Content for a social media post
Want to share something on social media as a post? Here is what you need:
1) Photo
You will need at least one horizontal photo:
- Horiztonal means that the longest edge of the photo is along the bottom.
- Do not edit your photo. This includes text. There should be no words digitally added.
- Do not do a Google image search and take something.
- Instead, try to use photos of UVic people that were taken recently.
- Here are some .
2) A very short blurb
You only have a few moments to capture someone's attention.
- Limit your copy to one or two sentences.
- Put all the important information and details that would be interesting to the audience
- Avoid acronyms.
- Read what you wrote out loud. Does it sound conversational? Is it easy to understand?
- Do not send us an essay about your department and your event. Try your best to summarize it. We can help further refine it.
3) Optional: Link to webpage
Send us a link to a webpage.
- Fewer than 1% of people who see your post, will click your link.
- For the few people who do click, make it very easy for them to figure out what to do next.
- We cannot link to your poster. Put the information on a webpage.
- You can put information on your departmental webpage or the .
- You can also create a Facebook event or ask us to help making one.