How to present Marketing and Promotion idea [concept visualization]

What pops up in your head when you hear the word “marketing”? Content, promotion, ads, strategy, planning? Let’s go deeper and talk visual language 🙂

[This post is a part of our business concepts pictures series. See the full list in this blog post: One picture to rule them all – Visual Metaphors Ideas]

The challenge is what illustrations to use in presentations and reports, especially if you don’t have enough place and you’re lacking in time. Here’re some ideas you can consider:

Design-neutral Symbols for Marketing and Promotion

Above are icon examples in a modern flat style, that fits any slide style (available in simple flat icons collection).

These images can be added to almost every presentation. As they are fully editable, you can adjust color to your brand one and it will look great on a slide.

Here how we see marketing concept (click a specific link to see the icon):

general symbol of promotion in the form of speaker
specific marketing icons can be used to present something special and distinct: color palette, microphone, flower, real estate
email-marketing pictogram
award and certification signs: medal, first-prize cup and stars
shopping cart and basket (click here to see the example of presenting statistics in a visual way)
content marketing metaphors: smartphone with a message, laptop with a movie
message symbol and a call-center person
icons of data projection on flip charts

Creative Hand-drawn Marketing Symbols

If you want to put a portion of creativity and show personal touch, use these creative marketing images:

joint icon of a box and medal can be used for showing product excellence
a man with a speaker and a female manager
a person, presenting projects or new product designs
sound pictogram and news icon
shopping cart
a flashing star and a prize cup
icons of people figures, representing various marketing and promo activities: advertisement, customer relations, design …