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            <title><![CDATA[Crafting impactful Ad Visuals with a new approach]]></title>
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            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This article gives you a sneak preview into my “Visual Strategy Framework” that helps generate ideas for, e.g. advertising. Instead of just brainstorming, this approach allows concepts to be planned from the start based on the “<strong>intended impact.</strong>”</p><h4>Gradient to estimate impact</h4><p>A <strong>gradient </strong>broadly groups how the ad should work. More complex ads can trigger a stronger “Aha moment” or the famous “click in the head.”</p><p>In the next step, these broad categories can be further broken down into specific effects (highlighting, emphasizing, opposing, etc.).</p><p>The tool is still in development but can already significantly simplify work by making visual communication tangible in a new, argumentative way.</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*sz3tjBtPfWgXQOXwwEdXpQ.png" /></figure><h4><strong>The four example ads in detail</strong></h4><p>They are all mockup ads, for an fictitious furniture retailer.<br>All images are created with image-generation tools.</p><h4>Presence</h4><p>Show a typical product or service.</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*831yKWAHaAQGFXzJAl1z4Q.jpeg" /></figure><h4>Connection</h4><p>Connect a typical product with a seasonal theme.</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*Vfsrbp1-Ze8craCnyDmCyA.jpeg" /></figure><h4>Metaphor</h4><p>Convey a deeper sense of your products or the experiences of your products, e.g. different views based on different target audiences.</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*w8ust5fmedV9jKvd0nUzsQ.jpeg" /></figure><h4>Brainteaser</h4><p>A riddle or puzzle, which the viewer has to figure out.<br>In this case, the answer is given with a hint.</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*ZUbUzkILe-xL8ETJ-7LsPQ.jpeg" /></figure><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=795e0a21fa7b" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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