Ideas & Inspiration

Companies successfully use infographics to generate publicity for a brand or cause, through blogging or social networking sites, or through a press release. IGs have the knack of getting to the point visually and extending the life and context of a press article as they can provide details interestingly and be shared, commented on and discussed.

Infographics have functioned as "visual shorthand" that serves a definite purpose - to communicate. From the first cave paintings to Egyptian hieroglyphs, to maps on trains, to icons for the Munich Olympics (which have now been adopted into daily life, such as in the traffic signal for "Walk"), to the graphics used in newspapers to tell a story, to animated, scrollable, colourful, illustrated, interactive and highly detailed infographics on the Web - IGs have changed over time to reflect the social and cultural environment in which they have grown.

Infographics create a visual story out of data. They are effectively used for presentations, worksheets, reports and tracking tools and to enhance editorial content in magazines and websites. On the web you can even find fascinating animated , interactive and motion infographics.

Take a look at this collection of creative use of sliders and photo galleries in homepage web design. These design range from carousel galleries, thumbnail photo galleries, content and image sliders and slideshow animations to full screen background slider animation.

Get inspired with this wide variety of website designs that use full screen background images. These designs use eye catching big images as backgrounds, slideshows, photo galleries and sliders.

We have brought a beautiful collection of some very creatively designed blogs for your inspiration. So, get your dose of inspiration and have fun creating your own world in your blog.

80% of your readers will read only your headline. Here are 10 surefire ways to write compelling headlines: Tell a story, Use a numbered list, Ask a question, Provide useful information, Tell them about a mistake they could avoid, State a startling fact, Include a key benefit, Tell them “How to” do something, Offer something free, Offer a solution to a problem. Keep your headline short, simple and specific. Offer a benefit. Use active voice. Use power words that pull the reader into the copy, and trigger words that propel the reader towards an action. Keep your reader engaged with the vital opening sentence.

If you want to write so people read your blog content, write for human users as well as for search engines. Use targeted keywords to select your target audience. Write fresh, well-researched content that is useful to your reader. Write in the inverted pyramid style. Provide value, relevance and quality in your content. Add links within the flow of content. Use keywords and phrases including long-tail keywords in title tags and content. Avoid deceptive methods, keyword repetition and crawler-only pages and nonsense text.

Use textures in web design to add depth to your design. Highlight design elements like your header or call attention to your menu, title, icons and buttons. Present a perfect background to set off your photos to advantage. Experiment with soft, hard, subtle or rough textures like wood, sand, earth, fabric, paper, ceramic and more to get the results you want. Textures bring harmony into website design and tie in different elements together.

Transform your photos into awesome works of art using these ready-made Photoshop PSD templates. All of the effects, textures, and tonal adjustments are on their own individual layers which gives you the power to transform your photos into mind-blowing artistic portraits.