The photos you use on your website can say as much about your firm as the words on the page. Text and photos go hand in hand to create an experience for any user that emphasizes a firm’s character.

There are many times when finding the right photo can be an expensive proposition. What if it were free?

Check on Everystockphoto to find that perfect picture to use on any webpage. The website calls itself, “a search engine for free photos” and that is just what it feels like.

Search for a photo. Normally if you need an image for your firm’s website you can find it among the many freely available to any website hosted by CPA Site Solutions. Perhaps you need an image of a bridge or any other photo not commonly associated with an accounting website. Search for this on Everystockphoto and you will find 31,974 results to choose from.

What Everystockphoto does is search many different stock photo websites for you. This saves you time from having to check places like Flickr, iStockphoto, or any other popular photo sharing websites.

Make collections of the photos you want to use. When you sign up as a user you can actually make collections of the photos you want to use. The process is as simple as dragging and dropping it into the collection area.

Make sure to look at the license. Even though most of these are free photos they do have a certain level of protection via various licenses. Not all licenses are the same so be sure to check over what the photos license is.

In the example of the bridge image the license is an “Attribute License.”  This is a Creative Commons license and it means that the author wants to be mentioned as the source. This can be done by providing a mention of the author along with link. The author in this image is mentioned and the image links to their Flickr page.  Although most of the photos are free there are some that will show a $ sign which means they are not.

Using some different images along with some custom text about your accounting firm can go along way in standing out from the crowd. Now you have a free resource to find the pictures you need.

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