Just for kicks, a screen capture of @bengarvin‘s instructions on how to take a screen capture pic.twitter.com/WSED5jlqDc
— Amy Nelson (@AmyPioneerPress) January 7, 2014
When Jen Westphal shared the email below with me, I quickly asked Jen and Ben Garvin, who wrote the email, if I could use it as a guest post. Ben’s Twitter bio describes him as a “Multimedia producer, photographer, photo editor, blogger at St. Paul Pioneer Press.”
I did a little editing and added some links and embeds to make this part of my #twutorial series. So here’s Ben’s advice on using photos with tweets (with tweets from Ben interspersed between the paragraphs):
In late October Twitter changed the way it shows images within your stream–images now automatically appear if they are tweeted from Twitter itself, not a third-party app. This small change has allowed for images to have much more impact and is something I think we all should be taking more advantage of!
(graphic photo) it’s so dangerous outside, be careful. #Frostbite patient at Regions http://t.co/VERk3gr1q6 pic.twitter.com/wh14hFvFzq
— bengarvin (@bengarvin) January 6, 2014
Before you hit send on a tweet, ask yourself–what can I illustrate this with? A staff photo, a mugshot, a map, a screenshot of a website or headline, scene of a crime, even a selfie? Anything and everything is game. By attaching an image — any image — you immediately give your tweet a certain visual importance that will increase its reach. You will get more retweets, favorites and followers and slowly help the Pioneer Press TAKE OVER THE WORLD. (more…)
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