Have you ever noticed that a lot of professional designs use simple backgrounds?
Simple backgrounds are a great direction for your social media and site images because they provide a clean slate to showcase your message to your followers.
Need some background inspiration for your next visual design? Let’s take a look at 6 examples of simple background designs you can use on your website or in your marketing campaign. [continue reading…]
Did you know that there is such a thing as open-source, free-for-commercial-use fonts available online?
This is a huge asset to brands who want to use unique fonts to create a distinct, branded look that doesn’t just blend in with all the rest. You can use these unique fonts without needing to pay a designer a hefty fee while still making sure that you stand out from most of the competition—especially if the competition still uses the bland default fonts from their word processing software!
And here’s the best news: You can import these fonts into your design tools, including Snappa, so that you can use them to take your branded visuals to the next level.
Want to take a look at some of the best fonts you can take advantage of for your business? Let’s take a look at the best free fonts that are available for commercial use online today. [continue reading…]
Let’s face it: header images are crucial to social media success.
Back in the good ol’ days, brands only really needed to worry about one image on social media: their profile picture. Images were used in posts, but not often, and header images either didn’t exist yet or weren’t popular.
We’ve come a long way since then, and header images are now a must-have for all businesses and organizations using social media. Profiles look downright empty without them, and the last thing you want your audience to say when they visit your page is “Wow, they’re not really trying all that hard.”
Designing the perfect cover photos for social media isn’t all that difficult with the right tools and ideas in place. In this post, we’ll take you step-by-step through the process so that you can immediately give your profiles a visual and branding boost. [continue reading…]
If you have a business with an online presence, it’s essential to have a blog where you can deliver high value to your customers on a regular basis. Still, some businesses struggle with keeping readers and bringing in new ones.
There are many issues that can drive readers away from your blog, like an irregular posting schedule or content that doesn’t resonate with your visitors. Maybe you aren’t clear enough on your audience, or what they want to hear from you.
The best online blogs take the user experience and customer journey into consideration. They provide high-quality images and relevant content that make reading enjoyable.
Including visual content in your blog strategy can help to improve its overall performance. In this article, we’re sharing some key tips for how to create a great blog post with eye-catching visuals. [continue reading…]
Visual storytelling is more important than ever in the online world.
Brands don’t just need an eye-catching website that holds users’ attention. They also need to tell their stories through various visual elements across social media platforms.
Graphics, carousels, video content, photographs, and infographics all play an important role in visual storytelling. Each type of visual appeals to a different aspect of your target market, helping you to reach a wider audience in the process.
Wondering how to strengthen your brand’s visual storytelling? It’s easy to get started. [continue reading…]
Whether you’re scoping out some design trends on Instagram, TikTok or Pinterest, chances are, you’ve come across that minimalist aesthetic. Popular design accounts everywhere are posting crisp modernist sans serif fonts, clean solid color backgrounds, and those super cool minimalist layouts that utilize plenty of negative space.
Famed designer Dieter Rams once said that “good design is as little design as possible,” and this is couldn’t be a more perfect summary of minimalist modern design! Generally speaking, the less the elements the better. Most design schools even make their students do exercises where they will strip down a graphic to only the absolute necessity of elements. Because, the argument suggests, every single element should have a purpose.
Thankfully, you don’t need to be a graphic designer to enjoy minimalism in design. With our software Snappa, we have literally thousands of templates that incorporate modern clean design, thanks to our expert design team! So what better time than now to curate some design that embodies that aesthetic.
So without any further delay, here are 11 designs with a minimalist aesthetic that will suit virtually any type of business!
Both B2B and B2C brands alike are realizing that YouTube is a marketing goldmine. It’s a content-first platform that yields plenty of benefits of both content marketing and social media marketing, all while leveraging a captive audience who turns to YouTube for everything from education to entertainment.
The hard part, of course, is coming up with new YouTube video ideas (and content ideas in general!) that will keep your audience engaged.
That’s what we’re going to look at today, so you can always keep the content flowing without the risk of running out of ideas! [continue reading…]
In the vast world of graphic design, the sheer number of decisions one has to make can be overwhelming. To avoid that decision fatigue, we’ve compiled some of our favorite graphic design resources to make things easier!
So together, let’s explore some of the best graphic design resources available.
Choosing the best Google Display Ad image sizes can make a significant difference in your ad campaign.
When it comes to creating visuals for Google Ads, there are many different size variations to choose from. But, there are a few specific sizes that tend to perform the best across mobile and desktop platforms.
Before we jump into the details, let’s talk a little bit about what Google Display Ads are and why they matter for brands with an online presence. [continue reading…]
Whether you’re trying to emphasize certain words, create hierarchy in your designs, or make easy-to-read titles for your IG posts, bold fonts are your new secret weapon! Having a range of text styles in your design will create a more engaging visual experience. A bold font is just that, a simple but powerful way to create a dynamic design.
Thankfully, our software has some incredible bold font options to choose from. So we’ve curated 9 bold fonts for you to try on any project today! These are all free to use, and perfect in any use-case, whether being used for a logo, blog heading, or web page.
So let’s jump right in!
