The people of the Internet have learned that what stops people from scrolling down your post is through an enticing and attractive graphic. And sometimes, all it takes to attract a potential customer is through a well-designed promotional poster.
However, this can be quite a hurdle for business owners who have zero knowledge of graphic design, more so on graphic design software.
But the good news is, there are free and low-cost designing options online that require no extensive familiarity with graphic design. These options will help you create beautiful posters and marketing materials that will surely make people stop scrolling.
Canva
Canva is s popular online graphic designing platform which has a wide range of design tools and free resources. It’s very easy to use and has a lot of pre-made templates ready for any social media website. It has a pre-sized Facebook banner, Pinterest pin, blog post, book cover, and a lot more. The templates also come in a wide assortment of designs, such as presentations, letterhead, certificates, business cards, and gift certificates.
You can use your image or use Canva’s free resources. You can also purchase images for $1. You can share through the website or download your design for later use.
BeFunky
Another online graphic design tool that has a good collection of pre-made templates you can utilize to create your design. You can create your social media headers and graphics, blog post images, brochures, menus, invitations, greeting cards, and more.
You can use your image or use BeFunky’s available free image and text option. If you find the ads disturbing, BeFunky has affordable premium options that rid of the ads for $34.94 a year or $4.95 a month.
Design Wizard
Design Wizard is the best graphic design software for beginners. It offers thousands of attractive templates you can use for social media or print. It also has a generous amount (over a million!) of high-quality images, including icons, vectors, and transparent images, ready at your disposal.
The visual library is regularly updated with videos, illustrations, and other graphic options, licensed and ready for commercial use.
It has a range of packages too, so you can use a plan that suits your needs. You have Apprentice (free) to Expert ($16.95) monthly.
Pixlr
Ever heard of Photoshop? Yep, the expensive one. Yep, the one that might take some time to learn. Yeah, you like it but you don’t have the time to learn its complicated tools? Well, Pixlr got your back.
Pixlr is a powerful online graphic design tool, the perfect alternative to Photoshop. It has 500 million users under its belt. If you are getting started with simple and beautiful graphic design, Pixlr is the best bet.
If you want to have access to the free vector editor, a wide collection of fonts, graphics, stock images, and advanced features, you are required to have a Pixlr Pro account. Lucky for you, it’s an affordable and small price ($5 a month) to pay in exchange for a generous selection of graphics.
Crello
Crello has over 65 million files, 12,000 templates, and hundreds of fonts inside its archive. It’s an excellent graphic design software with attractive templates that you can customize whichever way you like.
Crello’s tools allow you to create beautifully designed print materials, digital ads, and social media posts. You can even make your animated graphics.
If you need more resources with unlimited commercial use without the watermarks or branding, you can check out Crello Pro for only $8.30 a month.
Snappa
If you need a graphic design tool that will let you create wonderful designs in a snap, well, we introduce to you Snappa.
Snappa makes designing easy. The platform offers designing in easy steps. It provides perfect image dimensions for blog, ad, email, or social media platforms in a click, has thousands of templates and over 500,000 high-quality stock photos.
You can also connect your Buffer to Snappa so you can pre-schedule your post and resize your designs for cross-platform posting.
Infogram
Infogram is a popular graphic design toolkit that transforms your plain charts, graphs, maps, and graphics into appealing and attractive works of art. Infogram has helped a lot of industries develop their themes, include non-profit organizations, education, and even the government.
You can select between 20 professionally designed themes or create your own!
What’s wonderful about this graphic design platform is its drag-and-drop editor. If you are looking for more personalized features, Infogram also has different pricing options for individuals, entrepreneur, business, and enterprise.