To celebrate our addition of supporting custom uploadable images to Listly we thought we'd explore why images are so important. We've detailed 8 reasons that we think are shareworthy. 8 Reasons Images Make You Irresistible Visuals = Space to Think People love to know what you stand for. Images = Self Expression Combining Media Works - Images combine well with lists, video,slides etc Images = Part of Content Mix It’s About Your Customers - Images are a great way to get people involved. Images Improve Findability Images Drive Engagement Images Drive Revenue Includes 4 bonus resources

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CUSTOM
EXPRESS
IMAGES
YOURSELF
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WHY
IMAGES?
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EIGHT
REASONS
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Visuals = Space to Think1
http://www.marketingprofs.com/articles/2013/10779/four-steps-for-using-images-in-your-brands-social-strategy#ixzz2VlnTwy9Z
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Many Ways to Express Yourself
WORDS
PICTURES COLORS
FONTS
Image Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kruemi
2
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Combining Media Works
Posts with
more types
of media
work best
3
http://www.shoutlet.com/blog/2013/06/the-rise-of-images-why-they-matter-how-they-fit-in-your-social-mix/
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Images = Part of Content Mix
6 types:
video,
slides,
audio,
lists,
graphics
& docs
4
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It’s About Your Customers
Customer
experience
Are you ignoring
them by taking
the easy way
with your online
images http://360connext.com/why-images-matter-to-experience/
5
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Images Improve Findability
Images
drive our
search
process
6
http://www.shoutlet.com/blog/2013/06/the-rise-of-images-why-they-matter-how-they-fit-in-your-social-mix/
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Images Drive Engagement
Images
help us
skim
faster on
Facebook
7
http://www.shoutlet.com/blog/2013/06/the-rise-of-images-why-they-matter-how-they-fit-in-your-social-mix/
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Images Drive Revenue
Images
influence
eCommerce
8
http://www.shoutlet.com/blog/2013/06/the-rise-of-images-why-they-matter-how-they-fit-in-your-social-mix/
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BONUS
RESOURCES
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4 Clickable Listly Lists
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CUSTOM
IMAGES
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Customize Images on Listly
via the
bookmarklet
via add/edit
on Listly
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Lots of Choice
Click on
“Change
Image”
Ten options
from using
a link to
using your
photos
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Slicker Web Search
Find images
in seconds
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Import/Choose images directly from Instagram
Import/Choose images directly Flickr.com
Import/Choose images directly Box.com
Import/Choose images directly Dropbox
Import/Choose images directly Google Drive
Connect Your Image Sources
eg Select
direct
from
Instagram
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Get Creative - Make a Theme
Coordinate
eg custom numbers in 5
minutes
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4 Embed Layouts Today
Gallery
Short
FullHeader
Only
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Embedded Lists Are 100% Responsive
1 column 2 columns 3 columns or more
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We Need Your Help...
We are planning to offer
more image-centric layouts
Full Width Post Images?
Half width Images?
We’d love to know what you
want
Send us links to layouts
you’d like to see on Listly
Send ideas/urls/images to
nick@list.ly
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ABOUT
LISTLY
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Lists As a Content Platform
Your lists are stored once, but can be
embedded on many blogs in different layouts
Layouts are dynamic / on demand / interactive
Embeds are cached and lazy loading (i.e. fast)
Wordpress plugin ensures “list” is seen as part
of post (i.e. great for organic search)
Lists as ever changing (i.e. great for SEO)
Lists are crowdsourced and moderated
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Why Listly
Listly exists because humans love numbered lists.
To quote Hubspot's Halligan & Shah “Our species is
drawn to numbered lists” via their book Inbound
Marketing.
Fact: List posts get viewed and shared more than
other content. Analytics drive publishers to create
30% of content as numbered list posts > "10 ways
to ...", "7 things you must ..." etc
So what's the problem? Today, people want to
participate and be social with the content they
consume. HTML lists don't cut it.
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Videos:YouTube, Slides:Slideshare & Lists:Listly
Listly makes lists collaborative, interactive and
embeddable.
We help our customers - brands, publishers and
bloggers create engagement right inside their list
content.
We blend the crowdsourcing and crowdranking of
Reddit to create curated lists of content that they can
moderate.
We help our customers grow their investment in
content by empowering their audience to engage,
contribute, and keep their list content continuously
evolving.
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FINDING
LISTLY
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Find Us
http://list.ly/
https://www.facebook.com/listlyapp
https://twitter.com/nickkellet nick@list.ly
https://twitter.com/shyamster
https://twitter.com/listly
https://twitter.com/listcurator
https://angel.co/listly
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/list.ly
http://blog.list.ly/
http://nickkellet.com/
http://boomylabs.com/index.html
linkd.in/kellet
gplus.to/nickkellet
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