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3 Unexpected Benefits of Using Design Templates

· blog, business, design

While there are a ton of obvious reasons for using design templates to create graphics for your content, there are a few that aren't quite as expected. Click through to see 3 surprising benefits of using Pinterest templates for your brand!

In just one week I’ll officially be adding branded Pinterest templates to the shop, and I’m so excited to add these digital products for you because I know just how beneficial they can be for your business.

In fact, there are a ton of obvious reasons to start using Pinterest templates for your content: it makes creating graphics faster, you images are always branded, no more trying to figure out design on your own, getting more page views, and so on.

However, there are a few unexpected reasons I believe everyone should use templates (whether you buy pre-made designs or a designer makes custom ones for you), and today I want to share those with you!

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4 Ways to Use Design Templates to Promote Your Content

· blog, business, design

When it comes to promoting your content, the most obvious way to get it out there is by using beautiful graphics and posting them to various platforms. From your own website to Pinterest, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube, and more – there’s a never-ending list of ways you can promote your content once you’ve created it.

The problem, though, is that most people (maybe you, too?) aren’t super comfortable with design. That’s part of the reason Canva has become so incredibly popular. It takes the guesswork out of designing graphics and makes it super simple for literally anyone to create graphics that’ll do the work of promoting their content.

So today, I wanted to break down 4 important ways you can use design templates to start promoting your content, get more eyes on your site, and (hopefully!) turn those views into more money for your brand.

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How to Create Unique Social Media and Blog Post Graphics With Canva

· design

One major thing that plays a part of your branding is obviously your graphics. These are what people are going to see on social media, click through to start checking out your blog, and hopefully learn to recognize what your graphics look like. The problem is that most people don’t feel creative enough to make their own graphics, so they turn to one of our favorite resources, Canva, to make blog post and social media graphics.

Kory here! There’s absolutely nothing wrong with using Canva to create your graphics. In fact, I used it myself a few years ago to try to speed up creating graphics while on the go. The only downside of using this tool is that often times people use the same templates as everyone else, which means their graphics become cookie cutter. It’s hard to know who the graphic belongs to when everyone is using the same style.

To help you avoid this so you can continue to strengthen your brand, today we’re sharing how you can use Canva to create unique social media and blog post graphics.

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3 Times When Rebranding Is Not a Good Idea

· design, guest post

Dana Nicole shares times when you shouldn’t rebrand your business

Rebranding your company can be a great way to revitalize your business, attract new customers, and reposition yourself in the market place. Take YouTube’s latest rebrand for example. YouTube’s thought-out rebrand strategy shows how important every last detail becomes when you decide to change up your company’s branding and messaging.

Properly branding your business is incredibly important but the term “branding” gets thrown around quite carelessly, and people often assume that a brand is just a logo or just a website. However, your brand is so much more than just your logo and encompasses every touch point of your business. It is how you are positioned in the consumers’ mind, so creating a strong and long-lasting brand is very important.

As your vision and business evolves and changes over the years, you may find yourself wanting to rebrand your company in order to align with new values, new products or even a new base of customers. Before deciding to make any changes, you’ll want to make sure you are prepared to rebrand, however, initiating a rebranding strategy isn’t always in your best interest. Today, we are going to talk about the times when rebranding your company is not a good idea and when you should be looking towards other solutions.

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