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You might know where to find stock photos, but do you know how to do custom image free and worth a thousand page views?
We know that marketers aren’t always good graphic designers, or even tech enthusiasts, but if you are looking for easy-to-use tools to help you create images for your content strategy, you need to know these easy-to-use, low-cost alternatives available to you to create social media graphics.
In this article, I’ll show you 6 easy tools that will help you create compelling graphics for social media.
1. Canva
The best free online image tool ever! Strongly recommend! This fast growing one offers tons of pre-set design templates and elements for you to choose from, along with basically all the format settings.
While some of Canva’s visual elements require a few dollars, you can still find free options or upload your own photos for a gorgeous visual for your social media posts.
To control the colour or size of this text, please change the global colours or text size under the Design section from the left menu of the editor.
2. Stencil
You can easily create and share engaging, unique, and tastefully branded content in a matter of minutes. It will be an indispensable community building tool for you.
You can also install the Google Chrome Extension App, and schedule images will help you save even more time. If you have a Buffer account, you're all set to schedule images right from Stencil.
3. PlaceIt
If you are a tech-savvy marketer, this tool will become your new best friend. Within a few minutes, you can finish the poster designing for your new technology related service or product, for example, mobile website design software.
No kidding, this tool is really simple and truly 'drag-and-drop', you only need to spend 30 minutes and you can create an image looks like this:
4.PicMonkey
PicMonkey is probably the best Graphic Design Tool for Instagram Photos, or if you want to create bold cards, invitations and awesome pictures. Also It does the basics like edit, touch up, design and collage. Expression Enablers is also a breeze with PicMonkey and probably the most welcomed function with girls.
And now they are offering 7 days free trail, which is worth trying.
5. Infogr.am
If you want to create infographics and charts that your audience will Love, this might be your first choice.
Infogram lets you easily access all the data you need. Edit data directly in the editor, connect to your favorite cloud service (Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive), upload a spreadsheet or access your content programmatically with our API. So you don't need to Google the formula you need to create charts in Excel anymore.
Also Infogram offers over 35 interactive charts and more than 500 maps to help you visualize your data beautifully. Create a variety of charts including column, bar, pie, or word cloud. You can even add a map to your infographic or report to really impress your audience.
Share this with your friends and now you can start playing with these tools, have fun!
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