Have a great image but unsure how it will show up in your followers news feed?

Here’s a quick guide on news feed image sizing for some of the most popular social media platforms.

FACEBOOK
470×394. Facebook will not crop, it will scale.  Upload images with widths of 720, 960, or 2048 pixels for optimal quality, and Facebook will resize images automatically to fit the feed.

INSTAGRAM
640×640.  Think square, not landscape or portrait.  Photos uploaded to Instagram can be a maximum of 2048×2048 pixels.

TWITTER
506×253. Think more landscape.  Images pixels can be up to 1024×512.

GOOGLE+
350 minimum width.  Since Google+ uses lots of columns, height varies.  Google+ lets you see the full image when clicked, so bigger images do well.

PINTEREST
238 pixels wide.  Like Google+, Pinterest uses lots of columns in their newsfeed, creating a wide variation in image height.  When expanded, the images will appear 735 pixels wide.

Facebooks new Call To Action (CTA) feature provides an opportunity for businesses to drive additional traffic to their website, or anywhere they want visitors to take action.  Some ideas include a link to an event registration, an email sign up, or an interesting video or app.   Here’s how to add yours:

• Login to Facebook and go to the business page where you want to add your CTA button.
• Be sure you are a page admin for the particular page.
• Select “Create Call-to-Action”, located in the bottom right of the cover photo.

Select from the following 7 buttons:

1.Book Now

2.Contact Us

3.Use App

4.Play Game

5.Shop Now

6.Sign Up

7.Watch Video

Add the URL you want users to go to.

Under the weekly metrics on the right side of your Facebook Page, Facebook show how many people clicked on your Call-to-Action button.

The challenge with the new CTA button? The CTA button is a new and somewhat unknown feature, and it doesn’t appear in the newsfeed.  To enhance visibility, consider having your cover photo highlight or draw attention to the CTA button.  This will help when FB users find your page organically – and prompt you to update your cover photo!