15 strong brand cover photos

By Erin Carson June 19, 2014, 6:39 AM PDT

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Adobe Photoshop (Google+)

With social media platforms all moving toward highly visual cover photos, here are some examples of brands doing them right.

This striking image shows what what Photoshop can do if placed in the right hands.

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Android (Google+)

This playful image hints at the history of Android’s operating systems.

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Dell (Google+)

Dell ties in their cover photo on Google+ with a recent marketing campaign.

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GE (Facebook)

GE’s cover photo emphasizes imagination and potential (the image is literally a vast horizon), ideas it wants to associate with its brand.

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GitHub (Facebook)

This illustration makes for an engaging image on GitHub’s Facebook page.

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Heineken (Facebook)

Here’s another good example of integrating a cover photo with the overlapping profile picture.

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Intel (Facebook)

Intel takes a familiar image of a circuit board and turns it into an eye-catching illustration.

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Jeep (Facebook)

Playing off the season of summer, Jeep’s Facebook cover photo evokes the good times it wants potential customers to think they could have in a Jeep.

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JetBlue (Facebook)

People connect with pictures of other people, and JetBlue features employees dancing on the wing of a plane. Just don’t tell William Shatner.

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Samsung (Google+)

In light of Father’s Day in the US, Samsung posted a photo playing off emotions associated with the holiday.

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Canva (Twitter)

The graphic design company uses its cover space to showcase a collage of its work.

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Captain Morgan (Facebook)

Taking advantage of the profile image overlap, the rum brand creatively gives the impression that a bottle extends down past the cover photo.

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Google (Twitter)

Google’s Twitter cover photo has a timely tie-in with the 2014 World Cup.

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Amazon Music (Twitter)

Amazon Music evokes concert vibes while promoting its latest product, Prime Music.

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IBM (Twitter)

This cover photo features someone brainstorming at his desk.

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By Erin Carson

Erin Carson is a Staff Reporter for CNET and a former Multimedia Editor for TechRepublic.

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