Top 3 Tips to Make Striking Captions and Messages With Emojis

Online entertainment and communication have become a huge part of our daily lives.

11:42 19 November 2021

The messages and captions that get our attention every day are written with elements and techniques that we sometimes don’t even notice. One of these elements is no other than the use of emojis.

As you know, you can always whip up the right words in plain text and still get your message across. Regardless though if you are crafting a caption for a YouTube video or an Instagram post, or if you are sending a group message to friends or colleagues, you can make things more striking with the right emojis!

There may be no right or wrong way to use emojis, but just as drafting any message or caption, it’s an art that you can practice and improve on. Whether you should use the arrow pointing down emoji to invite your subscribers to drop a comment, or if you are to decide which face emojis you must try to make your message feel more sincere, hopefully, this post would guide you to make any caption or message more engaging. Now here are the three tips you must try to write striking messages and captions using emojis!

1. Familiarize yourself with the different types of emojis

As of this writing, there are a total of ten official categories in the world of emojis. At a glance, it can be a bit overwhelming to figure how we could use them in our daily communication with others. It would be best, however, if we make ourselves familiar with such categories. Messaging with emojis, to you, may be nothing new but you’ll never know that there might be an emoji out there that you never knew existed! And not to worry because even though every emoji is important, here we’ll be covering the essential categories that would surely be helpful for your everyday use.

 

Face

 

Did you know research has found that using face emojis makes a huge impact when expressing emotions in a text? In fact, this type actually adds more impact than the none-face ones. It may be the reason why right after the Frequently Used emojis, there you would find the Face (Smileys and People) category because of its importance. 

 

We are quite lucky that we are no longer limited to the generic sad or smiley face icons back in the day. With the numerous face emojis available today, your readers and recipients will be able to sense depth, mood, and even tone in your messages. So be sure not to take face emojis for granted!

 

Here’s a set of examples that can illustrate the impact of face emojis on the sentence, “Let me know when you’re ready.”

 

Let me know when you’re ready. 

-Can be read as neutral, happy, or patient

-Your recipient may feel an extra touch of sincerity

Let me know when you’re ready. 

With the relieved face emoji, your recipient may read this as:

• “Take all the time you need”
  
  
• “No rush.”
  
  

Let me know when you’re ready. 

-Others are quite careful with using the winking emoji since it may occasionally be read as sexually suggestive

-An affirmation between two close friends

Let me know when you’re ready. 

The slightly smiling emoji, to some people, can have a double meaning. Feel free to second-guess this emoji, as you can never know what is holding back its sender from giving a full smile. If you’re a pessimist, you might read this as:

“You’re getting on my last nerve. I will leave in 5 minutes if you keep me waiting.”

Object/Food

It’s no requirement to insert a relevant emoji or to replace every word with one, as do many devices today. Say, when you type the word “ice cream” your phone could sometimes give you the option to replace the word with the ice cream emoji, etc.

It’s not a necessity but it wouldn’t hurt to give your readers a little context of your message by adding emojis of relevant objects. Sending out an invite to grab some pizza? Drop a couple of pizza emojis in your group message. Are you having a serious chat with a colleague about the coronavirus pandemic? End a sentence with the virus emoji. Got some tea you want to spill to the gang? Flood them with teacup emojis to express the gravity of the latest gossip.

You can spice up any caption or message with an emoji or two to keep the conversation going, or to magnetize your followers and subscribers toward your posts. With or without double meanings, object and food emojis are there to add more imagery and vibrance to your messages and captions.

Symbols

There is a ton of symbol emojis under the category that you can use to your advantage. On top of the heart emojis that can add color and expression to your messages, other symbols include the directional or navigational ones such as the up-, down-, left-, and right-pointing arrows. Depending on the website or platform, these signs and symbols could point your viewers or recipients where they could click to follow or to subscribe to your channel or profile.

1. Know your audience

Would you write a message to your senior colleagues the same way you would to a teenage cousin? It would be most comforting if your answer is a no! That is because when writing any kind of text or message, you must always know who your audience is.

In the corporate world, some professionals refuse to use smileys or emojis because they believe it’s “unprofessional.” Other professionals, however, like to use emojis from time to time to prove or show that they are easy-going or that they are not too uptight. In the workplace, you would have to play by ear whichever works best for you to make a good impression.

It’s a whole different story when you are messaging with close friends or young relatives. Definitely, you are free to use whichever or as many emojis as you like to express humor, add context, or easily grab their attention.

And in any situation, it would be for your own good not to go overboard because the careless use of emojis may water down the impact or meaning of the message you want to convey. Also, if you are crafting a caption for a post or a video, use another set of eyes. Ask a trusted friend or, better yet, a social media professional to check if your usage of emojis is good, bad, or if it needs improvement. Keep things moderate if you feel that there’s no need to place too many emojis.

1. Decide on what you want to say

This can be pretty self-explanatory, but it helps if you’re aware that emojis can sometimes do the talking for you. For example, it is better to use the face-palm emoji than to say anything else. Or yet use the heartbreak emoji to convey remorse, frustration, or pain without saying a word. 

As you decide on what to say, it would also be helpful to keep things as short and simple as possible, and that you should use power words such as best, greatest, amazing, etc., and perhaps a clear call to action. These pieces of advice never get old and you must practice them as much as you can to capture the attention of your readers and followers. More importantly, remember to use the appropriate emojis and in appropriate numbers to let them do some of the talking for that mere words are unable to express.

Takeaway

It can be a bit intimidating if you’re unsure which emojis to use in certain scenarios. That is why we hope that this guide would help you understand the most basic yet helpful tips to make your content, captions, and messages more striking with the help of emojis. For more help and ideas on how to use the right emojis, check out EmojiGuide.com today!

As you know, you can always whip up the right words in plain text and still get your message across. Regardless though if you are crafting a caption for a YouTube video or an Instagram post, or if you are sending a group message to friends or colleagues, you can make things more striking with the right emojis!