Visual Aids are More Than Just a Pretty Face

Each time I sit down to write a blog I try to look at this from the readers stand point first; as I have with this blog post. When I am sitting down to eat dinner at a restaurant and I look over the menu I am more often attracted to the items that are listen in color and look nice. Maybe its because I still have a 5th grade attention span, or maybe it’s because I have trained my mind to be more efficient and it’s quicker to look at a picture and decide than it is to read through each item on the menu.



Now this is an over simplification but the point can be very valid when trying to capture a reader and get them to stay with your thought throughout the entire blog post. The picture aspect of a blog can also add an element of multi media you just can’t get with plain text. I have read several other blog posts in regards to this topic and I think this one listed on problogger is a good one worth reading: http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/11/13/using-images-to-take-your-posts-to-a-new-level/



The idea with each blog post you do is to give good valuable content your reader will be interested in and they will see as informative and useful. Therefore; when placing pictures, do not just place pictures for the purpose of having pictures in your blog post, instead put pictures in a blog that provide a visual aid to further understand the blog.



I reposted a blog post written by Tyrell Gray a friend and business partner a few weeks back about a black penguin. His blog post he wrote was about how to stand out and be the "Black Penguin" and near the bottom of the blog he had an amazing picture of a black penguin. This picture in this post really helped me literally see just how powerful being one of a kind really can make a big difference.



Go find some amazing photos for your blogs. Share a link to your best visual aids in the comments below.



For this and other articles by Brad Hess please visit http://www.mymark.com/blog. Brad Hess is CEO and Founder of MyMark. I made my mark with MyMark, providers of an integrated personal profile, blog, and home base for professionally branding you. This original post can be found at http://www.mymark.com/blog/bradhess/2010/07/26/visual-aids-are-more-than-just-a-pretty-face/