When we first start out with a blog, content might seem to flow freely. We have more ideas it seems, than time to write them all down. Fast forward five or six hundred articles later, and you might find yourself having to actively seek out new material, and new ideas to write about.
One of the best sources of inspiration for new content that I myself use, and I’ll freely admit I struggle with “writers block” more than most, is images. I have a large stock of images that I picked up from Fotolia to use in my blog posts, and as they say “a picture is worth a thousand words”.
For example I’m sure if I asked each of you to come up with just a single blog title using the image above, we’d end up with close to a hundred different titles depending on the individual, the niche they were in, and possibly even the frame of mind they were in at that particular moment.
Quite often we write the article first, and then look for an image to suit, but sometimes doing things in reverse can provide some valuable inspiration when you’re needing to come up with some creative ideas for the next post on your blog.
As bloggers we should all have a large stock of images for use in upcoming posts. I’m hopeful that in this day and age, we’ve all assumed enough responsibility that we aren’t simply using Google images for our image supply. (Unless of course they are royalty free).
If you’re looking for royalty free images here is a quick breakdown on how to locate them courtesy of Nathan B (Google employee)
Here’s how you can find images that are labelled as being available for reuse:
1. Go to Google Images http://images.google.com
2. Click on “Advanced Image Search”
3. In the “Usage Rights” section of the page, select “labeled for reuse”
4. Enter your keywords in the search boxes at the top of the page
5. Click the “Google Search” button
Note, however, that Google has no way of knowing whether the license is legitimate and thus doesn’t make any representation that the content is actually or lawfully licensed.
Nathan B
Google Images
Free stock photo sites are another source, but personally I prefer to go with the one month subscription from Fotolia that allows me to download up to 750 high quality images in my niche for a couple hundred bucks. That’s enough inspiration for a couple of years even if you write a post a day, and keep in mind you’ll often use images more than once!
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