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Stencil | The fastest way to double your social engagement.

Stencil | The fastest way to double your social engagement. | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

More engagement with every image you create.

Perfect for creating social media posts, ad graphics, content marketing visuals, email images & more!

 

89% More Favorites (Source: Buffer)

150% More Retweets (Source: Buffer)

84% More Clicks (Source: Kiss Metrics)

 

Create images faster & easier than ever before. Pick a background. Add some text. No biggie....

Jeff Domansky's insight:

Ridiculously simple image creation for social media marketers, bloggers and small businesses.

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Instant Logo Search

Instant Logo Search | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

InstantLogoSearch is a free web app which allows you to imstantly find and download visual logos for thousands of popular brands. 100% free.


My comment: Useful in many situations when you want to include a good quality logo of a major brand in a design, promo, or presentation and you don't want to waste time wading through tens of images in Google search.


If what you you want is a cleaned up logo, either in bitmap or vector format, ready to be downloaded in SVG or PNG format, this is a good resource to bookmark and use.


Try it out now: http://instantlogosearch.com/...

Jeff Domansky's insight:

With InstantLogoSearch you can search and download thousands of logos instantly. That completes a Robin Good curator extraordinaire kind of day. Kudos to him for all his tremendous shares.

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Design School's Ultimate Guide to Designing With Backgrounds [With Ready-to-Use Templates]

Design School's Ultimate Guide to Designing With Backgrounds [With Ready-to-Use Templates] | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

In order to arrange your design, you need a place to start. Backgrounds are the foundation of your graphics — it helps pave the path to forming a successful composition.


Textures and colors help create depth and contrast, allowing your graphics to stand out and get noticed. Well composed images can help create space for you to overlay text, while visually communicating your message at the same time.


Using a background can help give your designs more context and provide a visual element to help support your content.


Bonus: We’ve designed most of the images in this article as templates for you to personalize! To use them for your own stuff, just click them and they’ll be ready to edit in your Canva account (No Canva? It’s free!). 

Jeff Domansky's insight:

Blogging or designing visuals? Learn these background design tips to make your message pop.

rodrick rajive lal's curator insight, April 25, 2016 11:10 PM
The post contains some interesting design tips on working with backgrounds with some ready-to-use templates thrown in!
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Snappa: The Undesigner's Design Tool

Snappa: The Undesigner's Design Tool | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

Snappa is a new design tool for undesigners and content marketers. If you've ever been frustrated with Photoshop, this is a stripped down but still viable alternative. Key features to note:

  • library with10,000+ photos & patterns
  • 3000+ vectors & shapes
  • 200+ fonts & typefaces
  • templates
  • optimized for social media 
  • share & schedule on social media
  • much more


Try the free account. You'll love it.

Jeff Domansky's insight:

I'm very impressed with Snappa for its ease-of-use and great value. It'll pay for itself in time saved alone. Kinda like Photoshop-light. Recommended tool for content people who are not designers. 9.5/10

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9 Designer Tools Everyone Should Know About

9 Designer Tools Everyone Should Know About | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

9 Designer Tools Everyone Should Know About

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There are 9 tools highlighted in this list and every one of them is worth checking out. Highly recommended for bloggers, marketers and PR pros. 9 / 10

Kate Marsh's curator insight, June 4, 2015 4:54 PM

Mmmm, free design tools

Luis Cano's curator insight, June 5, 2015 10:05 AM

Check this out 9 very easy tool to help you make great designs ... 

Luis Cano's curator insight, June 5, 2015 10:06 AM

Great new tools you should know about ...

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30 beautiful mobile apps for design enthusiasts - 99designs Blog

30 beautiful mobile apps for design enthusiasts - 99designs Blog | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

With an ever-growing supply of mobile apps, it takes a lot to stand out from the crowd—both in functionality and design. With that in mind, we sloshed through app stores to handpick 30 beautiful mobile apps that designers and design enthusiasts will love.


We’ve organized this article into seven sections, so you can easily find the mobile app that fits your needs best. It’s time to turn your phone into your own little robotic personal assistant! Let’s begin....

Jeff Domansky's insight:

Excellent collection of mobile apps for designers and bloggers. Recommended reading! 9/10

Winners Education's curator insight, August 27, 2016 11:50 AM
Are you bored of trying one more mobile app to design pictures and find it's not up to your needs? Here's a collection of the best of them. Thanks for sharing @Jeff Domanski
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100 Brilliant Color Combinations: How to Apply Them to Your Designs

100 Brilliant Color Combinations: How to Apply Them to Your Designs | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

Color makes a design come alive.It can attract attention, set a mood, and even influence our emotions and perceptions.

 

But sometimes it can be hard to know where to start when choosing a color palette for your design project.

 

So we’ve done the hard work for you— giving you 100 color combinations inspired by nature, food & drink, travel, and everyday items.

 

Want to use these color combinations in Canva? Click here to sign up for free if you haven’t already (if you haven’t — are you kidding me?!).

 

Canva lets you change the colors of your design by entering the hex code in the color menu. Check out the video below for a quick tutorial on how...

Jeff Domansky's insight:

A stunning collection of color palettes inspired by food, nature, travel and everyday items. Free to download in Canva! Recommended reading!  9/10

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15 vibrant color scheme apps that make design simple - The Creative Edge

15 vibrant color scheme apps that make design simple - The Creative Edge | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

There’s no reason for your designs to look drab – especially when it comes to color. A quick glance online and you’ll find a stockpile of color scheme apps ready to help you learn, play and perfect your next palette.From clever Hex code games to comprehensive color wheels, here are 15 of our favorite free color scheme apps to take your designs to the next level....

Jeff Domansky's insight:

Excellent color resources for design, blogging and marketing. Recommended viewing!  10/10

Jeff Domansky's curator insight, January 10, 2016 10:18 AM

Excellent color resources for design, blogging and marketing. Recommended viewing!  10/10

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Creating Images for your Social Media Posts | Social Beeni

Creating Images for your Social Media Posts | Social Beeni | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

When you are browsing different social media platforms – Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, you are likely to see images with text on them – these can be inspirational, informative, or just plain fun. Having your message on a colourful image will catch your customer’s eye more effectively than just using text alone.


However, if you are a small business owner, you probably don’t have the budget to hire a a graphic designer. Luckily, there are plenty of options on the market today to help you create the graphic yourself for minimal time and effort....

Jeff Domansky's insight:

Choosing software to create graphics for your social media accounts is easy with these free graphics tools.

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