Top Sites For Anyone Posting Visual Content

We'd like to offer our knowledge to help up your online game in terms of what you use to compliment your social posts. Whether you're always scouring for copyright free images, music, or just general creative inspiration, we've got you covered. Here's some of the sites we use daily to create high quality social media work. Let's kick things off with copyright free image sites: Unsplash One of the largest photography suppliers on the internet. 'Unsplash is a website dedicated to sharing copyright-free photography under the Unsplash license. The website claims over 65,000 contributing photographers and generates an estimated 4 billion photo impressions per month. Unsplash has been cited as one of the world’s leading photography websites by Forbes.' Freerange Stock Freerange Stock was formed with the goal to provide quality stock photos for commercial and non-commercial use, for free. Images on the site are either shot by Freerange Stock, drawn from Freerange archives, or contributed by a talented community of photographers. Pexels Pexels state: 'It's hard to understand complex licenses. That is why all photos on Pexels are licensed under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license. This means the pictures are completely free to be used for any legal purpose.' The pictures are free for personal and even for commercial use. You can modify, copy and distribute the photos. All without asking for permission or setting a link to the source. So, attribution is not required. Life of Pix 'Life of Pix offers high-resolution photographs with no copyright restrictions. The photographs were contributed by [...]

Top 3 Benefits Of Using “How to” Videos

The internet has seen a massive surge of videos over the last year with video content now accounting for around 74% of internet traffic (KPCB). But there is one type of video which has proved to be especially popular, particularly among businesses. The rise of the “how –to” video has been caused by many factors and there is a great opportunity for businesses to embrace them with huge benefit. Customer Preference “How to” videos are the quickest and easiest way to engage with your customers. They provide fast, effective tutelage at the touch of a button and are the most convenient way for people to seek information about a product or process. With the rise of automated customer service centres and lengthy call waits, people would much rather seek online advice in the form of a video which provides the added value of a visual demo. They can also condense lengthy processes and provide support for different stages of a process. Business Efficiency The main benefit to businesses using “how to” videos is the time they save and improved organisational efficiency. They generally reduce the number of customer call outs and the pressure on customer services teams and are the perfect way to answer FAQ’s. They free up resource which can be allocated elsewhere in the business, saving time and money. Visibility & Credibility Having short, helpful, added value video tools for your audience to watch can massively increase your visibility and can also do wonders for your brand [...]