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DesignEvo: How to Easily Design Stunning Blog Logos for Free

October 19, 2017 by Janice Wald 16 Comments

Design Stunning Blog Logos for Free with DesignEvo

by Phoebe Bennett

A well-designed and effective logo is a necessity for every business, since it is almost the first thing customers see. Good logos always catch eyes, that’s why lots of people always tend to look for a professional designer to grab them one.

However, getting a good logo design is not easy. It may cost large bucks and take a long time. With the idea to simplify the cumbersome logo design process and reduce cost, PearlMountain Limited, a professional graphic software developer, released its new product—DesignEvo. It is an online logo design tool, that helps people create unique and professional logos effortlessly.

If you are interested in design and love to do-it-yourself rather than paying for a professional logo designer, then DesignEvo is the perfect solution for you.

With DesignEvo, you will find that making a logo yourself never feels like work. Just prepare to be amazed.

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PicMonkey Alternative: Fotor Is Your Best Choice for Photo Editing

October 16, 2017 by Janice Wald 13 Comments

Have you heard the news?

PicMonkey is no longer a free graphic-design tool.

Fear not. Fotor is still a free alternative to PicMonkey.

Fotor is an amazing graphic design, collage maker, and photo-editing tool.

This post will share the exciting changes happening at Fotor.

The folks over at Fotor have revamped their templates– and just in time for Halloween.

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Fotor Photo Editor: How to Quickly Make Your Images Shine: Update

August 27, 2017 by Janice Wald 36 Comments

A famous saying goes, “You can have too much of a good thing.”

Not in the case of Fotor.

Their website transforms your photos into gorgeous graphics.

The company has updated their graphic designer leaving you with even more perks of their tool to love.

This post explains all the new bells and whistles they’ve added to their original platform and will review the premium features as well as the free features of the amazing Fotor Photo Editor and graphic-design tool.

[Read: How to Quickly Make Your Images Shine with Fotor].

The Fotor Photo Editor is quick to use and user-friendly.

By the end of this tutorial, you’ll be able to make eye-catching images that boost your traffic, engage your readers, and will have people wondering what magical effects you used.

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How to Make Powerful Blog Graphics for Free, 5 Ways

May 9, 2017 by Janice Wald 49 Comments

Are you too busy to consider adding visuals to your blog posts?

After all, you have content to create, posts to promote, and comments to answer, right?

Wrong.

According to WPLoop, “Articles with images receive 94% more views than those without one.”

Also, 65% of all readers are visual learners. In other words, the majority of your readers will understand your information better if your blog post is accompanied by pictures or infographics.

Fortunately, today’s guest author is here to explain where you can find visuals to add to your blog posts. His tips are both creative and free to implement.

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How to Quickly Make Your Images Shine with Fotor

March 19, 2017 by Janice Wald 21 Comments

Fotor helps bloggers with photo-editing for free

You know you need a graphic for your blog post.

You know a blog graphic is a combination of words and a picture.

You know you need a photo editing or graphic design tool to help you produce a Pinterest-worthy blog graphic.

Do you believe Canva.com is the only game in town when it comes to photo-editing and graphic design programs? Many people erroneously do.

This blog has introduced readers to other graphic design tools. Pablo, BeFunky, FotoJet, and PicMonkey are just a few of them.

Enter Fotor. Fotor is quick to use, user-friendly, and free.

This post will explain the benefits of using Fotor for bloggers and offer a tutorial explaining how to use the site.
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17 Ways Fotojet Will Quickly Help You Blog Better

December 31, 2016 by Janice Wald 35 Comments

Eye candy.

That’s really what you’re striving for when you make your blog graphic– a feast for the eyes.

A worthy goal it is.

FotoJet is a free graphic design tool that helps you design graphics so engaging, readers will click and bring traffic to your blog.

The news gets even better. FotoJet is not only free, it is fast, fun, and easy to use.

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1 Popular Way to Be a Better Blogger with Slideshare

September 27, 2016 by Janice Wald 41 Comments

Variety.

A famous expression states, “Variety is the spice of life.” It’s true.

Are you familiar with enough blog post format variations to prevent your readers from getting bored and moving on to other blogs?

After all, the post I wrote at the end of 2015 How to Create Blog Content Your Readers Will Love– Guaranteed, explained if you are to keep your readers engaged in your content this year, you need a variety of blog formats.

This post will explain how you can do just that using a free popular tool called SlideShare.

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How to Easily Use a Free, Popular Photo Editing Site: PicMonkey

September 4, 2016 by Janice Wald 27 Comments

Are you on the lookout for new, free tools that will help with your blogging tasks?

One of those tasks is engaging your reader. By having a graphic that represents your content, your readers will understand your information better and be drawn in as well.

Also, studies show they are more likely to share your posts if they are accompanied by graphics.

The Digital Age in which we live is increasingly becoming a society that learns by looking at pictures and enjoys doing so. This explains the astronomical popularity of sites like YouTube and Pinterest.

Since writing 89 of the Best Free Blogging Tools that Will Save You Time Blogging and This is How You Spruce Up Your Visuals with Free Tools, I discovered PicMonkey, a popular photo editing site.

By the end of this article, you will be able to use PicMonkey to make designs, edit photos, touch up photos, or make collages.

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This is How You Spruce Up Your Visuals with 3 Free Tools

May 15, 2016 by Janice Wald 20 Comments

Are you wasting your time?

You research and carefully craft your blog posts. So, why is the current trend towards visuals?

Instagram, a photo-sharing social media site, and YouTube, a video sharing site, are continuing to grow in popularity. Pinterest seemed an overnight success.

Webtrends has suggested Snapchat, a video and photo sharing app, is the future of social media.

What explains all the fascination with visuals?

The answer is clear. Thanks to the Digital Age where choices are presented at lightning speed, people don’t have time to read.

You can capitalize on the tremendous popularity of visuals to bring traffic to your blogs.

This post will explain how to do it using three free tools, BeFunky, Nimbus, and Pablo.

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How to Use Canva: A Quick Guide

February 20, 2015 by Janice Wald 30 Comments

Canva.com is a site that allows bloggers to make professional-looking graphics.

Has it ever occurred to you that you might be sued? After all, we do live in a litigious society where Seinfeld characters that sued for receiving a cup of coffee that was too hot have become all too real McDonald’s customers suing for the same reason in Seinfeld, a fictitious TV show.

Have you heard there was a blogger that was actually sued for using a picture he didn’t have permission to use? He took the picture down, but it wasn’t enough for the photographer. The blogger had to get a lawyer. Have you also heard ignorance is no excuse under the law? Ignorance of the laws of using others’ photos won’t protect you. I prefer to play safe and make my own graphics. This post will tell you how to use Canva.com, a relatively new site, to do that.

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