So you own a small business or a side hustle? If the answer is yes, then you should be looking for ways to be as professional as possible.

One of the major ways to do so is to better present your message online. Everyone wants to look as professional as possible in order to attract their clients. A well-organised timeline and good images are necessary to do so.

In this post, I will enlighten you on how to have a professional-looking brand online using an app called Canva. This post is not sponsored. I have used Canva so many times for my blog and business to create images and other business-related documents.

This is how.

Canva for a professional social media account:

Canva can be used to manage your social media accounts.

For a professional timeline

You can use Canva to make cute images for your Instagram, Facebook and Twitter accounts. You can also use it to make creative thumbnails for Youtube videos. The images respect the size and format required by the various social media apps.

For interesting stories

You can make your stories more fun and interesting with Canva. There is a section to create Instagram stories which enables you to be fun and creative.

Canva for a professional way to stay in touch with clients:

Canva can be used to help you stay in touch and share your contact with people.

For invitations

Are you hosting an event for your business and want to invite people to it? Then use Canva to create invitations to your taste.

For Complementary cards

Canva has a section where you can make business cards. It has various options and designs you can choose from and modify.

Canva for publicity:

You can also use Canva to make ads for your business.

To make posters and banners

Use the poster and banner section to create catchy ads for your business and events.

Basic tips for using Canva

If you are wondering if these services are free then know that they are free. Canva only charges you when you use an image which is being sold.

Canva has templates which are what you will modify to create your own image. These templates have texts and images in them. Some images used on these templates are being sold. That's why some templates are labelled as free and others have a dollar sign on them.

If you are asking yourself if you can use a template with a dollar sign on it the answer is yes. When you delete the image which is for sale then Canva will not ask you to pay when you are about to download your image.

Canva has a lot of images that you can use according to your subject or theme. So pictures on the templates can be replaced and moved. There are various filters to be used on your images and templates as well.