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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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HTBphotos presents the ‘Easter Bunny Series’ of stock photos

Find HTBphotos stock photos on Dreamstime.com for your social media, website and print needs.

Exclusively available on Dreamstime.com, explore the new HTBphotos ‘Easter Bunny Series,’ a collection of stock photos featuring rabbits and bunnies. Have a look and see what suits your social media, website and print project design… So adorable!

Stock photographs from HTBphotos ‘Easter Bunny Series’ are exclusively available on Dreamstime

Tips for using stock photography

Here are tips from an article by bossproject.com ‘5 Ways to Successfully Use Stock Photography on Your Website.’

Start with the Design – Define your brand colors and style. Once you have the design in place, it’s much easier to narrow down your search and find the right images for your project
Choose the Right Photos – choose stock photos that fit your brand colors and style
Customize Your Images – add text to create fun graphics
Get some SEO Going – use keywords and keyword phrases as well as captions or alt titles
Add in some of Your Own Images – have a professional, branded head shot made to use on your website and across social media so people know who you are

Get 10 Free Stock Photos

New to stock photos? Get started now with Dreamstime’s offer of 10 free stock photos! And, your purchase helps fight COVID-19! Dreamstime is donating 5% of all purchases to WHO’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund

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Introducing Sevenfold Home for luxury linens

HTB is pleased to introduce our new client, Sevenfold Home, who has come to us for social media marketing and SEO services.

Based out of Portland, Oregon, Sevenfold Home is the online seller of exceptionally good hotel-quality luxury bed and bath linens. which are made of 100% long staple combed cotton. Great products, great people. And the bed linens they offer are silky soft.

“In 1997, we started our company to bring a higher standard of linens to the hotel and resort market. Over the years, we saw that hotel guests wanted the touch of our fine linens in their homes. Sevenfold Home is our response to you, our valued customer.”
Michael Davison, Founder

Sevenfold recently moved into direct-to-consumer sales with their online store to make it convenient for anyone to order from them. Their retail customers now have access to the same hotel-quality products Sevenfold still provides the hotel industry.

To find out more, visit www.sevenfoldhome.com.