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19 Top Product Demo Video Templates for After Effects (5 Free)

Posted: 01 Jul 2021 04:58 PM PDT

When you've spent time developing a new app or product; you need a way to share your new project with the world.

Check out the projects in this round-up for exactly that: These easy After Effects projects from Envato Market and Envato Elements are the fastest way to create a product demo video. Just drop in your own screenshots and footage to show off that brand new product you're making, and get people excited. Make sure to play the previews below to see these After Effects projects in action!

If you need more help getting started, make sure to check out our related tutorial:

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How to Make a Product Promo Video in After Effects

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5 Top Product Demo Templates for After Effects from Envato Elements

On Envato Elements, you can source an unlimited number of video templates for a single flat rate. Let's look at three of the best product demo templates for Adobe After Effects from Envato Elements.

1. Health Food | Restaurant Promotional

Health Food is a delicious After Effects template for making culinary product videos. You can use it to promote an old favorite or new specials at your restaurant or food truck.

2. Product Promo

Launching a mobile app or service? This might just be the right option for you. Don't worry about filming a "top-down" demo of your app in action. Instead, create a screen recording from your device, then drop it into this template.

3. Portfolio Company Promo

Flexible After Effects product templates can be re-used for many products. This one features easy-to-update logo, text, and image placeholders. Add your details, promote your product, and export a great finished promo.

4. Service or Product Promotion Presentation

Many modern businesses sell services instead of products. You still need a way to promote your "product", and that's where this template can help. Use it to show off your new business and describe your services.

5. Dark Website Promo

The Dark Website Promo is all about showcasing your pages. You'll be able to frame your web content and services thanks to this template's transitions. It also includes device mockups.

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6. Product Promo 4K

The Product Promo 4K project is perfect for a product showcase. With flashy colors and dynamic movement, your products will never look boring. You'll get easy color control and eight customizable placeholders in this download.

6. Modern App Promo

Modern App Promo uses a minimalist design to create a stunning promo for your apps. Show off every screen of your creation thanks to all of the mockups. You can also customize the scenes to make a unique product demo video.

7. Clear Desktop Presentation Mock-up

For any product that's designed to run on a desktop computer, this After Effects demo project is a great choice. With a quick zoom and easy-to-drop-in screenshot placeholders, try this one out for your desktop app.

8. Event Promo

Switching gears a bit from pure product demos, this Event Promo project is a good one to get people excited about your launch event. The energy cadence of this project is sure to build suspense for your next product launch.

9. Phone X Promo

Ready to showcase your app with a cut-out for the iPhone X's notch? Look no further than this easy project. Not only will it show your app on an iPhone mockup, there are pan and zoom effects to really hold the viewer's attention.

10. Professional 3D Device Pack for Element 3D

This footage would feel right at home in an Apple commercial, but that doesn't mean that you need to hire a video team and Jony Ive to recreate it. Just add your own app footage and you'll see it animated across a variety of devices.

11. Ultimate App Promo Toolkit

Here's another great choice for seeing your app rendered beautifully in video footage up to 4k. You can add your own video and create a product demo in no time flat thanks to the Ultimate App Promo Toolkit.

12. Milano Magazine Promo

Showcasing a printed product? Milano might be the perfect way to see your product in print. Just add those screenshots and you'll see a fancy magazine mockup with almost no work.

13. Laptop Web / App Presentation

If you want your potential customer to picture using the app or product on a laptop, this is a great choice. With a slick and minimalist CG mockup, just drop your own app screenshots or demo into the project and you'll see it animated in.

14. Website Presentation

Showcase your website demo thanks to the Website Presentation project. This might be the ideal product demo for web design firms or creative agencies, as it helps your client visualize a perfect site redesign.

15. Clean App Promo

Here's another great way to view an app demo in high fidelity. With no plugs required and easy image placeholders, the Clean App Promo is the perfect choice to showcase what you've been working on.

16. Inspiring Book Promo

The written word deserves great demo videos too. That's why Inspiring Book Promo is an option worth looking at. You can customize the look of your book with different settings. It also includes a free stock video from Mixkit.

Create Cool Product Demo Videos With Free Templates From Mixkit

Do you want to make a nice product promo video with a free After Effects template? Then have a look at these options from Mixkit.

17. Product Promo Intro

This free product promo template can be used to show off multiple items or talk about the features of one offering. It includes image placeholders, price tags, and more.

18. Product Promo Shapes

This After Effects free download is all about shapes and movement. The video placeholders make it easy to use and the transitions keep viewers engaged.

19. Product Promo Card

If something vibrant is what you're after, then check out this one. It features a cool product promo card, bold text, and an animated background.

Fresh Cooking Templates from Envato Market

If you only need a single cooking show intro, or if a subscription isn't really your thing, try Envato Market for pay-as-you-go options. Here are our top choices for food video templates:

7. Cooking TV - After Effects Cook Broadcast Pack

This complete cooking show template is a broadcast pack, featuring and intro (with six placeholders for video or images), two lower thirds, two transitions, a recipe board, a frame for promo, and a looped background video.

8. Cooking Show Opener - After Effects

This cooking show template is a simple and easy to use template for those who want to showcase their culinary skills in a sleek and modern style. The Cooking Show Opener template is fully customizable, allowing you to add your cooking videos and photos along with attractive graphics.

9. Cooking Healthy Food - After Effects

This cooking show template is especially designed for a healthy cooking and culinary shows. It includes many separate, high-resolution vegetables and fruit: perfect for TV or YouTube channels. The modern, bright design template allows you to beautifully present the recipe for any dish. It's a better alternative to a cooking show template free.

10. Cooking YouTube Template - Premiere Pro and After Effects

Cooking YouTube Template is a high-quality, easy-to-use template for a cooking and culinary show. It includes many separated, high-resolution dishes and objects. Each composition and layer is separate and customizable.

Cooking YouTube Template for Premiere Pro and After Effects

11. Cooking Delicious Food Show - Premiere Pro and After Effects

This great cooking show template is quick to modify, meaning it includes lots of broadcast-ready graphic elements. It's also easy to edit because it has a modular structure. The template comes with culinary-themed logos, and it was especially designed for a cooking show: its unique design will help to draw your audience's attention.

Cooking Delicious Food Show for Premiere Pro and After Effects

How to Create a Professional Look for Food Videos

I hope you've liked the selection of top After Effects templates. Now, if you're wondering how to make professional food videos, here are some cool tips.

Use a Graphics Template

Food video templates are a quick way to make video that looks great and shows off your skills with the skillet. Here are some reasons to think about using a template for your YouTube cookery channel, for example:

It's cost-effective. If you don't have the budget to hire a designer, then using a template can be a great labour-saver: you get great design that's easy to re-use and modify at a fraction of the cost.
You have control without needing to know design or video software inside out. Many templates allow you to use 'drag and drop' facilities and have detailed modular controls, so you can create something quickly and easily.
Starting from scratch can be hard; a template gives you a good jumping off point and can provide inspiration to work out what you want.

Here are our top tips for making your own food videos:

1. Plan, Plan, Plan

You are no doubt, brilliant at what you do, but unforeseen circumstances happen to us all and you don't want to have to start from scratch. Plan out your video – make a storyboard if it helps – and script what you're going to say, even if that's just loose notes you can follow if you're a confident presenter. Having these written elements worked out in advance will help you work out what the visual elements of your production need to communicate.

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2. Get Some B-Roll

Make life easier on yourself with those tricky edits by getting plenty of b-roll as you go along. You might find you have to do certain steps a couple of times to get everything you need, but it'll be worth it! Try downloading some high-quality stock footage from Mixkit, which offers free HD videos across a variety of subject areas.

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Ingredients for cooking by Vell, Envato Elements.

3. Use a Second Camera

It'll up the interest in your visuals if you add a second camera. If possible, having one shoot from above can be very effective… like a moving flat lay!

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Look at This Food Lay Flat!

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4. Use a Tripod

Like poor sound, wobbly footage is bound to have an audience switching off, so be sure to get steady and stable images by using a tripod and keep anything hand-held to a minimum.

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Envato Elements: Unlimited Downloads

Envato Elements offers millions of stock items: photos, music, video clips, fonts, graphics templates of all sorts, video project templates for After Effects, Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro and Motion, and creative courses from Envato Tuts+.

These restaurant menu After Effects templates are available on Envato Elements, where you can make use of as many as you like for a monthly subscription.

1. Food Menu Slideshow

Add mouth-watering images of food, along with information and prices, with this tasteful video slideshow for After Effects. This premium template is better than restaurant menu After Effects template free downloads.

2. Tasty Restaurant Promo

A minimalist template, Tasty Restaurant Promo makes use of slow, gentle movement. This restaurant menu After Effects template is the perfect accompaniment to your laid-back restaurant vibe.

3. Food Deals Promo

Show off your best deals and pictures of your yummy food with this food menu presentation After Effects template designed for food promotions. With its fire animations and bold colors, it's perfectly suited for venues that specialize in flame-grilled food!

4. Food Menu Video Display For Cafe or Restaurant

A simple food menu presentation After Effects template for a café or restaurant, just add your text and images to the placeholders and you're good to go.

5. Restaurant Promo

In the style of a menu, this restaurant menu After Effects template is a more engaging way to show what you have to offer by including high-quality pictures of your food, including space for specials and extras that might not always be on the regular menu.

6. Food Menu Slideshow Template

This is a really versatile food menu slideshow. Try this food menu presentation After Effects template as a display in restaurants and cages, or as part of your food blog, TV show or YouTube channel.

7. Favorite Restaurant Display

This food menu presentation After Effects template makes use of a fun, circular design that you can use as an intro or opener to your display. There's room to add menus, images and much more in this slideshow.

8. Restaurant Display - After Effects Template

With cute, hand-drawn icons and note-pad style writing, this food slideshow video template is great for a high-quality but relaxed and informal venue.

9. Restaurant Menu After Effects Template

With a modular structure and full color control, Restaurant Menu is easy to use and adjust to suit all your food needs! You won't need any plugins to use this, either. It's a nice premium alternative to restaurant menu After Effects template free downloads.

3 Free After Effects Templates To Try For Your Food Business

Are you looking for free After Effects templates for your food and hospitality business? Here are some free After Effects templates from Mixkit, part of the Envato family.

There you'll find free After Effects intro templates, free After Effects slideshow templates and more. If you're just starting as a video creator and you need to practice in After Effects, check these out.

10. Cafe Food Intro - Free After Effects Template

Are you looking for free After Effects intro templates for restaurants? This is a modern food promo intro with animated text and social icons.

11. Food Logo Reveal - Free After Effects Template

Free After Effects logo templates like this are really cool. This is a food and cooking style logo reveal with three video placeholders. The food menu slideshow After Effects template free download features a logo entrance and glass overlay.

12. Food Vertical Story - Free After Effects Template

If your food business has an Instagram profile, you need free After Effects templates like this one. The vertical template features an animated headline, subheading and a video placeholder with an animated shape border.

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What Is the Georgia Typeface?

Georgia was designed by Matthew Carter as a serif typeface, tailored for on-screen display. It is similar in appearance to the Times New Roman font, with subtle differences, like being bigger than Times at the same point size, and displaying a much larger x-height in true size.

The Georgia font style is generous in width and character spacing. It features alternating thick and thin strokes, ball terminals, a vertical axis, and a larger x-height that makes it excellent for long on-screen text passages. Georgia is legible at any size and possesses a visual charm, making it easy to read.

Georgia Font typeface specimen font style weights — Here is a sample of Georgia in action.

Georgia typeface is a registered trademark of the Microsoft Corporation. It was released in 1996, as part of Microsoft's "Core Fonts for the Web" collection. The typeface family was primarily designed to be used on computer monitors and the web, for the purpose of on-screen clarity and legibility at low resolutions. Despite that, the font usage was not limited to on-screen typography but also considered for print production. The Georgia typeface is quite popular in print production and is often used for printing body text and books.

This web safe font comes in four basic styles: Georgia, Georgia Italic, Georgia Bold, and Georgia Bold Italic. It has extended language support, including the Greek, Russian, and Latin alphabets.

georgia font weights and style regular italic bold — Georgia's basic font styles and weights

Have a look at the image below for a style specimen of the font, and move on to discover some fonts like Georgia, which combine high legibility and charisma as much as the Georgia typeface.

georgia typeface font specimen styles regular bold italic font family georgia — Georgia font style specimen

16 Fonts Similar to Georgia

Now, let's take a look at a collection of fonts similar to Georgia. Below you will find 16 fonts like Georgia. Dive in and discover some great alternatives to choose from that demonstrate the same charm and legible qualities as the Georgia typeface.

1. Wensley (TTF, OTF, Web Font)

A modern serif type font, Wensley is a common font similar to Georgia. It includes three font weights—Regular, Light, and Bold—and supports multilingual letters. This web font, like Georgia, reads well at any size, and it features upper and lowercase characters, numerals, punctuation, and non-English characters.

If you want to inject a little character into your design, try out Wensley. It has a high-class font style that makes it suitable for all types of design needs, such as presentations, logos, headers, web layouts, branding headlines, and more.

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2. Naia (OTF)

Naia is a feminine, classy, and sophisticated web font style. The OTF format includes three weights and three italics, and it includes all Latin characters, accents, numbers, special characters, and punctuation.

Naia is slightly condensed and has wider serifs than the Georgia font, and is usually recommended for editorial, branding, presentations, and headers, as it's readable at all sizes.

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3. Maiah (TTF, OTF, Web Font)

Maiah is a serif typeface with a modern and minimalist style. The font family pack comes in four weight versions: Regular, Thin, Light, and Bold. It supports uppercase and lowercase alphabets, numbers, and basic punctuation, with multilingual characters.

The Maiah font is great at any size and is recommended for posters, headers, branding, presentations, packaging, web layouts, advertising, editorials, and most graphic design work.

maiah font family pack modern minimalist similar to georgia

4. Sharis (TTF, OTF, Web Font)

The Sharis typeface is a simple, modern, and tidy serif font family. The font pack includes seven weights: Regular, Light, Thin, Medium, Distorted, Bold, and Black. It features upper and lowercase multilingual letters, numbers, and punctuation, as well as non-English character support.

Sharis is great for logo design, web layouts, magazines, and branding. For a classy look, work in all caps with a wide-set spacing, or for something timeless, try it on its own, with capital and lowercase letters.

Sharis web font modern simple multilingual similar georgia envato elements

5. Thomas Craft (TTF, OTF, Web Font)

Are you looking for an elegant font that's similar to Georgia? Try Thomas Craft, a modern, sophisticated serif and web font with pointed serifs. It has four font weights: Regular, Thin, Round, and Bold. The font pack includes all the basic glyphs with non-English characters.

The Thomas Craft font can be used for branding, packaging, logos, posters, headers, presentations, logos, web layouts, advertising, invitations, books, and nearly any other type of creative design.

thomas craft web font modern 4 weight similar to georgia

6. Sandover (TTF, OTF, Web Font)

Sandover is a neat, stylish serif typeface, and a common font similar to Georgia. Sandover comes in five weights: Regular, Thin, Light, Round, and Bold. It features all the basic glyphs along with non-English characters. This web font can be used for logos, headings, posters, packaging, presentations, branding, web layouts, books, and anything design-related.

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7. Aadam (TTF, OTF, Web Font)

Or try Aadam: an elegant, condensed font, similar to Georgia. Aadam features a minimalist, modern style and serif typeface with charisma. It includes four weight versions: Regular, Thin, Light, and Bold. It contains uppercase and lowercase alphabets, numbers, and basic punctuation, with multilingual support.

The Aadam font pairs wonderfully with script, signature, or handwriting font styles. It can be used for all types of creative design.

modern serif font aadam alternative to Georgia

8. Glamour Luxury (OTF, TTF, Web Font)

Glamour Luxury is a modern, minimalist serif font family with a wide choice of weights. It's condensed in style and with a longer x-height than Georgia, but it has good legibility and is easy on the eyes. Glamour Luxury combines Regular, Light, Thin, Round, and Bold font weights. It includes all basic glyphs, multilingual plus non-English characters.

The luxury font is ideal for beauty or fashion projects.

glamour luxury web font alternative to georgia

9. Adren (OTF)

The Adren font is a modern, slightly more condensed serif typeface than Georgia. Optimum at any size, this refined font family includes 14 font formats plus Latin characters, numbers, punctuation, and special characters. Adren is mainly used for magazines, presentations, editorial headers, and subheaders.

adren web font typeface modern condensed foreditorial magazine similar to georgia

10. Magnita (TTF, OTF, Web Font)

Magnita is a serif font that features uppercase and lowercase characters, numbers, and basic punctuation. The elegant web font is beautiful at small sizes, which makes it suitable to use with premium, luxury designs such as fashion, hotels, salons, restaurants, and more.

Magnita serif web font similar to Georgia font family georgia

11. Zimra (OTF, TTF, WOFF, WOFF2 Formats)

A common font similar to Georgia would be Zimra. It's a minimal and elegant serif type font that works well in any size. It comes as a set of five weights: Regular, Light, Thin, Black, and Bold. Zimra supports uppercase and lowercase alphabets, numbers, and basic punctuation, with multilingual characters.

This web font's modern and clean style makes it gorgeous for creative designs. Zimra is suitable for creating logos, headlines, banners, etc. It looks lovely in wide-set spacing and in all caps with a wide-set spacing or on its own in capital and lowercase letter format.

zimra serif font family 5 weight similar to Georgia

12. Antique (OTF)

Antique is a classy font with a slightly curved serif typeface. The luxury Antique font family includes ten fonts in OTF format, plus Latin characters (with accents), numbers, special characters, and punctuation. Antique is wonderful when used for editorial, fashion, and luxury designs, or any design that requires a strong, bold, minimalistic style.

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13. Grown (OTF, TTF, WOFF)

The Grown font is a serif, modern, display and web typeface. This elegant typeface supports multilingual characters and features 18 ligatures, 19 alternates, and basic numerals and punctuation. The Grown font is suitable for any design project, like branding, print templates, logos, etc.

grown typeface similar georgia multilingual otf ttf web font

14. Selma (OTF)

Introducing the slim, classy serif typeface, Selma, with strong, thick serifs. The font family includes ten fonts in OTF format, with four weights and four italics. It features all Latin characters (including accents), numbers, special characters, and punctuation.

Selma has a little bit of personality, which makes it great for sophisticated headers and editorial designs.

selma classy typeface similar to Georgia alternative

15. Alloy (OTF)

Alloy is a bold typeface with wider and more pointed serifs than Georgia. The font family includes eight fonts in OTF format: four weights and four italics. It features all the Latin characters (including accents), numbers, special characters, and punctuation. Alloy's font style is wonderful when used for presentation headers and body text.

alloy typeface otf format 8 fonts similar to Georgia bold font family georgia

16. Lara (OTF)

The Lara font is a classier, thinner, and slightly more curved serif typeface than Georgia. Lara includes six fonts in OTF format: three weights and three italics. Its luxurious style makes it great for headers. This font family includes all Latin characters (including accents), numbers, special characters, and punctuation.

If you're looking for a font like Georgia, with the same classic elegance and timeless appeal, use Lara for your web layouts, packaging, and other projects.

lara otf serif font similar to Georgia font family georgia

Still Looking for Another Georgia Font Style Alternative?

We hope you've found some great fonts like Georgia in the list of options above. Feel free to discover more serif fonts on Envato Elements and GraphicRiver. You will surely find plenty of font options that are similar to the Georgia font style.

And for more font inspiration, check out some of these articles:

15+ Top Presentation Design Trends to Create Cool PowerPoint PPTs 2021

Posted: 01 Jul 2021 06:45 AM PDT

Every new year brings new PowerPoint design trends with it. And it's essential that you include those trends in your PowerPoint presentation design!

Top PowerPoint Presentation designs for 2020 — You're about to see the best PowerPoint presentation designs for 2021. They'll help you use trendy design elements.

In this article, we're going to catch you up on the top PowerPoint presentation design trends this year. This article will get you excited to create a presentation design that's ready for 2021.

With the help of PowerPoint presentation designs from Envato Elements, you can create cool PowerPoint designs that are trendy. Plus, you'll see single templates from GraphicRiver with recent trends for PPT.

How to Create a PowerPoint Design With Trendy Elements for 2021

Trends for PowerPoint templates come and go. Few of us are wearing bell-bottom jeans or wearing leg warmers!

So, why is it helpful to create a trendy PowerPoint presentation design? Here are three reasons:

Your audience expects it. Who wants to see an out of date presentation? Showing that you care about design trends for PowerPoint templates will build credibility.
You'll feel confident. When you know your presentation design is in fashion, you'll feel more confident as you speak to an audience.
Your content is presented in the best format possible. Many of the design trends we'll share in this tutorial help address PPT trends in how to show content. Audience expectations are continually shifting. These trends help you capture an audience.

Learn more about creating content for your graphic design presentation in our guide below:

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Take advantage of PPT trends to lock in your audience. We're going to show you templates and design trends for PowerPoint templates that are sure to take center stage in 2021. Let's dive in!

The Best Source for On-Trend PowerPoint Presentation Designs in 2021

You don't have to be a graphic designer to create an on-trend presentation for 2021. With the help of pre-built templates, you can create the best PowerPoint designs without learning graphic design.

Don't think that the best presentations are out of your price range. With the help of Envato Elements, you can source great PowerPoint presentation trends that are built into templates! And best of all, you've got unlimited downloads.

Envato Elements PowerPoint designs — On Envato Elements, you can source the best PowerPoint presentation designs - all with unlimited downloads.

You'll unlock the best PowerPoint presentation designs. And you'll also have access to the entire Envato Elements library. That gives you access to extras like:

Custom fonts
Stock photos and graphics
Background music and sound effects

Want to see three PowerPoint templates that embody modern design trends? Here are some of the best designs included in the Envato Elements library:

1. The X Note PowerPoint Template

The X Note has been around for some time but make no mistake. Its design elements are on-trend as one of the best presentation designs for 2021. With the best slide designs on 40+ unique layouts, you'll never run out of PowerPoint presentation design ideas.

2. Analysiz PowerPoint

Looking for one of the best graphic designs in a PowerPoint? Look no further than Analysiz. It's got all the modern design trends for PowerPoint templates that a savvy audience will expect in 2021. Smooth gradients, image-heavy slides, and custom fonts are the perfect way to showcase your design focus.

3. STYLE - Multipurpose PowerPoint Template

Minimalism has never been more popular. And the best way to capture a graphic design presentation with minimalist elements is to use a template like STYLE. This is an image-focused, simplistic slide design set that's waiting for your content.

If you're only looking for a single template, don't miss out on the GraphicRiver library of PowerPoint presentation designs. It also has the top cool PowerPoint designs you need to make a trendy presentation. But you can buy single designs.

15+ Top Presentation Design Trends for 2021

When you're ready to build a presentation in 2021, it helps to know the PPT trends that are shaping the world of presentations.

In this section, we'll cover 15 of the top trends that are going to dominate cool PowerPoint designs in 2021. I'm going to share a combination of slide designs from the templates featured above - The X Note and Analysiz.

The X Note continues to be updated, cementing its standing as one of the best PowerPoint designs for top professionals.

Together, these two templates capture all the modern design trends. There's a template for every occasion. But each takes a different approach for PowerPoint presentation designs.

Analysiz best PowerPoint design — Analysiz is a different take on the top presentation design elements for 2021.

Let's look at the top graphic design trends for presentation designs in 2021. These 15 ideas will help you create your best presentation!

1. Infographics Become the Norm

Combining information and graphics is the best way to spice up a flat slide. It's a significant presentation design trend that'll continue in 2021.

Iceberg infographic best presentation design — Imagine the uses for an illustration like this as an infographic to explain business concepts.

Audiences want to see information presented in new and fresh ways. Gone are the days of slides filled with text that an audience is expected to read through. You've to use infographic that combines the two.

2. More Images, Less Text

If you plotted "attention spans" on a chart, you'd see that the trend is downward! That's why it helps to adapt your content to reality by using less text.

Image centric presentation design — Presentation designs with more images like the four placeholders on this slide are perfect for 2021.

If there's one point I coach presenters on, it's this: delete half the content on your slides before you present. Chances are, much of your text should be converted to speaking points instead of written out. Images are a great bridge to more visual slides.

Learn more pro PowerPoint design tips to reduce the text in our article below:

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3. Heavy Use of Charts and Graphs

Not every set of data lends itself to an infographic. Sometimes, you'll need to show your data in illustrative charts and graphs. That helps you show trends over time that support your speaking points.

Charts in recent trends PPT — A chart is a great way to convert flat text into numbers-centric visuals, and you'll see more of them in 2021.

Above all, you'll want to avoid flat data in tables or lists. A chart or graph helps you translate that boring and hard-to-read data into a more intuitive format.

4. Custom Image Masks Reshape Slides

One of the things that you'll see in many templates that capture modern PowerPoint designs is custom image masks. Instead of adding your images in a simple shape, custom image masks will transform them into entirely new shapes.

Who says that images have to be simple rectangles? With the help of custom image masks, you can capitalize on a growing design trend. They're included in many templates on Envato Elements, like the one you saw above.

5. Completely Custom Fonts

Gone are the days that presenters are locked into Arial, Times New Roman, and Calibri. In 2021, expect to see more custom fonts dominate modern slides. They set your presentation apart visually from the crowd.

Envato Elements custom fonts — Source custom fonts from Envato Elements to bring a custom style to your presentation in 2021.

One advantage of an Envato Elements subscription is the considerable custom font library. These give you so much more freedom as you design your slides. It's included in the same flat-rate subscription that unlocks the best PowerPoint presentation designs.

6. Great Gradients

Gradients are the smooth color transitions you're sure to see more of in 2021. Many of the top templates on Elements include this trendy graphic design element.

Gradients in an image — Gradients are a smooth transition between two colors. Expect to see plenty of them in 2021.

You can use a gradient in many situations. Try faded gradients out for smooth, easy-to-read backgrounds. Just keep proper contrast between the content and background elements.

7. Shorter Presentations

Several of the PowerPoint design tips in this article help to capitalize on a macro trend: shorter attention spans! That's why shorter presentations will continue to grow in popularity in 2021. Meeting your audience where they're at by accommodating this trend is essential.

Slide sorter view — Here's a new age PowerPoint design tip: use the **View > Slide Sorter** menu and delete a few slides to sharpen focus.

As you prepare to present, review every piece of content in your presentation. This helps you ensure that you don't include anything that adds to the message unnecessarily.

8. Minimalism Becomes the Norm

The trend of minimalism in PowerPoint designs has been on the rise in recent years. 2021 won't see its end. Minimalist slides eschew wordy and complicated slides for simpler alternatives.

Minimalism is yet another way to help your audience focus on the content that matters most. Less is more. With fewer slide objects, your audience's eyes will naturally follow your crucial point.

Minimalist PowerPoint Design — Fewer elements, more impact. Minimalism is here to stay.

Check out our outstanding guide to creating a minimal PowerPoint design below. It includes templates you can use for minimalist graphic design:

Microsoft PowerPoint

35 Clean PowerPoint Templates (PPTs) With Minimalist Designs (For 2021)

Laura Spencer

9. Presentations That Engage the Audience

Paradigms are continually shifting. One that you'll see more of in 2021 is presentations that engage the audience directly. Traditional formats where lecturers speak to an audience for an hour or more are in decline.

So, what do you do? The answer is you flip the format of the presentation. Engage them with questions, ask for their opinion, and start a dialogue.

To learn how to create a slide that starts a conversation with the audience, don't miss out on our tutorial below:

Microsoft PowerPoint

How to Make a Great "Any Questions" Final PowerPoint Slide (PPT)

Andrew Childress

10. Heavy Use of Trendy Colors

No organization knows more about color than Pantone. Every year, they act as the voice of design trends by naming a color of the year.

Instantly, you'll start seeing this color pop up. Pantone not only reports trends, but they also play a role in shaping those trends.

Pantone Color of the Year 2021 — Pantone's colors of the year for 2021 are Ultimate Gray and Illuminating. You're going to see those everywhere this year.

Some colors are timeless, and there's a time and place for all of them. But it doesn't hurt to look at current presentation design trends and use them as you see fit. See more popular color schemes in the guide below:

Microsoft PowerPoint

10 Best (Trendy) PowerPoint Color Scheme Combinations (2019 PPT Guide)

Andrew Childress

11. Presentations That Stand Alone

Giving a spoken presentation isn't the only outlet for your finished PowerPoint. Sometimes, a presentation can stand on its own.

PowerPoint is straightforward to use. That makes it a natural app to open when you've got practically any printed document that you want to design. Learn how to share online below:

Presentations

What Is SlideShare? +How to Get Started Using It Quickly

Laura Spencer

12. Bring the Digital World to Life

What's better than screenshots of your new app or website? Seeing those screenshots brought to life with a device mockup.

Analysiz Device Mockup — Use a device mockup for cool PowerPoint designs that show your screenshot in the real world.

Every one of the best PowerPoint presentation designs in 2021 seems to contain a device mockup. Instead of showing simple, flat screenshots, display them in a device mockup.

13. Icons Speak Louder Than Words

Want to cut down on the number of words that you use? Convert ideas to icons.

Many of the best graphic design presentation templates include icon sets. Instead of loading slides up with text, drop in a few icons to summarize your ideas.

Icons for Graphic Design Presentation — Use icons for graphic design presentation templates to simplify your slides.

In 2021, you'll continue to see simplified slides. One of our best PowerPoint design tips is to use elements like icons to simplify a slide.

14. Just Enough Animation to Engage

Animations have always been a controversial topic when it comes to presentation design. Many decry the use of animation because they can serve as distractions to the overall PowerPoint design.

But I'm starting to see those PPT trends reverse as presenters understand that an animation is a presentation tool. If you use it tastefully, you can reveal content tactfully in a way that impacts the audience.

Animations added to slide — Use the **Animations** tab on PowerPoint's ribbon to add selective animation and create punchy slides.

To learn more about creating animations in PowerPoint, use the tutorial below:

Microsoft PowerPoint

How to Quickly Add Good Animations to Your PowerPoint PPT Presentations

Andrew Childress

15. Pro Presenters Embrace Templates

This trend is well underway but expect it to keep growing in 2021. More than ever, busy presenters need advantages to produce presentations quickly. That's why they continue migrating to using pre-built templates like the ones featured in these PowerPoint design tips.

Many freelancers have acknowledged that they can't "do it all." Instead, they focus on the specific skills and jobs where they create the most value. They hand off everything else—like presentation design—to pros by using templates.

See top templates in our articles below:

Remember, the PowerPoint template designs that we featured in this tutorial are all available on Envato Elements. PowerPoint presentation trends are evolving. But your access to tens of thousands of graphic design presentation templates never changes.

How to Quickly Customize a Premium PowerPoint Presentation Template

Creating a great PowerPoint presentation is easy when you've got a solid starting point like a premium PowerPoint template. Here's how you can quickly customize it in just five steps. For the purposes of this tutorial, I'll be using the Akhara PPT template from Envato Elements.

Akhara PPT template — The Akhara PowerPoint template is a premium template from Envato Elements.

Let's get started:

1. Choose Your Slides

The first step is to choose which slides you're going to use in your presentation as premium templates come with many slide layouts and variations. To do this, open your template in PowerPoint and click on the View tab.

Select Slide Sorter view. Hold the SHIFT key and click on any slide you don't want to use.

Once you've selected all the unwanted slides, right-click and press Delete Slide. Then, click the Normal view and switch to the Home tab.

2. Add Your Content

The next step is to add your own content to the presentation. Simply double-click the text, select it all by holding CTRL+A. Then type in your content to replace the dummy copy.

3. Change the Fonts

If you don't like the fonts that are used in the template, you can easily replace them with your own. Select the text you want to customize and then choose your preferred font from the drop-down menu.

4. Add Your Images

One of the benefits of premium PowerPoint templates is that they come with image placeholders. All you've got to do is click the placeholder, locate the image on your computer, and press the Insert button.

5. Customize the Colors

Finally, customize the colors used in the template. Right-click on any colored shape and select the Format Shape option. Once the Format panel appears, expand the Fill option, click Solid Fill and then select your desired color.

5 Tips for the Best Presentation Design in 2021

Before picking out your presentation template, consider these design trends:

1. Minimal

Minimal PowerPoint Presentation — Minimal PowerPoint presentation

Minimal design has been a PowerPoint trend for a long time and will most likely stay that way. Minimal design is classic and clean looking.

When there's too much on a slide, it can be overwhelming for the audience. A presentation with a minimal design will look more professional than a presentation full of slides with too much on them.

2. Nature-Inspired

Nature-inspired is a newer presentation design trend. This trend can feature colors that remind you of nature. These colors can be earth tones like brown and green.

Another nature-inspired design trend is to have flowers, leaves, or other natural elements in the design. A nature-inspired theme can relax and calm your audience.

3. Pastels

Pastel PowerPoint Presentation — Pastel PowerPoint presentation

Pastels can feel comforting and warm to your audience. This presentation design trend adds color without distracting your audience. Pastel colors can go with any subject that you want to make your presentation on.

4. Geometric Shapes

Geometric Shapes are simple, but modern and fun. This presentation trend can also have a retro feel making the audience feel nostalgic. A geometric design trend adds depth to your slide without being distracting for your audience.

5. Dark Background With Neon

PowerPoint Presentation with a Dark Background and Neon Colors — PowerPoint presentation with a dark background and neon colors

The dark background with neon PowerPoint design trend is great if you want a playful color scheme and design. A dark background is like dark mode on your phone or computer. This gives more contrast to the colors in the design, making them pop.

Where to Find the Best PowerPoint Presentation Templates in 2021 (Envato Elements vs. GraphicRiver)

Both Envato Elements and GraphicRiver have high-quality presentation templates made by professionals. Each one is a great deal, so which one should you use, Envato Elements or GraphicRiver? Here are the key benefits of each:

1. Benefits of Envato Elements

Envato Elements is a subscription service. You pay a low monthly fee to become a subscriber. Once you're a subscriber, you get access to thousands of premium presentation templates.

Not only do you have access to presentation templates, but you have access to digital assets such as stock photos, audio, fonts, and much more. When you're a subscriber, you get unlimited access, so you can download as many templates and digital assets as you want. Here are some of the PowerPoint templates trending on Envato Elements.

Envato Elements has hundreds of trendy PowerPoint Templates — Envato Elements has tons of trendy PowerPoint Templates.

Envato Elements is a great deal if you constantly create projects where you need PowerPoint presentation templates or other digital assets.

2. Benefits of GraphicRiver

GraphicRiver is a leading digital marketplace where you can buy PowerPoint presentation templates and other digital assets one at a time. So, if you only need a single template or other digital element, this could be a more budget-friendly option.

GraphicRiver has hundreds of trendy PowerPoint templates — GraphicRiver has thousands of trendy PowerPoint templates.

What's Right for You?

If your job requires you to make many PowerPoint presentations or need to use other digital assets, then Envato Elements is the right choice for you. Sign up for Envato Elements today!

If you need a PowerPoint presentation or other digital asset only on rare occasions, then GraphicRiver may be the right option for you.

Common PowerPoint Questions Answered (FAQ)

If you're using PowerPoint for your presentation or if you're thinking about using PowerPoint, you probably have questions. We've gathered some of the most common questions about PowerPoint to provide you with answers and help you learn more about this powerful program:

1. Is PowerPoint Free?

Although PowerPoint is part of Microsoft 365, which requires a monthly subscription, there is a way to use PowerPoint for free. You can use the online app version of PowerPoint can without signing up for a paid Microsoft 365 plan. Note that the online version has limited features.

2. How Do I Change PowerPoint Templates?

Microsoft PowerPoint comes with some built-in slide templates, but they leave a lot to be desired. Luckily, you can quickly change the built-in template by importing a premium PPT template. Learn more in this tutorial:

Microsoft PowerPoint

How to Quickly Change PowerPoint Templates (Download & Import) 2021

Andrew Childress

3. Can I Make Custom Charts In PowerPoint?

Creating custom charts in PowerPoint is possible. Thanks to Excel, you can easily and quickly create your own charts and graphs right inside PowerPoint. Here's a tutorial that shows you what to do:

Microsoft PowerPoint

How to Make Great PPT Charts & Graphs in Microsoft PowerPoint

Andrew Childress

4. Can I Create a Timeline in PowerPoint?

If you need to create a timeline in PowerPoint, you'll be happy to learn it's easy to do. Use the built-in SmartArt feature or start from a premade timeline template for PowerPoint. This tutorial explains how to use timeline templates:

Microsoft PowerPoint

How to Make a Timeline in PowerPoint With Templates

Andrew Childress

5. Is There a Way to Add a Video to my PowerPoint Presentation?

Although adding videos to your PowerPoint presentation is a bit more complicated than adding images, it can be done. We've got an entire tutorial dedicated to this topic:

Office

How to Add Videos to Your PowerPoint Presentations

Bob Flisser

Learn More About PowerPoint

Microsoft PowerPoint is a powerful program. There's more to learn about it if you want to master it and create pro presentations. Get started with these tutorials that'll help you learn more about PowerPoint:

And you can also check out our recent post on the Envato Blog to discover even more of the latest presentation design trends.

Use an On-Trend PowerPoint Presentation Design Today

There's nothing wrong with riding the wave of a trend! In this article, you saw templates and the best PowerPoint design tips that help you ensure that your presentation fits the modern design landscape.

Always remember that you can bypass hours of design work when you use templates. The top PowerPoint presentation designs with unlimited downloads are on Elements. You could also grab one of the best PowerPoint designs from GraphicRiver.

We at Envato Tuts+ think that 2021 is going to be full of great presentations! Follow these tips to create your next presentation.

Editorial Note: This post was originally published in January of 2020. It's been revised to make it current, accurate, and up to date by our staff—with special help from Brenda Barron and Sarah Joy.

25+ Free Minimalist Google Slides Themes (Designs to Download for 2021)

Posted: 01 Jul 2021 05:55 AM PDT

Do you need a professional-looking design for your upcoming presentation? Are you spending more time perfecting the look of your presentation rather than the content that goes into it?

Try minimalist Google Slides templates to save time.

STELLA Simple Google Slides Template — STELLA is one of the many high-quality premium templates available on Envato Elements.

Use professionally designed simple Google Slides themes for your next presentation. You'll be able to focus on the information in your presentation and not worry about the design.

A well-designed template can show the content of the presentation in a positive and impactful way. Simple Google Slides themes will impress your audience and give you the best possible chance to succeed.

In this article, we'll feature a selection of simple Google Slides themes from Envato Elements and GraphicRiver. The premium Google Slides presentation templates available are designed to give you complete control. They'll showcase an impressive design to your audience.

We'll also cover some of the best free simple Google Slides templates for you to download if you're on a tight budget.

Best Premium Google Slides Themes on Envato Elements (With Unlimited Use)

Envato Elements has thousands of the best premium Google Slides theme templates available on the web!

For a low monthly cost, access this massive library of templates and bring your presentations to life. Not only can you access all these Google Slides themes, but you get access to photos, videos, fonts, and many other resources that could be helpful to you.

All the Google Slides designs in the Envato Elements library are fully customizable. They have trendy designs for 2021, and can be edited in a matter of minutes.

New Simple Google Slide Theme Templates — Premium Google Slides theme templates are added weekly. Check out some of the newest designs on Envato Elements

The level of control that you've got over these professional designs allows you to transform them into any type of presentation. You won't find this level of customization or this many options with any minimalist Google Slides themes you download for free.

The slide templates allow you to deliver a presentation that contains

graphs, charts, and infographics
high-quality images and icons
detailed explanations and outlines

Do you need to buy Google Slides minimalist themes one-at-a-time? You can find the same great quality available from GraphicRiver.

The premium templates that Envato Elements and GraphicRiver offer are some of the best available for 2021. The next level designs, editable slides, and after-sales support make these services your go-to spot for Google Slides minimalist themes.

Next, we'll go over five of the best-selling premium minimal Google Slides themes in Envato Elements.

5 Best Minimalist Google Slides Themes (Premium Designs From Envato Elements)

There are many simple Google Slides themes from you to choose from on the Envato Elements. To help you with your search, I've collected five of the best-selling Google Slides minimalist themes on Envato Elements for you to check out:

1. KINTEL Google Slides

KINTEL Google Slides is a slick multipurpose slide theme design. It's suitable for business presentations, pitch decks, or product promotion. The slides are fully customizable. So, they can be changed to suit your presentation needs. Here's a list of a few of the design features:

75 creative slides
25 icon slides
1000+ icons
hundreds of vector shapes

2. Hasta Google Slides Presentation

Hasta Minimalist Google Slides Presentation

Hasta is a modern and stylish minimalist Google Slides design theme. It's great for any creator designer, student, lecturer, or businessman who wants to present a visually appealing project or idea. What's great about this design is that the shapes in the slides are resizable and won't lose any quality with this resizing. Add this design to your project today!

3. Netto : Architecture and Real Estate Google Slides

Netto Architecture and Real Estate Simple Google Slides Templates

This template design comes with a whopping 100 total slides. With all these slides available, you'll have the flexibility to try out new ideas for your presentation. Here are some of the notable features of this design:

1920 x 1080 pixels HD widescreen slide format
fully editable text
icons variations included
RGB color mode
drag and drop image to screen mockups

4. Light & Solid Google Slides Template

Light and Solid Simple Google Slides Template

The Light & Solid Google Slides design template gives you the ultimate flexibility. It contains 20 master slides that can easily be customized to fit your specific needs. The modern layouts contain matching charts, diagrams, and other stylish visualization elements.

5. ALEON - Creative PowerPoint/Google Slides/Keynote

This minimalist Google Slides theme will work great for a variety of presentations. Here are a few of the key features that you can expect from this template:

30 unique slides
5 color schemes
fully editable slides

Here are the files that you'll be receiving in this premium theme:

5 Microsoft PowerPoints
5 Google Slides
5 Keynotes
5 Premade color designs

5 Premium Minimalist Google Slides Themes in 2021

If you're in need of a quick, easy, and professional way to present your idea or project, then Google Slides is the perfect tool to use. Here's a list of some of the best-selling simple Google Slides themes of 2021 available on GraphicRiver:

1. In Minimal

In Minimal provides incredible value. This modern and attention-grabbing theme comes with a total of 498 unique slides. All these slides are broken down into four different categories for your convenience.

This template comes with plenty of infographics to showcase your project or idea in the best light possible. Don't miss out on this great deal!

2. NORS - Google Slides Minimal Template

This template uses a simple but classic color scheme. The various shades of gray and bolded black text help create a sense of sincerity and expertise. Use this premium template in a variety of industries and topics. Inside NORS Google Slides Template you'll find 130+ unique slide layouts that can easily be edited.

3. Swift Minimal Google Slides Template

Swift is a contemporary and well-crafted design. It's sure to generate a positive reaction from your audience. This impressive-looking presentation template has more than 3500+ editable and resizable icons. The number of icons and stunning infographics makes this minimal Google Slides theme a must-have.

4. Verzus Minimal Google Slides Template

Versuz offers over 350 unique slides that display an innovative design. It's made with a great mixture of modern styles to help you bring your ideas and projects together. If you experience any issues with your Google Slides minimalist theme, don't worry. The customer support team is very responsive and can help you out quickly.

5. do 2.0 Google Slides

With this polished-looking template, you're going to feel confident and be in control of your next presentation. Here are a few of the templates most important features:

PPTX Files for Google Slides or PowerPoint
A4 Print Ready
700+ Editable Icons
tons of Maps & Infographic Shapes

In the next section, we'll look at a list of some of the best free minimalist Google Slides templates available.

20 Best Free Minimalist Google Slides Themes for 2021

The professional simple Google Slides templates listed above show the highest quality designs. But purchasing a premium template may not be in your current budget.

Envato Elements Free Files — Each month Envato Elements offers a different selection of free files for you to try. You can also find free files each month on GraphicRiver.

But before looking for free minimalist Google Slides templates on the web, check out Envato's free offerings first. Try out various premium template files (not always minimalist Google Slides templates) at no cost to you.

Here's the deal:

Every month Envato Elements offers 12 different hand-selected files. That includes fonts, presentations, videos, and more. Create a free account to download this month's free premium files now.
Or try Envato Market for free. They offer seven handpicked monthly freebies. Log in with your Envato Market account to get this month's handpicked premium freebies.

If you can't find simple Google Slides templates among Envato's free offerings, don't despair. That's why I've compiled a list of the top 20 free minimalist Google Slides themes for 2021:

1. Orange Professional Minimal Google Slides Theme

Orange Professional Free Google Slides Templates Minimalist

This free minimalist Google Slides theme has an orange color palette and bold typography. It contains 25 different slides that are all editable.

2. Blue Connections Free Slides Theme

The connected shapes and blue and gray colors used help make these minimalist slides stand out. Included are 80 icons and a 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio for customizing your slides.

3. Jacquenetta Presentation Template

The Jacquenetta minimalist Google Slides theme for free download makes use of only black and white colors. The combination of these basic colors and the extra bolded text and slide outline will help create a minimal presentation.

4. Basset Presentation Template

Basset uses different shades of yellow to draw in your attention. Each slide is lined with partial images on the left to create an interactive presentation.

5. Corporate

Corporate is a modern and clean Google Slides template. It's ideal for a business presentation. It comes with 10 minimalist slides. Edit it in Google Slides and Microsoft PowerPoint.

6. Cool Neon Green

Less is more with this free minimalist Google Slides theme. This template contains a simple neon green color scheme and more than 25 slides.

7. Technical Blueprint

This free minimalist business Google Slides template has an interesting blueprint background. It's got a minimalist and professional feel.

8. Yellow Arrow Free Business Google Slides

Yellow Arrow Free Google Slides Templates Minimalist

If you're looking for a sleek and modern design with a touch of flashiness, this is the template for you. Change the color, font, text, and even icons.

9. Clean Minimal Free Presentation Template

This free minimalist Google Slides theme offers a wide range of vector icons, 25 unique slides, and more. It's a simple and minimal theme that can be suited for all your presentation needs.

10. Abstract Background Free Presentation Template

This stylish template gives you a design that'll grab your audience's attention. It also contains section cover slides and device mockups.

11. Tie Free Presentation Template

The Tie free presentation template fits with Google Slides and your presentation. This multipurpose industry template has 34 slides and is a great choice for your next slideshow.

12. Real Estate Key Free Presentation Template

Real Estate Key Free Google Slides Templates Minimalist

The soft blue color scheme lets your audience know that this is a minimalist design. It comes across as professional looking and works well for real estate brokers and agents. This free minimalist Google Slides theme is fully customizable.

13. Simple Free Paper Bulb Presentation Template

This template gives off a cool aura. Insert graphics such as tables, charts, and vector maps. Display all your information and data in an interactive way in these minimalist slides.

14. Subtle Bevel Google Slides Template

This theme has a minimal color scheme that'll keep your audience interested in your presentation. Each slide has a slight raised edge which is how Subtle Bevel got its name. Download this template and take the stress out of your presentation preparation.

15. Simple Corporate Free Presentation Template

Give your next business presentation a stylish and professional polish. This free minimalist Google Slides theme will allow you to edit the color, font, text, and even size of each slide.

16. Neutral Colors Free Presentation Template

Neutral Colors Free Google Slides Templates Minimalist

You can expect a calming color scheme with this free minimalist design. There are 25 customizable slides that can fit a wide range of presentations.

17. Clean Business Free Presentation Template

If you need a clean and stylish Google Slides template, then check out this template. It includes high-quality vector icons and plenty of charts and graphs for you to include in these minimalist slides.

18. Cool Shadows Free Google Slides

This free minimalist Google Slides template will give your project a sense of tranquility and seriousness. The serif fonts, soft colors, and eye-catching graphics help you deliver your presentation.

19. Minimal Medical Google Slides Presentation

Here's a minimalist Google Slides template made for the medical field. The slides contain different shapes, image placeholders, and other features.

20. Clean Teamwork Presentation

Clean Teamwork Free Google Slides Templates Minimalist

This template has unique illustrated characters and image masks. The cool colors, icons, and minimalist font help create a creative looking presentation.

How to Customize Your Minimalist Google Slides Theme Template

Once you download your template, you'll want to customize your template to suit your needs. Here are some tips on how to customize your minimalist Google Slides Themed template:

This tutorial will be using the Warmy - Minimalist Google Slides Template, a premium template from Envato Elements.

Warmy Premium Template — This premium Google Slides template is from Envato Elements.

In this tutorial, we'll be using slide 8. Here's what slide 8 looks like without any edits.

Template with no edits — Warmy template slide 8 with no edits.

Let's get started:

1. How to Change an Object's Color

First, select the object that you want to change the color of. Next, click on the Fill Color button. Clicking on this button will cause a color menu to drop down. From the color, menu select the color that you want for the object.

2. How to Add New Text

To add new text, you need to add the text box in a blank space on your slide. To make a new text box click on the Text Box button in the toolbar. Next, draw a diagonal line to make your text box. Then start typing inside the box.

3. How to Change the Slide's Background Color

To change the background color, click on the Background button in the toolbar. This will cause a menu to pop up. There's a Color button in the pop-up menu. Once you click on that, a color menu will drop down.

4. How to Insert a Picture

To insert a picture, click on the Insert button above the toolbar. Once you click on this button, a menu will drop down. Select an image from the drop-down menu next. Choose the option that's best for you.

5. How to Change the Font

First, to change the text's font, highlight the text that you want to change the font of. In the toolbar, it'll tell you what font that text is. Click on that font name. This causes a menu to drop down. Select the font that you want to change your highlighted text to.

5 Quick Tips to Make Great Minimalist Google Slides Theme Designs for 2021

Even if you've got a professional Google Slides template, you'll still need to edit the theme to have a lasting impact on your audience. That's why I've gathered a few tips on how to get the most out of your Google Slides theme design:

1. Start With a Base Theme

Hasta Minimalist Google Slides Theme — The premium Hasta Google Slides Presentation Template is a great one to give your presentation a professional look.

When you begin to create your Google Slides presentation, you'll want to start with some sort of base theme. You'll have the color palette in place, arrangement on the slides set, and a set of fonts to be used in the slides.

Without this base theme already set, you'll waste time designing the actual slides. That'll take time away from adding the right information to the slides and from practicing your presentation.

2. Style Master Slides to Create a Unified Theme

All the slides in your presentation should have a unified theme. The master slide in your Google Slides editor will affect every slide in the presentation.

To make changes to your design, change the master slide. If you change the background, font, or colors in this slide, all the other slides will reflect these changes.

3. Brand Your Slides With Watermarks

Inserting watermarks into all your slides is a great way to promote your brand. A watermark can easily be inserted into all your slides by editing the master slide.

To add a watermark, simply upload your company logo. Adjust the transparency of the logo so it blends into the background and isn't intrusive but is still noticeable.

Where you put this watermark depends on your Google Slides theme. In the top right or bottom right corner usually works best.

4. Use Contrasting Colors

Netto Google Slides Template — The premium Netto Google Slides template features both a light and dark color scheme.

Use contrasting colors in your Google Slides presentation. Using light colors on your text and icons with a dark background works best. Dark colors and a light background can also work well. These contrasting colors will help add a sense of dimension to your presentation.

If you use colors that don't contrast, you may run into the problem of having all the elements on your slides blend together.

5. Choose Your Fonts Well

When choosing a font for your presentation, you'll want to choose one that's easy to read. One popular type of font that works well in presentations is sans serif fonts. These fonts are modern and smooth typefaces that are pleasing to the eye.

For more information on choosing fonts for your presentation, check out the following tutorial:

Microsoft PowerPoint

What Are the Best Fonts to Use in PowerPoint PPT Presentations? (Complete 2021 Guide)

Andrew Childress

5 Simple (Minimalist) Google Slides Design Trends for 2021

Here are some Google Slides design trends for 2021:

1. Color Blocking

Color blocking is when a large section is one color or large sections are in contrasting colors. When designing your minimalist Google Slides template, you can use color blocking and still have a minimal theme. Color blocking is a great way to add some visual interest without it being distracting.

2. Bold Fonts

Just because you've got a simple Google Slides theme doesn't mean that you can't have a bold font to make your presentation stand out. A bold font is a simple way to make your presentation stand out without doing too much or distract from your point. Fonts can add a visual interest to your slide that can add personality to your presentation.

3. Black and White

Black and white is a simple Google Slides theme color scheme that's used in a minimalist template. This color scheme is great because it's classic and can go with any topic.

Black and White Simple Google Slides Template — This premium Google Slides template has a black and white color scheme.

4. Infographics for Data

When using a Minimalist Google Slides themes, you want some elements of your presentation to make an impression. If you're presenting important data, you'll want your data to stand out. A way to make important data stand out is to use infographics to present your data to your audience.

5. More White Space

Simple Google Slides themes have a lot of white space. This is a great minimalist design trend because all the white space is less distracting for the audience. Having a large amount of white space also adds some clarity and impact to your slides.

Discover More Great Minimalist Presentation Template Designs

Each Google Slides presentation requires its own unique design to deliver your message. Envato Elements offers thousands of unique Google Slides, PowerPoint, and Keynote designs for a low monthly fee.

You'll have complete access to a massive library of minimalist Google Slides themes. Quickly find a design template that meets your presentation's needs. Browse the articles below to find even more great choices:

35 Clean PowerPoint Templates (PPTs) With Minimalist Designs (For 2021)
Make a positive impact with these high-performing, clean PowerPoint templates. These modern designs are sure to impress.

Laura Spencer
25 Jun 2021

Microsoft PowerPoint
35 Modern Keynote Templates to Create Beautiful Presentation Designs 2021
Are you looking for modern Keynote templates to help your presentation stand out? Don't miss these cool Keynote template designs.

Laura Spencer
23 Apr 2021

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35 Simple Google Slides Themes (Free + Premium) to Design Minimalist Presentations
Simple Google Slides themes put the spotlight on you and your message. Even if you're not a professional designer, these minimalist and simple Google Slides...

Andrew Childress
06 Feb 2021

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5 Benefits of Using Premium Minimal Google Slides Themes (In 2021)

Free simple Google Slides templates are a good resource if you're on a tight budget. But buying a premium Google Slides theme has many advantages, and the result will be a professional presentation.

Let me share with you some of the benefits of professional minimalist slides:

Catch the audience's attention. When presenting, you'll want your viewers' eyes on the slides. Don't bore them with the themes included in the software, themes we've all seen again and again. A premium simple Google Slides template has a unique design: colors, images, fonts, and shapes. That'll make the difference between a dull and a fantastic, unique presentation.
Save hours of work. A premium Google Slides theme means you won't have to invest time in designing your slides from scratch. You won't have to think about the right colors or layouts. Just download it and focus on the important: the content of your presentation.
Focus on branding. Premium minimalist slides will let you add your own branding to the presentation. The professional themes allow you to integrate unique branding elements like your company's color and logo.
Customization is endless. A professional template also gives you unlimited customization. Edit any detail of a premium theme to fit your needs.
Get inspired. Our collection of professional minimal Google Slides themes is a great place to start forming your ideas. We've got themes for every occasion and topic.

Envato Elements Gives You Design Without Limits

Now that you know the benefits of using premium themes, Envato Elements has a fantastic (all inclusive) offer for you:

Sign up for Envato Elements. Get access to thousands of creative digital assets with unlimited use. That's right, download as many simple Google Slides themes, resume templates and graphic designs as you need. All for one low monthly price.

Common Google Slides Questions Answered (FAQ)

You've seen our selection of minimal Google Slides themes and some great design tips. But you've got some doubts about the web-based software. Let me help you with those:

1. Why Should I Choose Google Slides Over PowerPoint?

PowerPoint is the most popular presentation software. But Google Slides offers quite a few advantages that may convince you to try it. Here are just a few:

It's free. While PowerPoint requires a Microsoft Office subscription, Google Slides is free to use with a Gmail account. This is a great benefit if you're on a limited budget, but still need to create professional presentations.
It's easy to use. This software is known for its less complicated tools and navigation. You'll learn how to use it in no time.
It's perfect for teamwork. Collaboration is one of Google Office's strengths. Your documents are always available online in real-time. And more than one team member can access them at the same time.

These are some of the most important benefits of Google Slides. Learn more about it here:

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Should Google Slides Replace PowerPoint in Your Workflow?

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2. Can I Convert Google Slides Presentations to PowerPoint?

Your Google Slides presentation is finished. And now, you might need to share it with a Microsoft Office user. Don't worry, you can convert it.

Google Slides includes an excellent conversion feature. It's easy to convert from to PowerPoint and several other popular formats. Just follow our tutorial about it:

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How to Convert Google Slides to PowerPoint Presentations on Export

Laura Spencer

3. How Can I Create Google Slides Layouts?

If you need specialized layouts (like changing the default font, colors or design of the slides) this is very easy to do in Google Slides.

Create unique layouts and apply them throughout the presentation. In this tutorial we explain it step by step:

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How to Create Google Slide Layouts (Dimensions, Sizes, and Design)

Laura Spencer

4. How Can I Change Themes in Google Slides?

If you've used Google Slides, you know it comes with a limited number of themes. Luckily, as you've seen in this article, there are plenty of Google Slides themes to choose from in our marketplaces.

Now, after you've selected and downloaded the right theme for you, all you need to do is drag it to your Google Drive. Learn more details here:

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How to Quickly Change Themes For Google Slides (Download & Import)

Laura Spencer

5. Can I Use Animations and Transitions in Google Slides?

Animations are a great touch to add to your presentation. Add them between slides to help your presentation flow. And it's easy to do in Google Slides.

But first, you need to understand what the terms mean and the options available in the software. We've got this handy tutorial for you:

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How to Use Google Slides Animations and Timed Transitions

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Learn More About Using Google Slides

Google Slides is a fantastic tool for presentations. It's free, easy to use and makes sharing slides a piece of cake.

If you're new to this software, we've got some great resources for you. Also, don't forget to check our useful series: How to Use Google Slides (Ultimate Tutorial Guide).

Here are some more presentation tutorials to help you understand the various presentations:

Unlock the Power of Professional Minimalist Google Slides Theme Designs

Want to create a stylish, interactive and professional-looking Google Slides presentation? Then start with a high-quality Google Slides theme design from Envato Elements.

You may be tempted by free Google Slides templates that are minimalist online. But don't be fooled. Professionally designed simple Google Slides templates are your best choice.

These professional themes help you focus on adding content into the slides without having to worry about the design.

If you need a single use minimalist Google Slides theme, head on over to GraphicRiver. Browse through thousands of minimal Google Slides theme designs. Find the right Google Slides design for your project. New designs are added weekly, so you're sure to find one that fits your needs.

What are you waiting for? Start your next presentation with a professional and modern minimalist Google Slides template. Download your favorites today!

Editorial Note: This post has been updated with contributions from Maria Villanueva, Sarah Joy, and Nathan Umoh. Sarah is a freelance instructor for Envato Tuts+. Maria and Nathan are staff writers with Envato Tuts+.

10 Simple Ways to Quickly Increase Your Online Sales

Posted: 01 Jul 2021 05:35 AM PDT

Anyone who has an online store wants to increase sales as much as possible. The question is, how do you do it?

Improve your online sales with simple website conversion optimizations — Are you ready to increase your online sales with simple optimizations? (graphic source)

While you can make drastic changes to your marketing strategy or your online store, sometimes all it takes is changing and testing a few small elements on your website.

This process is called conversion optimization. The goal of conversion optimization is to increase the percentage of website visitors that become paying customers. For new online businesses, conversion optimization is crucial, as it will help you maximize each visit to your website. The more of those visits you turn into leads or customers, the better your cash flow.

This guide will teach you how to increase your online sales with some basic website changes you can quickly implement when doing conversion optimization. Each of these tips are based on statistics or case studies that have shown increases in sales.

The Key Statistics for Increasing Your Sales Online

Before you go through this guide, it's best to review the different types of metrics you'll be using to measure your success. Of course, you'll need to have web analytics software such as Google Analytics (with eCommerce Tracking set up) so that you'll know your current metrics and how your changes will measure up.

Here are the essential metrics you need to be familiar with:

Leads

Your leads are simply the people who have expressed active interest in your products or services. Unlike your typical website visitor, they have given you their name or contact information, as well as permission to send them additional information. They're the first major step in your online sales funnel, which you can learn more about in this tutorial:

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How to Set Up Your First Online Sales Funnel

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Here are some of the ways you can use to count your number of leads:

Email subscribers. If you collect email addresses for a mailing list or newsletter, your number of subscribers is your list of leads.
Registered users. You can invite users to register to your online store or website, even before they're ready to buy. For example, if you've ever created an account on one fo the online retail stores like Amazon, Etsy, or Walmart without buying anything, you're already one of their leads.
Contact form submissions. If your site has a contact form that users tend to fill out to ask you more questions about your business or initiate purchases, these count as leads.
Quote requests. Requests for quotes typically applies to services. Whether you provide garden maintenance or website development, odds are potential clients have contacted you in an attempt to get an estimate on what their project would cost. These potential clients are your leads.
A combination of the above. You can use all of the above ways to gather leads. Just make sure that with each channel you use, you have a way to easily keep track of the number of leads you have per channel.

If your online shop is new, these leads will be easy to count and keep track of manually. But as your customer base grows, you'll need to find specific tools for measuring your leads depending on how you gather them. This could be through email marketing software or your website analytics program.

Conversion Rate

Your conversion rate is based on what you want users to do on a specific page. It's the number of visitors who perform the action you want divided by the number of visitors who don't.

Let's say you're looking to improve the conversions on a specific product page. To compute your conversion rate for the month, look at the number of unique visitors that clicked on the "Buy Now" button on that page throughout the month. Then, divide it by the total number of unique visitors on that page for the same month. If your product page received 200 unique visitors, but only 10 clicked on the "Buy Now" button, then your conversion rate is 5-percent.

Your goal could also be to increase the number of leads you get. If you're measuring email subscribers to your newsletter, you can create a squeeze page to capture email addresses. Get your overall conversion rate by comparing the number of subscribers you get from that page with the total number of visitors to that page.

Since your goal for each page on your site will be different, you have many options for measuring your conversion rates.

Bounce Rate and Exit Rate

Your bounce rates and exit rates will give you an idea about how many people leave your website or a specific page. It's important to know the difference between the two so that you can tell which you should use for each situation.

Bounce Rate

Your site's bounce rate is the percentage of your visitors who view just one page on your site, then leave. For example, a squeeze page with a high bounce rate and a high conversion rate is a good thing. This means that once a user lands on the page, the majority of them do the action you want them to do, whether it's making a purchase or signing up for your mailing list. But if your goal is to get visitors to browse through your product catalog, a high bounce rate indicates that most visitors probably didn't dig deeper into your products.

Exit Rate

The exit rate of a page, however, is the percentage of users who leave your website from that page—regardless of how many other pages they visited beforehand. You can make sense of your exit rate by looking at your users' behavior throughout your website and seeing how they navigate through it. If you use Google Analytics, you can find this under your "Users Flow" report.

How to Increase Your Online Sales (Quickly)

There are many simple ways to improve your online sales. Now that you're aware of the metrics you need to track for improving your online sales, here are ten changes you make right away:

1. Use a Personalized Call-to-Action

Since measuring conversion rates is essential to increasing sales, it's important to optimize where that conversion takes place: Your calls-to-action.

A call-to-action (CTA) is an element of a page that tells the reader to take a specific step. For example, in product pages, this could be a button labeled "Buy Now" or "Add to Cart." But CTAs can also call visitors to do other things, such as subscribe to a mailing list, follow a social media page, or share content.

A "personalized" call-to-action is more specific. While it doesn't necessarily address each individual visitor separately, it takes into account where they are in your sales funnel. In a study of over 93,000 CTAs, HubSpot found that tailoring the CTA text based on whether users are visitors, leads, or paying customers increased their conversion rates. This approach led HubSpot to convert 42-percent more visitors into leads.

Examples of personalized calls-to-action — Remember where your users belong in your sales funnel so that you can tailor your CTAs to their needs.

While the approach they used was a bit more technical, you can follow the basic idea by segmenting visitors whenever possible. For example, if you have an email marketing campaign, you can have a separate campaign directing paying customers to a specific landing page for them, while unconverted leads get a link to a different page. The idea is just to keep the customer journey in mind when designing your CTAs.

2. Write Clearer Headlines

Headline text is also an essential factor in increasing your sales. Whether it's a headline for an article, a product page, a squeeze page, or your homepage, a headline is usually the first thing your visitors will read. It has to capture their attention enough to keep them reading or browsing your site.

First, make your offer clear in the headline. Who is the target customer for your business? What can you do for them? According to a study from Conductor, an SEO technology company, clarity resonates with readers. The more explicit a headline was about what the content offered, the more people preferred it.

graph of headline preferences — The clearer a headline is about what the content is offering, the more readers tend to prefer it.

In one case study, an investment firm was able to increase their conversions by 52-percent just by specifying what they do and who they do it for. Their original headline read "The Wilson HTM Priority Core Fund"—a simple statement of the product name.

Example of clear headline — An investment firm immediately increased their leads by writing a clearer headline.

The image above shows the headline they tested that brought in the highest conversions. It states the target audience (investors) and what the fund does (has managers who try to consistently outperform the market). By rewriting their headline with a clear offer, they're now getting more leads.

Review the headlines in the major pages of your website, including your homepage and product pages. Do they specify who your target audience is, what you do for them, and what they can hope to achieve with you? If not, rewrite your headlines and watch for any changes in your conversion rates.

3. Declutter Your Site Navigation

Since you want your calls-to-action to be the main focus on most pages, it's important to declutter the navigation menus on your website. By minimizing the navigation elements on your key pages, your visitors' eyes will be directed to the CTA. This will make them likely to follow through on your CTAs rather than unnecessarily bounce from page to page.

In one experiment for an online store, MECLABS found that removing the top and sidebar navigations on checkout pages increased checkout rates by 10-percent. This experiment seems to fall in with some classic research from Marketing Sherpa, which found that removing navigation on key landing pages can lead to a 10 to 50-percent increase in conversions.

Chart of landing page elements that improve conversions — Removing navigation from your landing pages increases conversions by at least 10-percent.

This doesn't mean that your entire website shouldn't have navigational elements at all—just that these elements shouldn't distract from the main purpose of the page. Check out the example below from Hummingbird Hammocks. There is minimal navigation at the top of the product page, but the product photo and "Add to Cart" button are both more prominent.

Example of reduced navigation — Minimal navigation doesn't distract from the product photo or the call-to-action.

4. Optimize the Text Near Your Call to Action

Just because your call-to-action is the center of attention, it doesn't mean that you have to ignore the other elements around it. Usually, the text around or near your call-to-action can greatly impact your conversions.

There are several case studies showing that optimizing the text near your call-to-action can positively affect your conversions. In a split-test for an online betting community, Unbounce saw a 31.54-percent increase in sign-ups or conversions just by changing the text on and around the CTA.

Online retailer Zalora also changed the product text near the CTA and found a 12-percent increase in checkouts. Another case study for a venue space company found that changing the text directly above the contact form increased their number of leads by 69-percent.

Case study for changing text near CTA — Addressing the pain point of the user ("hard work for free") can help improve conversions.

What these case studies show us is that writing copy in the space near the CTA shouldn't be haphazard. Be deliberate in writing about the concerns, goals, and needs of your target audience. The following guides can help you optimize your copy in this area:

5. Use Pop-up Offers

It's easy to hear the word "pop-up" and think about an annoying distraction that jumps out at you while you're browsing through a website. But, when employed sparingly and strategically, pop-ups can help lessen shopping cart abandonment rates and increase your conversions.

Sumo, a company that provides lead capture solutions, found that on average, pop-ups had a 3-percent conversion rate. But the top 10-percent highest performing pop-ups had an average conversion rate three times higher.

Average conversion rate of pop-ups — On average, pop-up offers have a 3.1-percent conversion rate.

Ensure that your pop-ups will perform well by offering something relevant and useful to the user. If your offer is a promo or freebie that your visitors are glad to use, then the pop-up window will be seen as a gift rather than a distraction.

Kutoa, a company that sells health bars online, saw a 187-percent increase in their sales conversion rate just by adding a discount pop-up offer. If it's more leads you're after, you can follow the example from Teabox below, which encourages users to give their name and email address in exchange for a 20-percent discount.

6. Add Ample Whitespace to Your Site

There should be enough "breathing room" or whitespace between the different elements of your website and online store. Otherwise, your elements will look crowded, making it more difficult for your visitors' eyes to navigate between the different elements of your site.

In a series of case studies, The Good, a conversion rate optimization firm, found that decluttering online stores led to higher conversion rates and more sales. In one particular example, they more than doubled the conversion of a product page by eliminating unnecessary elements and increasing the use of whitespace.

Whitespace example — Adding some breathing room between product page elements can increase conversions

7. Replace Stock Photos

If you're currently using stock photos on your online store, don't feel too bad. Most new businesses often can't afford to have professional photos taken of their products or team. But the cost or effort of using your own photos can be justified because real photos of people and products have a positive effect on conversions.

Best Made Company is a good example of mixing typical product photos with photos of their products in-use. Their product pages have large photos of the entire product shown in different angles, as well as close ups of small details. But they also have an "In the Field" section, showing the product being used or worn in the right setting.

Example of photos of product in use — Include photos of customers using your products.

The same goes for photographs of people. Rather than show stock photos representing your team or your customers, it's better to opt for photos of real people. A truck-driving training company saw a 161-percent raise in conversions just by swapping out their stock photos of truckers with photos of their real students.

8. Improve Readability

Previous points have emphasized the importance of the text content on your online store, whether it's the headline, sales copy, or the words on your CTA buttons. Apart from the content itself, the readability of the content also matters. If persuasive content isn't readable in the first place, it's not going to get opportunities to convince users to buy from you.

Here's how to make your sales copy easier to read:

Make Font Sizes Larger

If your online store's text is sized at 10pt, then it might be too small. Click Laboratory, a design firm specializing in conversion rate optimization, found that increasing the font size on a software company's website decreased the bounce rate by 10-percent and led to a 133-percent increase in conversions. Though the original font size of 10pt looked better, increasing the size to 13pt and improving the spacing between the characters and lines led to better business results.

Font size increase — The larger, more spacious test font led to 133-percent more conversions.

Simplify Your Language

If you want to check your site's language for readability, you can use tools like the Readability Test Tool and Readable.io.

One example of a website that does all the above elements well is Basecamp. The Readability Test Tool indicates that their homepage copy can be understood by 10 to 11 year olds. The font sizes are also large, making the text legible even from afar. The bullet points and the hierarchy implied by the different font sizes also add to the readability of the page.

Example of good website readability — The large font size, and simple language makes this page easy to read.

9. Prove Customer Satisfaction

To encourage more sales for your online store, you also need to prove that your business has a history of satisfied customers. Your proof can come in the form of industry awards, a list of former or current clients, case studies, and testimonials.

This kind is especially important for new businesses that want to establish themselves quickly as a trusted brand. In fact, a survey from BrightLocal found that 84-percent of consumers trust an online review as much as a personal recommendation.

Also, the more reviews a product has, the better for your conversion rates. Having more than fifty product reviews can increase conversion rates by 4.6-percent.

If you haven't collected testimonials or reviews yet, now's your chance. The guide below includes tips on how to request testimonials, the tools you can use, and a list of sample questions you can ask customers when soliciting reviews:

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How to Use Feedback From Customer Reviews (In Your Small Business)

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One example of an online store that does social proof right is Casper. Each of their product pages display star ratings and reviews. When you hover over the star rating of a product, a small window shows up displaying the ratings breakdown, as well as a link where you can read all the reviews.

Caspers social proof — This product page shows star review breakdown and a link for viewing all product reviews.

10. Display Prominent Guarantees

You can also increase your eCommerce conversions by providing visitors with guarantees that your products or services are high quality. You can do this in the following ways:

Security badges. These are the badges indicating that transactions on your website are private and secure. Digital marketing firm Blue Fountain Media saw a 42-percent increase in conversions by adding a security badge from VeriSign. Not all badges are created equal, however. According to a study from Conversion XL, consumers only tend to trust the badges coming from familiar brands such as Google, PayPal, and Norton.
Return policies and money-back guarantees. This earns the trust of potential customers because they're assured that if they're not satisfied with your product and service, they can get a refund. A case study from Visual Website Optimizer found that adding a badge indicating a 30-day money back guarantee resulted in a 32-percent increase in conversions.
Industry-specific badges. These badges are specific to your industry or field. They could be industry ratings, awards, accreditations, or memberships to organizations. Online retailer Bag Servant saw a 72-percent increase in conversions just by displaying an award they won.

The following example from Crofters Organic shows industry-specific seals that their target customers will find important. These include seals labeling products as organic, GMO-free, and gluten-free.

Example of industry-specific seals — The above seals quickly tells visitors about the product's quality and safety.

While the same information can be conveyed via text, it's faster to see and interpret the images. Key information won't disappear among the product description and details.

Increase Your Online Sales Using Minor Tweaks

As the above tips show, you don't need to do an entire website overhaul to maximize your sales. Sometimes, running simple tests on different website elements—such as calls-to-action, images, and navigation—can be enough to increase your profits. At the very least, run one or two tests every few months so that you know your small business is making the most out of your online store.

Find great WordPress eCommerce Themes on Envato Elements or ThemeForest.

Editorial Note: This content was originally published in 2017. We're sharing it again because our editors have determined that this information is still accurate and relevant.

How to Make a Good Fundraiser Flyer

Posted: 01 Jul 2021 03:00 AM PDT

Final product image — What You'll Be Creating

In this tutorial, you'll learn the basics of how to make a good fundraiser flyer. We'll look at common elements for a fundraiser flyer, some tips and tricks, and some fundraiser flyer examples. I'll also show you how to make a flyer for a fundraising event in InDesign. The result will be a versatile and easy-to-edit fundraiser flyer template that you can use for your future projects. You can easily swap out the images and text—or even change the fonts if you want to customize further—and you'll be ready to go.

At the end of this tutorial, we'll show you some awesome fundraiser flyer ideas that can help you spark your creativity for your own project.

Are you looking for fundraiser flyer templates or InDesign fundraiser flyer examples? Envato Elements offers an awesome selection of fundraising flyer design, as well as millions of assets that can complement any of your projects. Here, you will find some of the best fundraising flyers.

How to Make a Good Fundraiser Flyer

The goal of a fundraiser flyer is to attract a desired audience to help a cause. With the wrong elements, it's possible that your audience will overlook your fundraising flyer. Here are a few important elements that can help you stand out to attract the target audience:

Create a focal point. Engage the readers with a striking image that relates to the fundraiser event: one that is professional but still communicates.
Have a title. It's important for your audience to know at a glance what you're trying to communicate.
Keep the content simple. Straight-to-the-point content like date, location, and price are the first details your audience want to know.
Use readable fonts. The goal of a flyer is to communicate. Use sans serif or serif fonts, highlighting certain information with display fonts (that are readable), but use them sparingly.
Highlight information. There are many ways to do this. You can do it by using display fonts, using bold colors, or rotating text.

What You'll Need to Create Your Cancer Fundraiser Flyer Template

You'll need access to Adobe InDesign. You'll also need a couple of fonts and an image:

Download the fonts and images, and make sure the fonts are installed before you start.

1. How to Set Up the Fundraiser Flyer

Step 1

Open Adobe InDesign and go to File > New > Document.

Choose Print from the options at the top of the New Document option window. Select the A4 preset. Deselect Facing Page.

Set the Top, Bottom, Left, and Right Margins to 1.5 cm.

Set the Bleeds to 0.3 cm. This will help to print the flyer design seamlessly, without any white borders.

Click Create.

Set up a fundraiser flyer in Adobe InDesign

Step 2

Head over to the Layers panel (Window > Layers). Rename Layer 1 as Background.

Select New Layer from the panel's drop-down menu, and rename this new layer Images. Repeat this step and rename the new layer Copy.

Lock the Copy and Images layers. Click on the Background layer to activate it.

Create new layers for your fundraiser flyer template

Step 3

Go to Layout > Create Guides. In the Create Guides option window, set the Rows to 5 and the Columns to 3. Under Options, select Margins.

Click OK.

Create guides for your fundraiser flyer template

Step 4

Go to Window > Color > Swatches to open the Color Swatches panel.

Select New Color Swatch from the panel's drop-down menu. Set the Type to Process and the Color Mode to CMYK. Add the cream swatch: C=5 M=0 Y=10 K=0.

Repeat this step and add the following swatches:

Brown: C=55 M=70 Y=70 K=70
Yellow: C=15 M=35 Y=85 K=0

Add color swatches for your fundraiser flyer template