphotos ‘Fall Foliage’ by John and Katharina Notarianni has been cropped and resized to 1200×1200 pixels for social media purposes.

Stock photo sizes for any social media post

Graphics, photos, and other visuals are a necessity when posting content on social media!

And with copyright concerns, it is best to either take photos with your cell phone, digital camera or even your iPad, or leverage the many reputable stock photography sources like Dreamstime, or design services like Canva. There are even high quality free stock photo sites like Unsplash.

The question is, now that you have the perfect image for your social media post, what size image displays correctly across multiple platforms? Is that even possible? Yes!

Keep It Simple Strategy

Square images are ideal for Facebook and Instagram posts. Square format also works well for LinkedIn posts – and can work for Twitter.

Easy 1:1 ratio (square)

Instagram and Facebook photos: 1200 x 1200 pixels

Pinterest Pins (repurpose from Instagram)

All profile pictures* (allows cropping to circle format): 500 x 500

YouTube channel icon*: 800 x 800

Best size for link posts

As you can see the featured image at the top of this post also from HTBphotos ‘Fall Foliage’ Series, has been resized to 1200×630 pixels which work perfectly for WordPress blog posts as well as for several popular social media platforms that have a similar size requirement: Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

For specifics on all popular social media platforms, I recommend taking time to review Louise Myers’ Social Media Cheat Sheet.

Get noticed with a Video Cover

Facebook: Tell More of Your Story
Instead of a cover photo, now you can use a video. It can be 20-90 seconds and should be at least 820 x 312 pixels.
Louise Myers, Visual Social Media

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Book Launch: Be A Success Maverick Vol. 2 is #1 Amazon.com Best Seller

Congratulations to HTB author, Katharina Notarianni, for making Amazon.com’s Best Sellers list with her new book ‘Be A Success Maverick – Volume 2‘ in collaboration with the Maverick Millionaire Paul Finck and other authors.

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Author of ‘Be a Success Maverick’ (Volumes 1 &2) and ‘How to Become a Sales Maverick & Double Your Income,’ Paul Finck is The Maverick Millionaire™. Paul brings to the table a vast array of knowledge and skill sets from 30+ years of sales, marketing and entrepreneurial life experience. His successes include moving multi-millions of dollars in Real Estate, and over $20 million in informational products in the last 10 years. With his primary focus on multiple streams of income, he has built up several businesses in Informational Marketing, Network Marketing, Real Estate Investing and now speaks and coaches internationally, teaching others how they can create this success in their own lives while Doing It Different – The Maverick Way.

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About Katharina Notarianni

Author, publisher and website designer Katharina Notarianni began her career with her first book, ‘The Beauty of Irises,’ which motivated her to start Healing Time Books, a publishing company with a mission to help authors make the most of today’s digital technologies to publish their works. Her website business, HTB Website Design, provides mobile friendly website design services including website hosting, SEO, stock photography and social media marketing.

Interested in publishing your own book?

If you need help self-publishing your own book, please contact us by filling out our online Publishing Services request form, or by sending an email to info@healingtimebooks.com.

HTB Photos celebrates over 4000 stock photos on Dreamstime.com

Congratulations to John and Katharina Notarianni for making available over 4000 high quality web and print ready images from their stock photography collection on Dreamstime. HTBphotos stock images are available exclusively through Dreamstime.com.

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The Beauty of Authenticity by Anne Marie Foley

A new book by author and public speaker Anne Marie Foley, launches on Amazon.com on May 29, 2019.

Congratulations to HTB’s website client, author and public speaker Anne Marie Foley, who has a book launch occurring on May 29th!

Her story “Inner Authenticity, Outer Beauty” is featured in a collection of stories intended to inspire you to Embrace your truth to live a Life of Meaning, Purpose and Grace.

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HTB Website Design introduces new Memberships feature

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What makes a stock photo image popular?

HTBphotos on Dreamstime - white-clouds-blue-sky stock photo is a top seller

HTBphotos‘ White Clouds in Blue Sky image is a best seller from John and Katharina Notarianni’s portfolio of stock photos featured exclusively on Dreamstime.

What makes a stock photo image popular? Here are some tips:

Images need plenty of “negative space” for the end user to add text, logos or other images.

Variations of the same shot, or a cropped photo, like the one above, may even sell better than the more detailed original photo.

Taking time to photoshop the original shot to increase dots per inch to represent print quality (300 dpi) and offering various resolutions from low to high quality also gives the end user choices for web or print use without extra work on their part.

Zoom in to “actual pixels” to scan for imperfections that can be easily fixed with photoshop, like dust or spots. Even the smallest issue may keep a buyer from buying the image, particularly if they plan to use it on a billboard where the image is blown up to maximum size.

Tagging the image with key words like blue sky, white clouds make it easy to find. Search engines like Google and Bing are more likely to bring up your image when tagged with key words.

2019 Color of the Year for Designers is “Living Coral”

Pantone has announced their 2019 Color of the Year “Living Coral.”

Click the image to read more about how to use this vibrant color in your designs in the coming year…