Hubspot's Call to Action Button Generator
by Dave Maloney For a
Call to Action button, a text-only message just can't compete with the "Wow!" factor of a full color graphic, but your options are limited if you're not a Photoshop master or don't have a graphics department at your service.
Recently, HubSpot introduced a pretty handy new tool for their customers that's easy to use: their
Call to Action Button Generator. You don't have to have a graphics degree or extensive software training to make your own eye-catching Call to Action buttons; just follow the steps and watch your button evolve as you go
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- To begin, make sure you click on the white text in the preview panel (where it reads "Your Buttton Image"); then you can start typing your unique message. Need help coming up with ideas? HubSpot can help you with that too: Creating Calls to Action
- Next, you can customize your call to action button size and shape. As you make changes you can preview your design in real time and at actual size, so play around! Sizing onscreen is measured in Pixels (px) and to give you some frame of reference, this blog column is about 680px, the sidebar on the right of this page is about 200px and this whole page from edge to edge is 880px.
- When choosing colors for your text an background, you may want to make the colors match your website theme and company colors, but keep in mind you want this to "Pop!", so a little contrast may be a good thing.
- The Hubspot Call to Action Button generator even gives you a good selection of special effects to play with to really make your message unique; try them out and see what you like, you can always undo what you see in the preview.
- When you're done, click "Finish and Save," and your design is saved right on your own computer ready to be uploaded to your site.
If you decide your Call to Action button isn't having the impact you had hoped, or if you need more Calls to Action, head back to the HubSpot Generator - you can make as many as you want!