Enhancing your communication with great visuals that reinforce your points is a must for any communicator. Most of us though, struggle with finding good quality images that properly show off your content while being inclusive and representative of your organization culture.
There are some great stock image websites out there, with thousands of terrible stock photos that you should not inflict upon your colleagues. This post is not about art direction, we know our limitations. Just remember that representation matters, and your colleagues are likely numb to, or sick of, unrealistically perfect shots of smiling people in suits. Employees like to see themselves, and that means using photos taken across the organizations by your art department, you, or your colleagues.
Google image search is a great tool to find free-to-use images. However, you need to make sure that you turn on the ‘creative commons’ setting. Otherwise, you are going to find images that you do not have permission to use in your communication. Respect copyright rules and the world will be a better place. Do not forget to indicate the providence of images that you have sourced in this manner.
Great free-to-use stock image, videos and graphic sites (shh…do not tell StockPhoto):
It is 2020, so how about Artificially Intelligence (AI) generated pictures of people? I thought you would never ask. These are amazing and free to use:
At Sparrow, we believe in making your content as engaging as possible, but there’s no reason for that to get expensive. We allow you to quickly and easily add images and videos to your post body, as well as provide a ‘swipe to the side’ option like instagram, and more importantly, we have an image gallery to easily allow you to find a previously uploaded image to reuse it.
If you’re looking for a platform to help make your life easier and connecting you with all of your workforce, give Sparrow a look. We’ve lived the pain, we understand the hopes, and we built a platform for communication professionals that delivers. From Intranets, to Microsoft Teams, to newsletters, and mobile, we know how important corporate communications is. Sparrow – Built for Communicators. Book a conversation with us today.