How can you stand out more on social media, overcome the constantly changing social media algorithms and get noticed in the sea of content? To help you rise above the noise on social media, it is important to have visuals that catch your audience’s eye and make them stop and take in your message.

Visuals help you get people’s attention on social media. With basic visuals starting to lose their appeal and people overusing stock photography, you need more eye-catching visuals to capture attention.

How to improve your social media graphics

Here are 8 tips to help your visual marketing efforts on social media:

1. Use bold and bright colors

Bright color schemes are exploding across social media. Now is the time to be bold.

2. Use icons to illustrate concepts

Well-designed icons look great and make concepts easier to understand.

3. Create unique illustrations

Put in the extra effort to develop illustrates that are different and unique.

4. Visual data with charts and infographics

Make dry data beautiful with graphs, charts and infographics.

5. Make text the focus of the design

Make typography the focus on your graphic.

6. Use pre-made social media templates

Check out pre-made socia media templates to show you start on your designs.

7. Create custom GIFS and Cinemagraphs

Develop your own GIFS and cinemagraphs to set yourself apart from the competition.

8. Incorporate your branding into the design

Ensure you use your logos, your brand colors and your unique designs.

How to create eye-catching social media graphics

Check out this infographic below by Venngage to learn more about how you can use the latest design trends to create eye-catching social media graphics.

This infographic was created by Venngage.