How To Win Clicks and Infuriate People

That’s not going to play no matter how much you want it to.

Face it: Your content is only as good as the pretty, shiny face you put on it. You need a damn clickable photo if you want any kind of views or recommends or the ultimate life goal: Top Stories.

Here—in near haiku-like presentation (because it doesn’t matter what I write, you’ve probably already skipped down to ooh! pics!)—are the top photo types that will get people to click your post:(keeping them around is up to you, I can’t do ALL the work here!)

Cute animal, funny pose:

(I said “near haiku,” stop counting syllables, nerd!)

photo by Matthew Wiebe

Writing desk, bird’s-eye view:

photo by Dustin Lee

Various instruments of writing:

photos by Aaron Burden, Helloquence and Thomas Martinsen

Room interior featuring coffee:

photo by David Mao

Gadgets, handheld or other:

photo by Gilles Lambert

Photo of famous person:

photo by Michelle Andonian

Person “inspired” by sunset:

photo by Matthew Wiebe

Look at you, you made it. You sure did a lot of scrolling. Sticker for you!

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