Images and Video play a big part in marketing a business online.
Business Owners are always looking for easy ways to create their marketing material.
The sites listed below are my three top recommendations for creating marketing images, quotes images and memes or images to use in short videos.
Each has their own unique benefits and each will offer different ways to make these images.
Canva
Canva is my go-to system for creating marketing images. I use the Canva for Work account ($12.95 US /month) because it has so many options for layouts, templates, size standards for all social media and marketing channels as well as templates for book covers and more. The Magic resize button is the best part of this system. One button and you can create a cover image for Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, your blog and much more – it is a real time-saver.
I love this so much I have a training program for learning to use the system to design your images. Learn more about the Canva Training Program here.
QuotesCover
I learned about this new system from Social Media Marketing World, a live and online event for all things social media. QuotesCover appears to be free and is very cool. It will help you create quote images very fast, and has samples of quotes to use directly. You can use a colour background or add your own background images in (this adds time). The layout is not as nice if you want to include your website on the image, but for a fast & easy system, it works great.
PicMonkey
PicMonkey is one of my backup systems as I really only use Canva now. The paid version is under $50 a year and offers a lot of variety, but not as many templates and layout options as Canva offers. If you are non-techy and a non-designer, this one is not as ideal for you as Canva is.
I recommend you try each one. When I do this, my deciding factor is always how easy I can learn their system and use it without spending a lot of time figuring it out. It should be the same for you.
Create your own Picture Perfect Images with this Self Study Training on using Canva.
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