As an individual or small business owner, it’s great to have resources when planning your content creation on LinkedIn or other social media platforms.

Even better is when the resources are free or low-cost, and easy to use.

I have used “Over” for making graphics in the past, which is now called GoDaddy Studio. Also, I have never used Snappa to create graphics, but I know it exists. Pikotochart I have tried a few times, but I now use Canva Pro daily.

Did you know that Canva Pro is free for nonprofits, and you can have 10 team members?

If you need a word cloud, there are several word cloud generators noted in the article How to Make a Word Cloud for LinkedIn and step-by-step instructions.

Although I typically use the images in Canva, here are many other sites listed below where you can get pictures. Ensure you are not violating any copyright laws when you use images created by others.

• Burst
• FancyCrave
• FocaStock
• FoodiesFeed
• FreeStocks
• Gratisography
• IM Free
• ISORepublic
• JayMantri
• KaboomPics
• LifeofPix
• MorgueFile
• NegativeSpace
• NewOldStock
• Pexels
• Picjumbo
• Picography
• Pixabay
• RawPixel
• Refe
• Reshot
• Splitshire
• StockSnap
• Stockvault
• Unsplash

Falcon.io put out a handy list of social media image sizes for 2022, so you know the image size to make for each platform.

Socially Sorted wrote a Beginner’s Guide to Creating Images for Social Media, an excellent resource for those starting out creating images.

Have fun creating! If you don’t know where to begin, join us at an upcoming event (see below) or participate in the Canva Design School to learn more.

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