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I've enjoyed Andy Beard's blog for sometime. He has great tips on blogging and interesting info on social media. Both are things I'm interested in. Plus, I like what his tagline says, '...Social Media with Original Opinion and Loads of Attitude'!

Andy recently had a blog post about the benefit of screenshots in your communication. Alright, that got my attention. I'm listening now. Check it out - it's a quick read. You can read it here.

Andy also writes about a gentleman, Michel Fortin, who used eye tracking software to test and prove how graphic icons with each post help with clickthroughs! You can read Michel's blog post about iconize your sight with graphics here.

Toward the end of his post, Andy points out how he was able to fix a problem he was having by communicating with a picture. And, Andy point's out he uses SnagIt! That made my day!

That got me thinking...most of my favorite blogs often have pics - Tech Crunch, GrokDotCom, I Started Something, Joel on Software, Creating Customer Evangelists, Guy Kawasaki's How to Change the World, GottaBeMobile.com...and the list goes on.

Sometimes when I'm on the road, I have problems uploading pictures for this blog. And, I always think the posts are lacking something without meaningful graphics. They just don't look or feel right.

As the old saying goes, 'A picture is worth a thousand words'...Isn't it?