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The Lunch Bunch and Dustin W. Stout on images.
Great combination.

Originally shared by Ray Hiltz

What goes into choosing an image for our blog or social media posts?

The whole world of visuals and social media is huge but the #RayBunch  has never shied away from squeezing big topics in our 30 minute show.

To help us cut to the core issues of the science and art of choosing that right image, I reached out to the guy who is as generous as he is genius in his knowledge of visuals -Dustin W. Stout 

Evidence of his generosity can be noted by the fact that there is no "i" in the eponymous name of his website: http://dustn.tv/

Dustin has shared many articles and appeared in many HOAs to share his opinion about branding, colours, fonts and other visual aspects on content marketing.

My reason for inviting him here today is to discuss, along with Jessica Dewell B.L. Ochman Scott Scowcroft Randy Bowden and you, how we can make more informed decisions on what imagery we want to represent our content.

Are images necessary on blogs?
Do we need to put text on images?
What effects do our choice of colours (or lack of) have?
How important are video thumbnails?

Notice I didn't mention copyright issues. There are many great posts circulating that can help you with that like Dustin's:
Best Places to Find Free Images Online - http://goo.gl/DpT54b

In short, if you don't own it or are certain you're allowed to use it - don't.

We'll be sharing many image resources in our regular LunchBunch Take-Out segment and in the event, so keep an eye out. (not literally - setting your notifications will do fine.)

If you've already chosen images for your post, here's a very helpful post Dustin W. Stout just had published on Social Media Examiner:

How to Optimize Social Media Images - http://goo.gl/zYhH2H

Join us on Tuesday, April 7th at 12:15pm and bring your questions and comments.

Watching on mobile? Here's the YouTube link:  - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK6dewzG2Vk

The #RayBunch  are:
Scott Scowcroft- The ScottTreatment: www.theSCOTTtreatment.com

Randy Bowden - Bowden2Bowden marketing & branding virtual consultancy firm: http://bowden2bowden.com - Twitter:@bowden2bowden

Jessica Dewell - Business Consulting Advisory Board: http://infusionprinciple.com  - Twitter:@jess_dewell

B.L. Ochman - Google+ Events, Coaching, Digital Strategist: http://www.whatsnextblog.com/ -  Twitter:@whatsnext

Ray Hiltz - Digital Strategist, Google+ Specialist - Power Your Business With Google Plus: Visit:  rayhiltz.com - Twitter:@rayhiltz

Here's a sample of our recent shows:

- Is Social Media a Mobocracy? - https://youtu.be/de5glX1qmXQ
- Spring Cleaning Your Digital House - https://youtu.be/IVZ7NqEezBc
- It Ain't Easy Being Evergreen - https://youtu.be/pQtFaki1tGg
- Generalist or Specialist? With Ryan Hanley -  https://youtu.be/hoXxt-WSn1k

View other past Lunch Bunch shows on my YouTube Playlist: -http://goo.gl/6841cD

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