Saturday, December 17, 2011

What Are the Current Web Design Trends in 2012

We are eagerly waiting for the New Year day to welcome another year which is supposed to bring for us boundless happiness in our life. Different people think differently – while a businessman would ever eye for more business. Well, here we are typically concerned about increasing business. It is undoubtedly true that better online business the interface or the website of a business has to be very much attractive. A business has to find out what are the latest web design trends 2012 to understand what people would like to look at. If any means a website cannot impress the visitor with its first look, the business potentiality from the coming visitors would decrease day by day.

Well, you must be thinking how before the arrival of the 2012 the web design trends 2012 can be predicted! Well, it is all about prediction man! If you are a freelance graphic designer or web designer and in this field for a decades long, you can easily say what is going to be the web design trends 2012. Simply if you take the Christmas campaign, what idea we can get about that? Quite a few months before businesses begin the campaigns. Same way it is not feasible that trend will be set after arrival of 2012. For grabbing the attention of the internet surfers from the very fast day of the New Year businesses give new look to their website or some businesses create new website following the probable web design trends 2012. Now let us try to find out just few trends:

  • Single page design: Gone are the concepts of designing multi paged website layout! Now the designers are trying something that is called single page design. It is turning one of the favorite web design trends 2012. The concept is built up from the dropping desire of a visitor against clicking through different pages to know or get the information about the product or the services. So the designers try to sum up everything about a business just in one page.

  • Big & bold typography: one of the worth mention web design trends 2012 is bold and big typography. It was a time when users used to scan pages and find out what they are in search of. But day after day the tendency is changing. Now businesses have to show of put forth the message to the visitors within just a few seconds. So now web designers try to use bold and big type face or the fonts to throw the main message into the users’ mind.

  • CSS3 & HTML5: For some worth viewing animations to the web layouts Flash is used. But there are some drawbacks of Flash (slow loading and compatibility issues and etc.). So now the web designers like to use HTML5 for its ease of use and development. At the same time CSS3 is also being used for its rounded corner, mega drop down menus, multi background and other effects that make layouts fantastic to look at. So in the coming year one of the web design trends 2012 will be this one for sure.

  • Infographics: Nowadays the days giving preference to images and texts separately has gone. It is infographics (images with text information) that rule the present webpage designing. With proper use of images and the texts the whole message is depicted against simply description. So this is one of the major web design trends 2012. Businesses find this really helpful and users useful to understand things better and faster.

Well, these are just a few top web design trends 2012 to note down. But whatever the case may be one thing is for sure – you have to find out one of the best web designer or the graphic designer to present for you one of the best web layout that does not only attract the eyes of the visitors but also push the message across. But before the selection of the designer you need to look into the web and graphic design portfolio to ensure if the designer has the ability to present you one of the web design trends 2012. Best of luck!

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

10 crazy holiday advertisement ideas

On this Christmas every business would be trying to gather attention from people. Everywhere we can see the innumerable advertising displays (both offline and online). Nowadays it has gone tough to recognize or differentiate a single ad from another (if both are on same type of product or service)! Well, this does not mean that advertisements have ceased to attract people or you should stop thinking or spending a little on general or the holiday advertisement! In other words if you like to attract great number of people to your business then you need to do something crazy! In the design of the ads there has to be something special that attracts eyes or forces your grey matter to keep it remembered.

However, in making a simple business address special the media can be anything but the approach has to be special. While you are trying to design holiday advertisement you need to put some elements or symbols, images portraying the holiday spirit. Let us now find out 10 crazy holiday marketing ideas:

  • Crazy logos: We have to mind the logo and its branding power on the holidays. You can easily remember how the Google Doodles come to us pretty acceptable in several occasions. Same way you may do something crazy with your logo! If you can infuse some amusement related elements in the logos, then it will be different to people and help them remind your holiday advertisement efforts.
  • Brochures: It is very important that you are having a special holiday brochure designed. On the holidays you would certainly have some seasonal products or services. Just like your thought others will do the same! But how would you make people read and keep your brochure with? Simple – you need to design your brochure in a way that it attracts the eyes or help people recognize your business. Remember this time you are using your brochure as a part of holiday advertisements so make it crazy with holiday elements that arouse holiday urge in people.
  • Giving a new & trendy touch on web layout: While you are trying several means to market your product or the service on this holiday, you need to think about the look of your existing site. It is not feasible that people landing on your portal to see a normal layout that does not meet to the holiday craze! So you have to bring twist in your existing site layout to match it with the trend of the holiday advertisements. An unconventional layout with the holiday elements (off course focusing your product or the services) needs to be created to make people aware that you have something special for them on this holiday.
  • Banners: If you carefully look at the banners, you will find that those are basically used for adverts. So if you are planning for holiday advertisements then you need to design banners. But don’t you think that your banner advertisement should have something crazy to make people stare at you? Yes, you can do so with unusual color use, animation and graphics that forces people to look at your banners.
  • E-card designs: All of us know that e-cards have their mesmerizing power! They can nicely convey any marketing idea to people. But don’t you think why people would prefer to download your e-card? There are so many e-card designing companies who sell or free distribute the e-cards. Simply your e-cards need to make a craze in people with the design and theme. If you can do so, your holiday advertisement campaign is going to see great success!
  • Flyers to fly high: In various offline or on-field marketing purposes the flyers act really nice to brand the identity or advertise the product or the services boldly. But how would you make it sure that people are finding your flyers different on these holidays? Simply design flyers in such a way that inevitably people keep your business remembered and your flyer get successful as holiday advertisement tool.
  • Crazy cover designs: In holiday seasons you would like to bring out some booklet, catalog or the book that elaborately describers your product or the services. These will certainly work as one of the successful media of holiday advertisement. But again on those covers there has to be some crazy look to make people pick up those while in display. The core message has to be clearly shown.
  • Postcards: While just above the mention of e-cards is there, you may be thinking why then postcard! But you would love to know that people still love to receive a postcard with greeting or some message! So you may easily use the postcard as one of the media for holiday advertisement. Well, the design has to be someway nice enough to tend people keep the cards preserved at least through out the holiday season.
  • T-shirt design: Among so many holiday advertisement ploys putting your message through the t-shirt can be a good strategy. But there has to be some attractive design so that your t-shirts are chosen by people and openly your holiday advertisement goes place to place.
  • Business cards: lastly the business cards also take part in your advertising campaign. However, some would say it is not feasible to change business cards now and then! But on holidays if your business card has some crazy thought applied on to them, people would understand that you have specialties on holidays. So you may try trendy design to use your business card as one of the holiday advertisement tool.

Well, if you carefully look into the above holiday advertisement ideas, one certain point comes to the fore that the designs have to be crazy! Now who is going to give you the crazy designs? Simply an experienced designer from a web design company or a freelance graphic designer. So you have to find out the right partner for your project to make every step of your holiday advertisement campaign successful.

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Onlinewebmedia launches festive advertising campaign

Hi folks! The Christmas has already knocked on the doors and the shopping has begun! Every business has got their bouquet of offers for the consumers. If you have a business then you must have some specialties in store for your potential customers also. But how is your festive advertising campaign? Have you made it sure that your ads are shown in proper places? How affordable is your chosen ad package? Do you get any assistance from the ad service providers while you could not decide the best place to put those? How is the support from them? Do you get business lead from those ads? Have you tried the best festive advertising options from Onlinewebmedia Corporation?

Now having thrown these questions at you what I am trying to prove? Very simple – I am benefitted from proper placement of festive adverts and like to tell you one real story. As you know I am a freelance graphic designer, I never think or can afford to place so many ads in several places! So I have to choose the best festive advertising option that comes under afford, yet all sort of facilities are provided with good business returns. Believe me when I came across the Onlinewebmedia network of sites and its pledge to serve its customers with best of opportunities, I had to choose them.

Well, you would like to know what those facilities are! Let us have a look at some of the lucrative options provided by Onlinewebmedia Corporation network (OCN) for placing festive advertising:

  • Various ad options: The first thing that comes in mind of every advertiser is the type of ads. What I mean to say is simple – how would be the ads – banners (with images or with simple texts), text based ads and etc. When I searched OCN festive advertising modes I could find out all sorts of ad types for running successful online ad campaign. I just have to choose one that best fits my requirement.
  • Suggestion on ad placement: While I just became little confused on which position I must display my festive advertisements, the service provider came to my help. They took all the details about my business and my budget. And just with a few hours they suggested the best way to advertise. I can assure that you would not find a single service provider to suggest you about festive advertising placement in this way!
  • Lucrative discount & offers on bulk ad: Now the moment I decided to place my ad according to my choice, I could not resist myself in throwing one very usual question – will I get some discounts if I wish to run festive advertising campaign in a bulk through OCN? You would be amazed to know that they not only informed me of bulk discount even they showed me discounts in individual ads. All the ads are just irresistible to grab before OCN stops those!
  • A great support system: Well, it is very common that the service providers would help you until your payment is made. When they have bagged your money, you will be forgotten by them. But believe me or not choosing OCN the case is completely different! From payment problem to any other issues later on you would get instant support from OCN. I myself had an issue in sending the ad materials to them for updating the ad content. I just mailed my issue and they solved it quickly. I can say they are just proactive.

Well these are just a little glimpse on why I chose OCN for my festive advertising purpose or as the best partner in my holiday advertising campaign. There are lots of surprises may be waiting for you (the way I got the opportunity to find my business promoted through their own blog and newsletters). So contact Onlinewebmedia to find out what festive advertising opportunity is waiting for you. Remember the popular web directories provide targeted customers. Cheers friends!