Market Your Business BETTER With Canva.com

By Meranda Devan on September 1, 2016

Creating eye catching graphics can be harder than you realize, until that is, until you come across canva.com.

Trust me, having a template that allows you to creates stunning graphics can be a time saver for a blogger, or business person alike.

I run across a ton of sites, and I am telling you, this one is different. Please read on………..

Many ladies like yourself are starting new adventures. Whether it is starting a new small business, or teaching classes or getting your name out into the local community; …more than ever we need professional looking graphics when we present ourselves to the public.

Even the smallest of businesses are getting on board with showing themselves better on social media. We are needing to put our best foot forward to stay ahead of the trends. Presentation can be everything in a market where your customer can turn away in a matter of just moments.

If you are hoping to land a better job, or simply get people in the door to your new business, working with excellent graphics can really keep people engaged longer.

Combining the right fonts, styles, colors and prints can be a way to look sharper in a readers eyes.

Let me introduce to you a website that I LOVE. Its called Canva.com.This simple design software is online and FREE to use.

Here are a few things you can make:

Cards for family birthdays
Sharp invitations for your social networking party
Flyers to post at your local coffee shop
Posters for your business advertising
Large banners to hang outside your shop
Résumés that make you look chic and fresh
Certificates for that new program you are starting
Infographics for your blogs
Book Covers for that book you always wanted to self-publish
Presentations for that small bible study
Social Graphics for your twitter, google plus and facebook fan pages
Business Cards for your purse when you meet that important person
Letterheads that will open the doors for you
Postcards as a thank you notes
Desktop Wallpapers to inspire you
Photo Collages that make family scrapbooking easy
Gift Certificates as a thank you gift
Magazine Covers for that new start up
Menus for that special dinner party

Here is how you can get started with your first graphic on their site:

Simply Select A Project

Next select a free image and work with their overlays. Pixabay.com is one of my favorite sites for free graphis. Canva ALSO allows you to upload your own graphics. From there you can discover all the options that are available. Simply save it in a PNG image for the best resolution.

Look! Transform your facebook profile!

Here is what I made for my facebook profile.

Make A Blog Banner, such as I did for a friend:

There are so many options available with Canva

Canva for Work

If you enjoy the free version of Canva, they also have a paid version that is intended for team collaboration. This version is designed to allow teams to work more efficiently with one another.

A significant feature with the “Canva For Work” are the options to save your templates, logos and fonts that will be accessible for the entire team to work with. Moreover, it will have time-saving features and access controls for teams, where it makes it easy to collaborate with other member. You could share, design, give comments and like each other’s work.

The regular free version of Canva has limited filters and fonts for designing. They have a trial version which is free for 30 days. You can cancel the subscription anytime, and they will inform you 3 days ahead of your bill will be schedule if you want to see what is available with the paid version.

What do you think? Are you ready to design with Canva?

Check out the interesting articles below:

Great Articles On Canva

Canva Design School Blog

Business Cards By Canva

Make your card stand out with a background – you can choose a solid color or pick from a variety of images and textures in our design library. Then, start adding your information to your card through the text tool and select from over a hundred different fonts to suit your style and theme. Finally, you can download your complete design as a JPEG, PNG or print-ready PDF file.

Post Cards by Canva

Send post cards through the mail to your family about your upcoming parties and events. Canva will make it look like you spent hundreds of dollars on your graphics.