Step 1: Identify where and how the image will be used.<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAs with any graphics, step 1 is knowing how and where the image will be used. This will dictate the parameters for the project.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
For example, a square image will work for most (if not all) social media platforms, whereas the platforms that use rectangular images will have specific dimensions that need to be met for best display.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Hoot-Suite has a great cheat sheet for the leading social media platforms.<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nStep 2: Decide what to put on the image.<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOptions for promotional image elements:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\r\n- a quote from the book<\/li>\r\n
- an endorsement from someone in your space<\/li>\r\n
- your face<\/li>\r\n
- a mockup of your book<\/li>\r\n
- your website or social media handle(s)<\/li>\r\n
- call-to-action text<\/li>\r\n
- places where your book is available<\/li>\r\n
- release date<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
When deciding on promotional graphics, less text is best. Social media is the highway of today. Billboards with too much text are just wasting your money, because no one is going to slow down to read them. The same goes for social media graphics, specifically ones that are viewed when scrolling. You want to select the best morsel from the endorsement that you want to share.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/melindamartin.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/promographic_texta.png\")
<\/a>\r\nThis promo image has way too much text. It’s a great endorsement for the advance praise portion of your book but not so great for a promo graphic.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/melindamartin.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/promoimage_goble-1024x1024-1-1024x1024.jpeg\")
<\/a>\r\nMuch better! Not only is this shorter text, but this endorsement packs more punch, because it’s from someone in her space.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nExamples of Various Promo Images<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nHere are several different layouts I’ve used for clients’ promotional graphics over the years.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/melindamartin.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/savageindulgence_mockupg3-1024x1024-1-1024x1024.jpeg\")
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Step 2: Decide what to put on the image.<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOptions for promotional image elements:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\r\n- a quote from the book<\/li>\r\n
- an endorsement from someone in your space<\/li>\r\n
- your face<\/li>\r\n
- a mockup of your book<\/li>\r\n
- your website or social media handle(s)<\/li>\r\n
- call-to-action text<\/li>\r\n
- places where your book is available<\/li>\r\n
- release date<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
When deciding on promotional graphics, less text is best. Social media is the highway of today. Billboards with too much text are just wasting your money, because no one is going to slow down to read them. The same goes for social media graphics, specifically ones that are viewed when scrolling. You want to select the best morsel from the endorsement that you want to share.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/a>\r\nThis promo image has way too much text. It’s a great endorsement for the advance praise portion of your book but not so great for a promo graphic.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/a>\r\nMuch better! Not only is this shorter text, but this endorsement packs more punch, because it’s from someone in her space.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nExamples of Various Promo Images<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nHere are several different layouts I’ve used for clients’ promotional graphics over the years.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/a><\/figure>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Authors can use promotional graphics can be used in a number of ways: on a website (and where on the website it will go: in a post [square or horizontal rectangle], in a sidebar [square or vertical rectangle], at the top [narrow horizontal rectangle] on social media (either as a post or as an ad) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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When deciding on promotional graphics, less text is best. Social media is the highway of today. Billboards with too much text are just wasting your money, because no one is going to slow down to read them. The same goes for social media graphics, specifically ones that are viewed when scrolling. You want to select the best morsel from the endorsement that you want to share.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Here are several different layouts I’ve used for clients’ promotional graphics over the years.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Authors can use promotional graphics can be used in a number of ways: on a website (and where on the website it will go: in a post [square or horizontal rectangle], in a sidebar [square or vertical rectangle], at the top [narrow horizontal rectangle] on social media (either as a post or as an ad) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n<\/a>\r\n<\/a>\r\nExamples of Various Promo Images<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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