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50+ Unique Banner Design Ideas to Inspire You (Categorized)
Published at
Dec 30, 2020
We've created a list of 56 unique banner design ideas for various use cases.
The best part?
You can edit them online and download for free.
Choose the category that best suits your needs and find inspiration for your next banner.
Here’s a short selection of 8 easy-to-edit banner templates you can edit, share and download with Visme. View more templates below:
56 Banner Design Ideas Categorized
- Social Media Banner Design Ideas
- Business Banner Design Ideas
- Website Banner Design Ideas
- Blog Banner Design Ideas
- Sales Banner Design Ideas
- Digital Advertising Banner Design Ideas
- YouTube Banner Design Ideas
Social Media Banner Design Ideas
Social media banners can help you visually reflect your values, beliefs, thoughts and feelings in front of your friends, family, colleagues and other social circles.
For businesses, a social media profile or page is often the first touchpoint for customers. A relevant, attractive banner can help you stand out, make a great first impression and convert.
Below is a collection of social media banners you can customize and use for your own business page or personal profile.
1. Mother’s Day Banner
Show appreciation and gratitude to your mother with this heartwarming, floral banner template on Facebook or any other social media platform. The delicate color scheme is feminine and shows you care. Write a custom message by replacing the placeholder text, or use the banner as it is.
2. Wildlife Conservation Banner
This banner idea is perfect for spreading awareness about protecting wildlife or any other cause that you care deeply about. Whether you’re a nonprofit looking to solicit support and donations on social media or just someone looking to create awareness about an important issue, you can easily customize this banner template for your own use.
3. Happy Valentine’s Day Banner
Celebrate this Valentine’s Day with your social media family using this purple banner with cute heart icons. If you have had enough of pinks and reds this year, the refreshing color combination of this banner idea is likely to be just what you’re looking for. Customize this banner template with your own name, and even change the colors if you’d like to.
4. Happy New Year Banner
Got a resolution to change yourself for the better this year? Share the positive vibes with your social media family using this New Year New Me banner template. The colorful design of this banner is enhanced with a confetti photo in the background and a timeless color scheme.
5. Halloween Party Banner
Promote your event on your social media profile or page with this fun Halloween banner idea. Unlike other cringeworthy designs, this banner template is clean, minimalist and draws attention to the most important information about the event.
6. Good Vibes Banner
Share positive vibes with your friends and followers on social media with this simple and attractive banner template. The idea of this banner is to keep the text to a minimal and exude happy thoughts with a nostalgic photo of the sunset. Feel free to switch out the photo for your own image.
7. Merry Christmas Banner
Share the joy during the holiday season by decorating your social media page or profile with a colorful and cheery Merry Christmas banner. The bright colors of this template will grab anyone’s attention, while the casual font will add a fun, playful touch to your profile.
8. Inspirational Quote Banner
Make your social media profile reflect positive thoughts and vibes with this soothing banner idea with an inspiring quote and a high-resolution photo. Replace it with your own photo and type in your own text easily when you edit this banner template in Visme.
Business Banner Design Ideas
Businesses can use banners for various purposes, both online and offline. Banners can help grab the attention of your audience on social media, email, landing pages and even in the form of ads on other websites they visit.
A good business banner can help effectively communicate the brand values and visual identity of your business, while ensuring that users take the desired action.
Here are some professional business banner ideas you can customize and use for your own needs.
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9. Mobile App Banner
This banner idea uses animation to grab the audience’s attention. The iPhone illustration with customizable text on top makes this banner template ideal for promoting your mobile app or any SaaS product. This banner also has space to fit your logo at the bottom right of the design.
10. Employee Appreciation Day Banner
Show your employees that you care with this simple, minimalist Employee Appreciation Day banner template. Use this banner on your company’s social media profiles, such as LinkedIn and Facebook, or use it as an email header when you send out internal emails during the day.
11. Take Your Dog to Work Day Banner
Celebrate unique work days to encourage team spirit and build a fun, comfortable office culture with this clean and modern banner idea. Customize the photo in the background and replace the text to use this banner design for something else, such as Take Your Kids to Work Day!
12. Virtual Event Banner
Promote your virtual event, such as a webinar or remote team meeting, using this animated business banner idea. Replace the growth arrow with another icon to communicate the topic of the meeting or set the tone. The banner template is also designed to bring attention to the important details of the event, such as the time and date.
13. Hair Studio Banner
This minimalist, stylish banner template is just what you need to promote your hair, clothing, beauty or fashion business. You can also customize it for any other industry, such as graphic design, and use it as an email header, blog header, Facebook cover or LinkedIn banner.
14. Piano Lessons Banner
If you want to give a classy look to your business, consider the banner idea below for inspiration. The use of sophisticated colors, subtle imagery in the background and elegant, serif fonts makes this banner template look modern and classic at the same time. If not piano lessons, you can customize this banner for any other use.
15. Web Development Banner
Businesses selling a service need a banner design that clearly communicates what they do and the standard of quality they provide. All of this can be effectively done with the help of the banner template below. It features icons to illustrate the nature of your services, and a design that’s sure to draw attention to your high quality standards.
16. Digital Services Banner
Sometimes, an illustrated banner design is just what you need to effectively communicate your company’s values and services. Instead of relying on stock photos, this banner template makes use of vector icons, modern fonts and a contrasting color scheme that’s eye-catching and modern. Customize it according to your own business and needs.
Website Banner Design Ideas
Your website is like your digital storefront. You need to make it look as visually appealing as possible.
The best way to do that is with a professionally designed header that not only showcases your business in the best light, but also clearly communicates what you do and offer.
Below are some website banners handpicked from our template library. Customize and use them on your website, social media or anywhere else.
17. Holiday Website Banner
The holidays are a busy time for shoppers, which means online stores, restaurants and even coffee houses need to be on top of their visual marketing game. Dress up your homepage in the festive spirit with this cheerful and decorative holiday website banner.
18. Italian Food Website Banner
Make it impossible for your website visitors to not order from your restaurant with this delicious Italian food website banner. Customize it with your own photo in the background, edit the text and fonts and even add a call-to-action button.
19. Online Sale Website Banner
This upbeat website banner is perfect for online stores, especially in the fashion apparel, shoes and accessories niches. Announce an exclusive online sale, or customize it for seasonal or any other type of sale. Upload a photo of your own products to make it even more personalized.
20. Digital Marketing Website Banner
Furnish your digital marketing website with a clean, modern and inviting banner by customizing the template below. This banner has a bright blue and orange color scheme, perfect for tech and marketing businesses. You can also change the colors, fonts, images and pretty much anything else.
21. Wedding Photography Website Banner
Make your wedding photography website look polished and professional with a beautiful, minimalist banner. This template can be customized with images of your own. You can also add a CTA button and make it animated to add to your website and grab attention.
22. Blog Website Banner
If you want your website header to reflect your latest or featured blog post, this banner template is the perfect way to do that. Customize the image in this website banner by uploading your own or choosing from the millions of free images in Visme's built-in library.
23. Skincare Shop Website Banner
This attractive website banner template is designed to get more visitors to click on your call-to-action, whether it's to buy from you, get in touch or simply browse the products in your store. This banner has bright and optimistic colors and a place to add your product photo.
24. Car Insurance Website Banner
Make your homepage or landing page more appealing with a unique banner idea like the one below. This template uses a creative overlay box on top of a high-quality photo that you can replace and customize. It also has a call-to-action button that you can edit for color and text.
Blog Banner Design Ideas
To get more eyeballs on your blog content, you need to make your post look clickable. Easily grab the attention of more readers with an engaging blog banner graphic.
A great blog banner will pique the interest of your audience by communicating what your blog is about and also by using visuals to evoke relevant emotions.
For example, if you run a recipe blog, you can use high-quality pictures of food as banners for your posts to get people drooling and wanting to read the recipe.
Below are some blog banner ideas and templates you can customize.
25. Web Design Process Banner
Highlight the steps discussed in your blog post using this colorful blog banner template. This banner idea breaks your how-to article down in visual, numbered chunks to give readers a brief overview of what they can expect to read at a single glance.
26. Pull Quote Banner
Need to point to a powerful quote or statement in your blog post? Do it with the help of this banner template. This banner idea has a simple design with a photo on one side and quote text on the other. Replace it with your own content entirely and use it as a pull quote.
27. Fashion Tips Banner
Your fashion blog needs a banner that matches its vibe. This banner template is clean, minimalist and can be used for other industries and purposes as well. You can use it as a blog header, or customize it to use as a blog graphic or CTA within your article.
28. Top Social Media Banner
Put the title of your blog post front and center with this attention-grabbing banner template. The idea of this banner design is to intrigue the reader to read further by hinting at what’s inside with the help of subtle outline icons on the sides. You can easily replace the icons with relevant ones from Visme’s built-in graphic library, which has over a thousand free options.
29. Top Business Banner
Writing a “best of” listicle on a business, marketing or technology topic? This banner template will get readers clicking away on your post with its eye-catching fonts, a prominent number and bold color contrast. Customize this banner design with your own text, background and colors.
3o. Top Travel Banner
If you’re looking for a simple banner idea to make your blog look good, the template below could do a lot for you. Easily customize the icon in this banner template by changing the colors or replacing it entirely with a symbol that’s more relevant.
31. Organic Food Banner
This illustrated banner idea is great for adding a pop of color to your healthy food, recipe or nutrition blog posts. Customize it with the title of your post to use it as a blog header, or create a graphic to act as a visual break between the text in your article.
32. 10 Reasons Banner
Put focus on the big number of the points included in your article with this corporate blog banner template. Use the professional image in the background as it is or replace it with a more relevant photo by uploading from your computer or browsing through Visme’s image library.
Sales Banner Design Ideas
Announce sales and discounts on various online mediums with the help of our sales banner ideas. An attractive sales banner can get potential customers excited and pouring into your online and physical stores to make purchases.
Below is our handpicked collection of sales banners any business can customize.
33. Valentine’s Day Sale Banner
Get lovers whipping out their credit cards to take advantage of your store’s exclusive Valentine’s Day sale with this feminine and stylish banner template. Use this banner anywhere; as a social media profile cover, an email header and even a display ad banner.
34. Labor Day Sale Banner
This simple banner template can help you announce a sale on any digital channel, from social media to email to blog posts in the form of a CTA. Customize this banner for any other occasion, such as the Fourth of July, Republic Day and more. You can also add more text and even your logo to personalize this sales banner.
35. Mother’s Day Sale Banner
Special occasions are a gold mine for retailers, so make sure you take advantage of these days with proper visual marketing and promotion. This Mother’s Day sale banner can be customized for any occasion or sale, and for any niche as well.
36. National Burger Day Sale Banner
Do you know what’s better than a burger? Two burgers! Let this banner get your customers excited about exactly that. If you’re not selling burgers, you can easily customize this banner template with your own images and text.
37. Back to School Sale Banner
Use this banner on your social media profiles, marketing emails, website and even get it printed to hang in your brick-and-mortar store. Customize this back to school banner for any purpose, such as a fashion clothing sale or a sale on shoes and accessories.
38. Free Haircuts Banner
This banner idea uses a dark overlay on top of an image and bold text on top to highlight your offer, such as a sale announcement, a discount, or in this case, free haircuts. Customize it for your own hair salon or any other business easily in the Visme banner maker.
39. Spring Sale Banner
Announce your Spring Sale with a bright, cheerful banner that draws attention to the only thing that matters to your customers: discounts. But this banner does more than just send a message. It’s designed by professionals, so it can greatly improve the visual appeal of your brand, emails, social media profiles and anywhere else you choose to place this banner.
40. Online Exclusive Sale Banner
With more people staying home and shopping through their phones and laptops, it’s time to drive more traffic to your online stores than simply focusing on brick-and-mortar. The best way to do that is by offering an online exclusive sale, which you can announce using a clean and modern banner like the one below.
Digital Advertising Banner Design Ideas
Create eye-catching digital advertising banners to drive more traffic to your website and convert visitors into paying customers for your business.
Browse our collection of banner ad templates below to customize and use as you see fit.
41. Restaurant Banner Ad
Promote your restaurant, cafe, eatery or even a food blog with this customizable banner ad design. The compact design of this display ad template is intuitively packs a high-quality photo, copy and a prominent call-to-action that you can edit with your own text and colors.
42. Travel Banner Ad
Entice potential customers with an attractive banner ad like the one below. Edit this banner ad template with your own image, colors, copy and call-to-action. Make it even more personalized by adding your company's logo in the corner.
43. Healthcare Banner Ad
This banner ad design is ideal for businesses and organizations in the healthcare industry, such as health insurance, hospitals, clinics and even health-oriented nonprofits. Customize this banner ad template with your own copy, company name, logo and call-to-action.
44. Car Rental Banner Ad
Advertise your rent-a-car business, showroom and even car insurance company with this auto-themed banner ad template. Customize this display ad banner with your own copy, colors, logo and call-to-action. Add icons from the icon library, change fonts and more.
45. Fashion Banner Ad
Promote your fashion business, online store and more with this feminine, floral banner ad template. This digital advertising banner is fully customizable, and if you want to, you can replace the florals with other images, such as candles, from Visme's built-in stock photo library.
46. Blogger Banner Ad
Promote blogging, content marketing, editing and related services with the help of this banner ad design. The most prominent of this banner template is the use of bold fonts and a strategically placed CTA that follows the eye of the reader and prompts them to take action.
47. Nonprofit Banner Ad
Unveil the soft side of your nonprofit to connect with your audience and touch their hearts with a digital banner ad like the one below. A banner ad with the right message and visuals can help you solicit donations and support, so customize this ad template carefully.
48. Education Banner Ad
If you're in the education business and looking to enroll students, this banner ad template is perfect for you. You can customize the colors, text and font, and even add your logo. This digital advertising banner can also be used to promote online courses and certifications.
YouTube Banner Design Ideas
Leave a powerful impact on your subscribers and people who visit your YouTube channel by decorating it with a banner that reflects your theme, vibe and niche.
Below are some professional YouTube banner templates you can edit and use.
49. Recipe Tutorial Banner
The banner template below is great for a cooking or recipe YouTube channel. It uses modern fonts and a clean layout with plenty of white space. Customize this banner idea with your own images, such as a high-quality photo of a popular dish of yours.
50. Summer Playlist Banner
If you love sharing seasonal playlists on your YouTube channel, use the banner template below to promote your latest playlist and create a summery vibe. Swap the photo in the background for a different one and replace the text to fully customize this banner idea.
51. Travel Guide Banner
Inspire your followers, viewers and subscribers to travel the world through your lens with this clean and modern travel guide banner idea. Customize it with a photo of your own in the background, add your own text and make this channel art your own.
52. Makeup Tutorial Banner
Add a cute, funky theme to your YouTube channel with this white and pink beauty channel art template. This banner idea is feminine and elegant, and can be customized to fit any other purpose, such as skincare tutorials, unboxing videos and more.
53. Rock Star Musician Banner
Make your channel reflect the vibe of your music or band with this vintage-style banner template. Customize this YouTube banner with your own photo, such as one from your concert or music video. Edit the text to add your name and title, and even change the fonts and colors.
54. Pink Playlist Banner
Add some flare to your YouTube channel with this fun and colorful banner template. Make subscribers and visitors fall in love with your channel and videos. You can also use this banner template on other social media platforms, and even as a website header.
55. Corporate Business Banner
Looking for a professional-looking banner template for your business channel? This banner idea can be customized with your own high-quality image, or you can choose to replace it with one from Visme's free stock photo library. Edit the text and colors, and you're good to go.
56. Photography Tutorial Banner
Make your channel reflect your love for photography, videography and any other media-related field with this sleek, modern banner template. Replace it with a photo of your own in the background, edit the intensity of the overlay and customize the font and text as you see fit.
Ready to Design Your Own Online Banners?
If you've found a banner idea or template that you like from the options above, click on the button right below the template to edit it in Visme. Each banner is created with optimal dimensions, but you can easily change the canvas size if you wish to use it elsewhere.
If you're still searching for more banner ideas, browse our template library with hundreds of options across 40+ categories to find your perfect banner template. Alternatively, take advantage of Visme's AI banner generator to whip up elegant banner designs in minutes–complete with design and content.
Creating a banner in Visme is as easy as 1, 2, 3. All you need to do is pick a template, replace the images and text, change colors and fonts, and then download it in your favorite format or share it online directly via a link.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
If you have queries related to banner design and how to use them on the web, keep reading as we've attempted to address some popular questions below.
Q1. How do you decorate a banner?
One of the best ways to decorate a banner is to add a border. This could either be a plain border, an ornamental border or something more fancy with icons. You can also consider adding a pattern or texture background, or adding graphic elements like icons and illustrations,
Q2. What should be on a banner?
Your banner should have an eye-catching design and short-and-sweet copy that drives action. You could also add a prominent call-to-action button to get visitors to click.
To create brand awareness, consider adding your company name, website, logo and social media handles on your banner.
Q3. What makes a good website banner?
A great web banner has your company name, logo, message and a prominent CTA to entice action. Your website banner should be created in optimal size for each platform.
It should also be designed with visual hierarchy, color psychology and other design principles in mind. Make sure you establish good contrast between the background and the text or graphic elements on top so they're easy to read and view.
Q4. How can you make a banner more attractive?
Make a banner look more attractive by using colors that resonate with your brand identity and topic. You can also add a border to your banner, add icons, filters and overlays to it, and keep visual hierarchy principles in mind when designing to enhance the banner's visual appeal.
Q5. Can you make a banner in Microsoft Word?
You can make very basic banners in Microsoft Word using templates. To make professional and better-looking banners suitable for digital marketing and social media, use a free and easy design tool like Visme.
Q6. How do you make a banner look professional?
Make your banner look professional by using high-quality graphics and following basic design principles, such as font pairing, color psychology, visual hierarchy and consistency. Adding your company's name, website or logo can also help your banner look polished and professional.
Q7. How can I make a banner online for free?
You can make a banner online for free using Visme. Sign up for a free account, choose a banner template, and customize it in the easy-to-use editor to create one in minutes.
Q8. What app is best for making banners?
Visme is one of the best apps for creating free banners for social media, email, websites, sales, YouTube channels, digital advertising and more.
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