How to Use Canva for Your Business
Canva has proven itself to be a very versatile tool for businesses of all sizes. Besides being great for social media graphics and also content scheduling, it also features a number of other very useful templates.
Whether you’re a solopreneur, freelancer, a growing small business, or an emerging scale-up, there’s something for everyone within the Canva software. Here are just six business documents that you can create on Canva.
1. Presentations
Canva is an awesome alternative to Google Slides and Microsoft PowerPoint. There are literally hundreds of different multipage presentation templates to choose from, including company presentations, pitch decks, sales presentations, marketing presentations, and even roadmap presentations.
Once you’ve found a design you like, you can then customize it with your own text and change the colors of any elements that don’t fit with your business branding. When you’re ready to present your finished presentation, you can do so from within Canva itself, or you can download your presentation as a PDF. If you need to send your presentation to someone else, there’s even the option to share a direct Canva link.
Once you’ve found a presentation template that you like, it’s worth customizing it and then saving it as a template for yourself to use in the future. This way, all of your business presentations will remain on-brand, and you won’t need to spend time editing a new template ever again.
2. Resume
With so much competition in the job market these days, your resume needs to stand out from your competitors, and what better way to do so than by jazzing it up a bit in Canva.
Once again, Canva is preloaded with countless resume templates, making it easy to copy and paste your existing resume information into a more visually appealing layout. Change your resume colors, add text elements, use graphics, or even turn the entirety of your resume information into an infographic. Canva gives you the freedom to let your personality shine through—whatever that may look like for you.
Once you’re done editing your new resume, you can easily download it in a variety of different formats, including as a PDF, JPEG, or PNG. Whenever you need to update your resume, just log back into Canva and make any amendments as necessary.
3. Letterhead
Having your very own on-brand letterhead can help your business to look and feel more professional. Whether you’re a corporate business or a creative, there are plenty of different letterhead templates to choose from.
To add your logo to your design, simply upload it into Canva and then drag and drop it to where you need it. If your logo isn’t already a PNG with a transparent background, then Canva has a helpful background remover tool that will do it for you.
Have a play around with different graphic elements to make your letterhead unique to your business, and change the preexisting colors to ensure they match your brand. Canva makes it easy to add your letter text into your design, or alternatively, you can keep the body of your letter blank and have your letterheads printed for use in your own office printer.
4. Business Cards
Gone are the days when you need to hire a graphic designer to create your business cards. With Canva, anyone can choose a design they like and edit the template to create their own unique design.
Many of Canva’s business card templates are double-sided, so all you need to do is add in your own information and make them personal to you and your business. Drop in your logo, add your social media handles and customize your font. Once you’re happy with your design, you can then download it as a PDF to share with your chosen printers or have your business cards printed from within Canva itself.
If you choose to have your business cards printed elsewhere, you can select “add crop marks and bleed” to your design and resize your design if necessary.
5. Proposals
No one wants to read a boring proposal. Thanks to Canva, they won’t have to anymore. Make your proposals stand out by bringing them to life with Canva’s design elements.
Take a look at some of the many proposal templates already in Canva, or have a go at designing your own from scratch. Effortlessly add pages, remove pages, and edit pages until your proposal fits your needs, and then download it to share with your clients.
Canva also gives you the option to present your proposal as you would a presentation or to share it directly through a link, which is helpful if the final file size is too large to send via email.
6. Invoices
Lastly, Canva is also a fabulous tool if you regularly send out business invoices. With Canva, you can create a stunning invoice document in a matter of seconds.
As with all of the other business documents listed above, Canva supplies dozens of pre-designed invoice templates, which cover all manner of business niches from finance and law, to the creative arts.
Add in your own logo, adjust the template colors to fit your branding, edit what you need and then add in your figures. When you’ve finished, download your finished invoice as a PDF, PNG, or JPEG to print or send digitally to your clients.
Creating More Than Just Business Documents With Canva
While Canva is an extremely handy tool for businesses, it is also ideal for anyone looking to get a little more creative. Amongst other things, Canva makes it easy to create stickers, photo books, and greetings cards, as well as posters, social media graphics, Instagram stories, and even video messages.
Whether you’re new to design or a seasoned pro, there’s something for everyone on the Canva platform.
