Viral Content: Use a “Featured Image”

Setting a featured image ensures your social shares include an image. Social shares with images get 150% more retweets on Twitter and 53% more Likes on Facebook.

BRIAN'S TAKE

Social media posts that have an image grab more eyeballs.

More eyeballs=more shares.

And you can easily ensure that social shares of your post have an image…

…with about 18 seconds of work.

How? The Wordrpess “Featured Image” feature.

Just click on “set featured image”:

And choose an attention-grabbing image from your post.

When someone shares your post on social media, your image will automatically appear:

Done and done.