7 ways to make money online with Canva 💰

About this video

Kate Hayes shares seven ways to make money online with Canva, grouped into four broad categories. First, digital products to sell on Etsy, Creative Market, or a Shopify site. (1) Printables: finished files such as printable art, labels, chore charts, planners, and to-do lists — research sizes on Etsy, design at the correct project size using Canva elements or licensed uploads from sites like Creative Market or Creative Fabrica, and deliver the final JPEG or PDF for the buyer to print. (2) Canva templates: social media templates, invitations, slide decks, and coaching resources — unlike printables, you deliver a PDF containing an embedded template link so the buyer opens their own editable copy in Canva and downloads the final file themselves. Second, client work. (3) Custom design services: bespoke artwork or full branding packages for business owners (logo, sub-logo, Facebook cover, flyers, email signature), using Canva apps such as the QR code generator. Third, print on demand, partnering with providers such as Printful and Printify, which hold inventory and print and ship physical products while you supply the design and keep the shop synced to Etsy or Shopify. (4) Repeating patterns made with Canva apps such as Pattern AI or Pattern Maker, applied to leggings, mouse pads, phone cases, pillows, and blankets. (5) Standalone designs pieced together from elements, icons, and text for t-shirts, sweatshirts, and mugs. Fourth, video. (6) Faceless marketing videos: use B-roll with text overlay, including Canva’s Image Animate app to add rotation or zoom motion to a still photo, ensuring you have commercial rights to the photo. (7) Repurpose long-form videos into short clips for TikTok or Instagram using Canva’s AI Highlights tool, which scans a video and suggests the most relevant segments. She invites viewers to a live Digital Product Powerhouse masterclass on Thursday September 19th at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Eastern, saying the four-step strategy brought her own digital products business to seven figures, and offers a free 30-day Canva Pro trial.

Key takeaways

• Printables are finished files the buyer prints; Canva templates are editable links the buyer customises in their own Canva account — the deliverable is a PDF with the link embedded
• Client services (custom artwork, branding packages with logos, flyers, and QR codes) trade customisation work for income, unlike instant-download products
• Print on demand via Printful or Printify lets you sell patterns and standalone designs on physical products without holding inventory
• Faceless marketing videos can be made by animating a still photo with Canva’s Image Animate app and adding text over B-roll
• Canva’s AI Highlights tool can automatically pull suggested short clips from a long-form video for repurposing to TikTok or Instagram

Episode details: published September 10, 2024 · 13:43 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Kate Hayes’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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