How To Create An Irresistible Facebook Photo That Turns New Visitors Into Fans

This is Day 4 of the 30 Days to 3,000 Fans program. You can learn more about the program here. Most people just quickly upload their photo to their Facebook page and never think about it again. This is probably one of the worst mistakes you can make. Facebook doesn't provide many customization options for the main public profile page meaning that your photo is what sets your public profile apart from others. Back in February, Rob Banagale wrote a guest post on our blog about various ways of customizing your Facebook profile photo. Since then, thousands of people have customized their profile photo in creative ways and a few of those individuals have posted screenshots of their photo. While the individuals were modifying their personal profile photo, the same rules go for public profile photos. Below I've included a couple creative profile photo screenshots and outline the steps necessary to customizing your public profile in creative ways. Facebook Page Photo Restrictions Before designing your custom photo you should understand what restrictions there are. The first thing to understand is the size of the photo you can have. Facebook by default resizes all photos down to a maximum width of 200 pixels and a maximum height of 600 pixels. There are plenty of creative uses of this space. Some of the best examples take advantage of the maximum space available. Four interesting designs I've see are included below: The Awkward Photo Background Facebook is known for having an awkward background for photos. There is a line and a darker background at the top portion of every public profile photo. The top color is the hex color #edeff4. The line is #d8dfea. The most challenging part of the background is that depending on how long your status update is, the height of the line can be adjusted. The line is exactly 52 pixels above the top. You'll need to avoid posting longer updates though if you want your photo background to stay lined up properly. If done properly, there are infinite possibilities for extremely creative public profile photos that take advantage of the photo background line. Below I've included a few creative examples that use the awkwardly place line effectively: One prerequisite of making the necessary changes is that you have a basic understanding of a photo manipulation software package like Adobe Photoshop. Most people have at least a basic photo editing software on their computer. It's well worth the effort of customizing your public profile photo because it can drive users to become a fan. Daily Task Spend some time developing a creative Facebook profile photo for your newly launched Facebook Page. You will benefit greatly from investing a little extra time in developing a creative image.

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