morgoodie replied to the topic What social media sites are you using to share your posts? in the forum Writing for the Web 8 years, 6 months ago
I use Facebook, Pinterest, Stumbleupon, Twitter, and Google+. I am not sure that they have been very helpful, but I am sure that it is going to take some time to get your following built up and are able to notice the difference. Facebook has been the best one so far for me since all my friends and family are on there. I am just getting into…[Read more]
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Lee Ka replied to the topic Making Graphics for Your Posts in the forum Writing for the Web 8 years, 6 months ago
@ruby3881 Have you checked out Buffer? I came across a blog post from Buffer about the ideal image size for social media sites, and Buffer is actually a product that helps us to schedule to share our posts on social media sites. There is a free version, but I have not try it out yet. I just tried Pablo, it’s just a simple tool to create social…[Read more]
Lee Ka started the topic What social media sites are you using to share your posts? in the forum Writing for the Web 8 years, 6 months ago
I am currently sharing my posts on Twitter, Google+ and Pinterest. I started to share some in StumbleUpon, but lately I couldn’t access the site.
I am willing to explore more social media sites, but I have no idea if all these sites allow to share posts with our referral links included.
Can you please share what social media sites you are…[Read more]
Kyla Matton Osborne (Ruby3881) replied to the topic Making Graphics for Your Posts in the forum Writing for the Web 8 years, 6 months ago
@kaka135 I haven’t heard about Pablo until now. I’ll have to add it to my list of graphics editors to try!
@morgoodie Just a heads up: GIMP can be a little intimidating at first! I knew how to use PSP quite well, but was really lost with GIMP at first. If you’re stuck on anything, there are some great YouTube tutorials and all the user’s manual…[Read more]
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morgoodie replied to the topic Making Graphics for Your Posts in the forum Writing for the Web 8 years, 6 months ago
I love Pixabay for the photos on my blog at least for now. They do have a wide selection and it is easy to find what you are looking for just by using the search on the site. Some of the photos are very good and I find it hard to believe that they are for free. Well unless you want to buy the person who did the photo a cup of coffee. Has anyone…[Read more]
Grecy Garcia replied to the topic Making Graphics for Your Posts in the forum Writing for the Web 8 years, 6 months ago
My only resort when it comes to image is using Pixabay, once I do not have an available good image that I was the one who take. There are lots of pictures at Pixabay and it is all for free. Sometimes I create my own image, like I will go to Pixabay, I will edit it, make it look right for my posts. Sometimes the picture came from me, specifically…[Read more]
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IcyBC replied to the topic Making Graphics for Your Posts in the forum Writing for the Web 8 years, 6 months ago
I usually use my own photos, and when I am stressed out, I like to play with them in Pixlr and PicMonkey. I also have Photoscape installed on my laptop for quick fun or just to watermark my photos.
With these three editors, I don’t need to know much about photoshop. I just create my own images and chose colors that match my mood at the moment,…[Read more]
IcyBC joined the group Writing for the Web 8 years, 6 months ago
I have not done this yet. I have just used pictures from Pixaby or my own if I have one that works for my topic. This sounds interesting though and fun. I am going to check out Gimp and see if I am talented enough to use it. Lol. I am not very technically inclined so hopefully it is easy enough for me. I will also have to read some more of your…[Read more]
morgoodie joined the group Writing for the Web 8 years, 6 months ago
I just started to create a graphic for my blog posts after reading your posts in BlogJob. Thanks for the guide and inspiration too. I just use Paint to make a simple picture file, add in an image downloaded from pixabay most of the time, and add in my own words (mainly the title of the blog post). I wanted to use GIMP, and found out I have…[Read more]
Lee Ka joined the group Writing for the Web 8 years, 6 months ago
Kyla Matton Osborne (Ruby3881) started the topic Making Graphics for Your Posts in the forum Writing for the Web 8 years, 6 months ago
How many of you make (or adapt) graphics for your articles and posts? If you do make graphics, what tools do you use?
I create some images simply by taking a photo with my phone. But I also like to play around with graphics editors. I use two right now. On my computer, I have GIMP installed. It’s similar to Photoshop, but free.
When I want to…[Read more]