To celebrate our addition of supporting custom uploadable images to Listly we thought we'd explore why images are so important.
We've detailed 8 reasons that we think are shareworthy.
8 Reasons Images Make You Irresistible
Visuals = Space to Think
People love to know what you stand for. Images = Self Expression
Combining Media Works - Images combine well with lists, video,slides etc
Images = Part of Content Mix
It’s About Your Customers - Images are a great way to get people involved.
Images Improve Findability
Images Drive Engagement
Images Drive Revenue
Includes 4 bonus resources
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Visuals = Space to Think1
http://www.marketingprofs.com/articles/2013/10779/four-steps-for-using-images-in-your-brands-social-strategy#ixzz2VlnTwy9Z
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Many Ways to Express Yourself
WORDS
PICTURES COLORS
FONTS
Image Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kruemi
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Combining Media Works
Posts with
more types
of media
work best
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http://www.shoutlet.com/blog/2013/06/the-rise-of-images-why-they-matter-how-they-fit-in-your-social-mix/
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It’s About Your Customers
Customer
experience
Are you ignoring
them by taking
the easy way
with your online
images http://360connext.com/why-images-matter-to-experience/
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We Need Your Help...
We are planning to offer
more image-centric layouts
Full Width Post Images?
Half width Images?
We’d love to know what you
want
Send us links to layouts
you’d like to see on Listly
Send ideas/urls/images to
nick@list.ly
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Lists As a Content Platform
Your lists are stored once, but can be
embedded on many blogs in different layouts
Layouts are dynamic / on demand / interactive
Embeds are cached and lazy loading (i.e. fast)
Wordpress plugin ensures “list” is seen as part
of post (i.e. great for organic search)
Lists as ever changing (i.e. great for SEO)
Lists are crowdsourced and moderated
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Why Listly
Listly exists because humans love numbered lists.
To quote Hubspot's Halligan & Shah “Our species is
drawn to numbered lists” via their book Inbound
Marketing.
Fact: List posts get viewed and shared more than
other content. Analytics drive publishers to create
30% of content as numbered list posts > "10 ways
to ...", "7 things you must ..." etc
So what's the problem? Today, people want to
participate and be social with the content they
consume. HTML lists don't cut it.
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Videos:YouTube, Slides:Slideshare & Lists:Listly
Listly makes lists collaborative, interactive and
embeddable.
We help our customers - brands, publishers and
bloggers create engagement right inside their list
content.
We blend the crowdsourcing and crowdranking of
Reddit to create curated lists of content that they can
moderate.
We help our customers grow their investment in
content by empowering their audience to engage,
contribute, and keep their list content continuously
evolving.
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