NEW YORK, April 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A picture is worth a thousand words.  To Mark Zuckerburg the ability to quickly and easily share pictures from your mobile device on Facebook is worth a billion dollars.  That is what Facebook paid for Instagram, a small tech start-up with an app that allows users to post their mobile photos online. 

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In a recent blog post Sarah Skerik, PR Newswire's vice president of  social media, explains why Facebook's investment is important for PR and provides four clever ways to create images for your campaigns.  Because despite social media companies and others investing so heavily to make images easy to share and enjoy, despite the fact that images make content more compelling for readers and search engines alike, despite the rise in the popularity of infographics even, more often than not press releases have no visual imagery. 

To pick up your tips for devising images for your campaign, read the full blog post here:  http://prn.to/I6IXTm

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