As a small business owner, time is your most valuable asset. With the right tools and strategies, you can streamline your workflow and reclaim precious hours in your day. Let’s look at some time-saving tips for automating your design process with Canva.
Canva is a user-friendly graphic design platform that empowers even the most design-challenged individuals to create professional-quality graphics with ease.
Utilise Brand Kits
Consistency is key to building a strong brand identity. Canva’s Brand Kit feature allows you to save your brand’s colours, fonts, and logos for easy access across all your designs. By setting up your brand kit once, you can ensure that every graphic you create adheres to your brand guidelines without the need for manual adjustments.
A basic brand kit is available on a free Canva account, which is great to get you started, with more options available on Canva Pro.
Explore Templates
Save time and effort by leveraging Canva’s extensive library of templates and designs. These are a game-changer, with Canva offering a wide range of pre-designed templates to suit your needs. Simply select a template that aligns with your vision, customise it with your brand elements, and there you have it—a professional-looking design in minutes!
Collaborate Seamlessly
If you’re working with a team or outsourcing your design tasks, Canva’s collaboration features help streamline the process. You can invite team members to collaborate on designs in real time, share feedback, and make edits effortlessly. Not only that, you can share view-only links with your clients with a click of a button, and they don’t need to have a Canva account to view them.
Schedule Social Media Posts
Now I use Business Suite to schedule Facebook and Instagram posts, but you can save time by utilising Canva’s integration with social media scheduling tools and posting to a variety of platforms. Simply create eye-catching graphics for your posts within Canva, and then schedule them for publication right in Canva. No need to download and upload to another scheduling tool, a pretty cool time saver!
Magic Resize
Where would we be without Canva’s Magic Resize? You no longer have to manually resize social media graphics for different platforms. Let Magic Resize do that for you with a few clicks, although minor adjustments may still be required to ensure optimal results.
Save in Folders
One of the reasons I upgraded to Canva Pro, was for the folders. Now unlimited folders are available for all and boy does that make a difference! I have folders within folders, and it makes life so much easier for keeping things organised and together. A massive time-saver rather than scrolling through endless designs.
By incorporating these tips into your workflow, you can streamline your design process, increase productivity, and focus on what truly matters: growing your business.
My favourite time-saving tip must be the folders, as they have made a real difference to the way I work in Canva. What ways do you automate your Canva design process to save time?
