Tips to Create Ever Refreshing Digital Signage Content

Carol Sobers
5 min readSep 15, 2020

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Have you ever been evoked by the digital display on the screens while walking in the store? Has this content ever provoked you to make a purchase?

Of course, yes!

Digital signage helps you deliver your message in an exquisite way that directly connects with the customer’s emotions. The infusion of dynamism with vibrant images and colors are a great way to catch the customers' attraction.

There are various types of digital signage content that can be displayed on screens.

Static branded content is simply the brand’s advertisement that portrays its products and services in a dynamic form.

Curated content that brands aggregate from its social media feed displays its social market exposure and customer reach.

Testimonials and interactive UGC content display the content created by the users showcasing their reviews and experiences with the brands and its products.

Many strategies and tips are taken into consideration to create content that makes an everlasting connection with the customers.

Here in this blog, we have shared some useful tips to create unique and refreshing digital signage content.

1. Contemplate your audience sphere

Not everyone has the same intensity of connection with the content. Some get attracted to it, while some have no impact on them.

The only factor that matters is to acknowledge the interest of your targeted audience.

Let us understand it this way,

You have a retail store or salon, and you know that your targeted audiences. To attract them, you need to have sharp and vibrant content, especially the testimonials of genuine customers, to make an impact on them and invoke their desire to have your services.

On the other hand, if you have digital signage for an official workplace, you can display graphs and charts of accomplishments to showcase your market position and growth.

Considering and acknowledging your audiences is the most important and primary factor in deciding what to display on your digital signage screens.

2. Consider the location of your digital signage display

A a brand, you should always analyze the locality of the display to get the maximum pay-off from the display.

For example, suppose you display your digital signage screens at the kiosk on airports or at the screens near the escalators of shopping malls. In that case, you need to have bold and unique content to display to have the maximum impressions on the people walking by as they have a very little time to have a look at the screens.

Also, if your brand has multiple chains at multiple locations, try creating different content for different locations to connect more with the audience.

3. Update content frequently

It is essential for the brand to freshen up the content in short intervals to showcase unique content to the customers every time they have a look at the digital signage screens.
To get the customer’s and visitor’s attention continuously, you need to serve them with the fresh content that attracts them towards your brand and its products.

To make your content dynamic, you can use animations, gifts, videos, or even image sliders so that you can keep your content as exciting as possible.

You can even display your social media feed with real-time updates to grab your visitor’s attention for a longer time.

4. Customize your content to magnify the visual appeal

To have maximum exposure in the market and to make the most of the digital advertisement, brands need to carefully understand the designing principles and implement them effectively.

It's important to choose the font style and font size wisely so that it is easily readable to the customers. Also, the color of the content plays a vital role as it highlights the content and makes it look even more appealing and exciting.

In the case of videos, any animated content brands should choose an appropriate layout and theme to make it visually more appealing and inviting. Moreover, it is advisable to use high-quality images with sharp composition and to incorporate branding in the content wherever possible to showcase and reflect your brand’s aesthetics.

5. Design your content using creative tools

You do not need a graphic designer to design your content every time. Making your content look professional and attractive is not rocket science. All you need is to have a basic knowledge and the access to the tools specifically designed to assist you in creating an enticing advertisement of your brand to display on digital signage screens.

Many tools can help the brands to design and customize their digital signage content according to their targeted audience.

Canva

It is a web-based tool that can fulfill all your marketing needs by designing the complete look for your digital content. Using this tool, anyone can create designs that are of professional quality.

It can be used to create albums, videos, flyers, posters, presentations, etc.

It also provides a wide range of features to customize your content. You can choose your font style, color, layouts, themes, add background images, add music to the content, and a lot more.

Adobe Photoshop

It is a digital art tool that helps you edit and highlight your content using attractive graphic designs. It is an advanced photo editor tool that can help you create and enhance your photos and images. You can even apply different photo effects to your images to make it look even more exciting.

Social Media Aggregators

Many social media aggregator tools in the market like Taggbox helps you curate the content from social media accounts and display it on digital signage screens.

Taggbox not only aggregates the social media feed but also customize it and moderate it to display the most relevant content. Also, this tool helps the brand to display the fresh and dynamic content with its real-time update feature.

Google Slides

It is a web based software that helps you create and edit presentations the same as PowerPoint. It helps you create digital menu boards using compelling themes and fonts, charts, animations and attractive graphics.

Conclusion

Digital signages are a perfect way to gain customer’s attention and to land a new customer. To create the effective content to display on digital signages brands need to follow these tips and showcase their brand in an organic way.

To outline your content strategy, you should consider the following points and start creating your own marketing content to be displayed on screens.

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Carol Sobers
Carol Sobers

Written by Carol Sobers

I am an enthusiastic content curator with a zeal to write anything and everything about content marketing and related domains

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