3 Updates With Canva You Need To Know About

January 7, 2021 by karafidd Leave a Comment

Canva updates ALL the time, but there are a few new things I’ve noticed that I’ve been extremely excited about. Let’s jump in!

I’ve been known for “Canva hacks” and “work-arounds” and I’m always trying to learn and teach new things in Canva.

That being said, It’s super exciting when you don’t NEED a time-consuming workaround anymore! That’s exactly what we have here!

The new Canva “kids” will never know the struggle!!

Multiple Links in One Text Box

Most of you that have followed me for awhile are aware of my workaround for this. It involved making multiple text boxes, reducing the transparency of them and overlaying them on top of the original paragraph.

We don’t need to do this anymore! You can now add as many links per text box as your heart desires!

Simply highlight the word you want to turn into a link, click on the “link” button, and type in the url. Hit apply and repeat as many times as you’d like!

The Line Tool

Canva has pretty much always had lines. This isn’t new.

The problem with the lines that Canva had were that they were extremely difficult to adjust the size/weight of them. You’d spend forever tinkering and it ultimately ended in frustration.

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My workaround for this was using the font “Cinzel” and typing underscores. This was the best font for this because the underscores were perfectly smooth (no dashses) and after you had a line or two done, you could highlight what you already typed and then copy and paste.

Within seconds you had a perfect page of “notebook” style lines.

Well, Canva now has a line tool that allows you to adjust the weight of your lines with a slider! So EASY!

When you add a line to your design, you’ll notice some options pop up next to the color box. The first one allows you to adjust the weight of the line. Slide it down to make it thinner, and up to make it thicker.

The next option allows you to quickly change the line into a dotted or dashed line.

The last option allows you to change the front and ends of the line so you can customize it to exactly what you need.

Don’t get me wrong, this is GREAT but if you need an entire page of lines, it still may be faster to do the Cinzel font trick but if you wanted to use the lines, you can always copy and paste them down the page.

Curved Text!

While I love ALL of the text effects the curved text option is probably the effect that I most FREQUENTLY got asked about!

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As far as the curved text effect goes– this one wins biggest time saver!!

My workaround was quite time-consuming! It involved created a circle in the arch that you wanted and then placing individual letters and rotating them following the arch of the curve. Then you’d delete the circle at the end of it.

Whew- so glad that will never have to be a thing again!

Now, with a simple click of a button you can create curved, or even circled text.

Simply type out your text and click on “Effects” then choose “Curve” and use the slider to adjust the curve.

You can make it curve either way and even all the way around into a full circle if you want. Finally!

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Updates are happening all the time to make the platform better and easier to use.

I LOVE providing design templates, it’s so much fun but I would be lying if I didn’t completely geek out over design tricks/hacks!

I love that these updates make designing even faster (another reason I create templates— I love helping people save time) and I hope you learned a new trick or two!

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How To Set Blogging Goals That You Can Actually Achieve

December 9, 2020 by karafidd 4 Comments

I wasn’t a planner person.

I wasn’t a schedule person. I had two tiny humans with the oldest being 3 when I started Simplifying DIY Design, so having to “adjust” is just something I’ve to deal with when it came to my business.

I can’t even tell you how many times I relied on nap time to get things done but one of them didn’t want to sleep or woke up after a half hour. Things change. We adjust.

Learning to set blogging goals that I could actually achieve and plan them out made all the difference with my blog. I needed to have crystal clear focus on WHAT I was working on. It HAD to be something that was going to move the needle forward in the least amount of time.

I struggled a long time with this. I could set the goals but figuring out how to achieve them was a whole other obstacle. I tried Trello a few times and other planning systems but I couldn’t figure it out.

A blogging friend, Kristen from Blog Your Genius, told me about her whiteboard system that she uses in her office. Around the same time, I took the 12 Week Blog Growth Strategy.

Armed with those things, I created a Trello board system that actually worked for me! Since then, I’ve added in Cultivate What Matters PowerSheets planner.

Creating this system that worked for me was seriously a game changer!

I want to walk you through how I set my Trello board up. However, if you want to really understand how to effectively break down goals into actionable steps that you can essentially “roadmap” through each quarter, I highly recommend The 12 Week Blog Growth Strategy. Plus, you can also get $10 off if you use the coupon code: FIDD

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Trello Goal Setting System for Actually REACHING Your Blog Goals

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At the end of this post is a video tutorial that walks through this entire system. Be sure to check it out if you learn best with video!

Let’s get started! First, we want to identify our 3 goals for the quarter.

These should be attainable, but big enough to push us a little. I personally find that when my goals are too “easy”, I don’t feel motivated. However, if they are too big, I end up feeling defeated.

It’s a balance.

I also like to choose goals that directly related to my bigger blogging goals.

So, if my BIG blogging goal is to make 6 figures per year, then my quarterly goals need to bring me closer to that.

For this example, let’s choose 3 goals:

Make $100 blogging
Increase subscribers
Increase traffic

Now- if your goals look like this then I need you to stop right now.

Blog and business goals need to be specific and measurable.

Let’s go back and refine those goals:

Create a tripwire product to generate $100 per month
Increase subscribers by 100 new subscribers for the quarter
Increase traffic from 10k monthly views to 20k monthly views

Now we have more specific goals. We have not simply stated that we want to make money but we’ve designated a task to accomplish that (for example, the tripwire product). In addition, we’ve specified how much we want to grow our email list and how much we want to increase our traffic.

The first column of my Trello board system is for the goals. It’s there so that I can see them all the time.

Next, we want to break down our goals into a master task list

For this, I want to brain dump all the possible things I would need to do to reach each one of those goals. If it’s a task that I need to do but it doesn’t DIRECTLY relate to one of my THREE quarterly goals, then it does not go in the list.

Sometimes, if I feel the task is still important, I’ll add it to an overflow list.

I spend a decent amount of time (and sometimes, research) stepping out these goals into tasks. If I’m not sure how to break it down then my first step is researching because it’s something I’m going to need to learn about.

For example, if you have no idea how to grow an email list- how are you supposed to know what tasks to do? You’ll need to learn about email lists first.

Pro tip: It helps to label each of the three goals from the first step with colored labels so that you can identify which task goes with each goal OR you can make “sections” in your task list (as shown below)

To add a colored label, simply click on those three little dots and choose “Edit Labels”. Choose a different color for each goal.

Now that you have all your goals stepped out into tasks, arrange them in the order that they need to be completed.

If you find that one of them can be broken down into even more steps, simply add a checklist to that card. To do that:

Click on the card
Located the “Checklist” option on the right side of the card
Add tasks to the checklist
When you complete a task, just click on the checkbox to mark as done

As a side note: I try to assign due dates for each of my goals which I used to map out on extra large peel-and-stick dry erase calendars on my wall. I found that printing blank calendars worked even better because I could bring it with me wherever I had my laptop open. I’m a big picture person and I need to see my entire quarter at a time. Once I have it mapped out on my calendars I assign the tasks due dates in Trello.

Next, I plan my week!

For me, I plan by the week. Trying to plan each day is just too hard. I drag and drop tasks from that master list into the next column. I choose as many tasks as I can reasonably complete in a week. If you want to make another column for daily tasks, then absolutely do that!

Why is this is magic? I never have to think about what I “should” be doing when I sit down at the computer.

My time is so limited and when I have 5 minutes to work, they need to be highly focused blocks of time that I can complete focus on one of my tasks that are directly related to my goals.

Once your tasks are completed, move the card into the “Done” column!

It’s oddly satisfying, trust me.

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So there you have it. Are you ready to set blog goals and rock them?

Everything I do for my blog has a rhyme or reason. It’s pushing me to my bigger business goals.

This is why so many people turn off comments. They have apps that block social media during working time blocks. They need focus. They can’t waste a single second.

This method is what works for me. It gives me focus when I sit down to work.

It helps me reach my goals every quarter.

I can also see what tasks are constantly being pushed aside and evaluate why I’m not getting them done. If something needs to be broken down more, I do it.

If I don’t know how to complete a task, I research it.

I actually almost NEVER ask questions in facebook groups because I will get sucked into facebook. I go to google or youtube and type in my problem and 99% of the time find my solution without the time suck of social media.

Another tip from someone that’s been there: get a crockpot and use it! I set up dinner while I’m making lunch for my kids.

By the time my husband gets home, I go upstairs to knock out some tasks, come down and eat dinner, then go back upstairs for another hour.

I come down, hang out with the family until bedtime and then after the kids go to bed, it’s back to work. It gives me back SO MUCH TIME and my family still has a yummy dinner.

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3 Myths About Creating and Selling Digital Products That Are Holding You Back!

September 18, 2020 by karafidd Leave a Comment

In this article I want to go over the three biggest myths about creating and selling digital products that are holding you back and why these things don’t need to stop you from creating digital products for your audience!

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I became hooked on digital products even before I had my own. I was the graphic designer for a blogger and we made a workbook.

It was the first workbook I ever made and I made it in Canva. Her content was amazing and shortly after she launched this workbook she had already generated six figures in sales from it.

Something we made once and she sold it over and over. (As someone that used to sell handmade, personalized blankets on Etsy, this was a GAME-CHANGING concept to me)

Not only that, but she was changing lives! The testimonials she was getting would bring tears to anyone’s eyes (this was in the budget niche) and it was the most amazing thing ever.

When I stated Simplifying DIY Design I knew I wanted to go the product route and to do that I had to really, really know my audience.

I got really good at learning what they wanted and creating digital products. I even created the Product Creators Ultimate Toolbox which is a digital product creation system complete with templates for every step of the process.

Here’s what I learned are some of the biggest myths holding bloggers back from creating products:

“No one will want what I’m selling”

This is why knowing your audience is SO important. How do you get to know your audience? Ask them!

You can simply ask for a reply to an email (the welcome email is great for this) or you can send them a survey.

I’ve used surveys to help me actually map out my product and I’ve used them to help me with my marketing. When you literally create something for specific people, those people will want it!

I recommend getting to know the following details:

What they are struggling with
What they’ve tried before and why it didn’t work
Why it matters to them to have the problem solved

Even these three little things can make so much difference in the creation and marketing of your digital product!

Again, if you create something specific for your specific people then you should never have to wonder if anyone will want what you’re selling.

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“Selling is spammy and I don’t want to spam people”

Selling definitely doesn’t have to be spammy.

Here’s the thing, yes you make your digital product so you can make money (and that’s OK- everyone deserves the chance to provide for their families) but you also make your product to HELP your audience.

If you don’t put it out there then you will not help them and that’s actually a disservice.

I know it’s hard to actually ask people to give you their hard earned money but you earned it! Products take a lot of time and effort. I never really valued a digital product until I made one and then I realized why some are so pricey!

It’s time consuming and it doesn’t stop when you’re done creating it. It then becomes: answering questions, troubleshooting, customer service, and updating content.

If you have a Facebook group attached to your product then it’s even more ongoing.

You are providing value. You are providing a transformation and you deserve to get paid for it.

Besides, if someone is so inconvenienced by launch emails or a light mention of your product in a related blog post that they forget all of the FREE value you give them the rest of the time then they are definitely not your people.

As long as you always work to provide value above all else you never have to be spammy.

(and yes, launch emails are a GREAT place to provide value as you educate your people on why they might need your product

“I can’t afford a graphic designer to create the thing!”

I get it, I’ve been a graphic designer and I know what they charge. Not everyone can afford that especially when it comes to the first product since you may not be making an income yet from your blog that you can re-invest.

The thing is you don’t actually need to hire a graphic designer, you can create digital products yourself using simple design tools like Canva!

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You can also use design templates if you want a professional jumping off point for your design. All you have to do is change the colors and fonts to match your brand and paste in your content. Super easy and even faster than starting from scratch!

Plus with design templates you can get the same professional look at a fraction of the cost, in fact my whole product creation system (which includes TONS of product design templates along with templates for everything else) costs a fourth of what I’ve been paid to create a simple workbook for a client.

Templates are the most cost-effective way to get a professional finish.

I even have a FREE ebook design template in my design library- yep, totally FREE!

Don’t let these things hold you back from creating a digital product!

I understand that anytime you put yourself out there it can be scary. I understand that it stings when you create a product and you put your blood, sweat and tears into it just for it to fall flat.

I’ve been there and done that.

But I also know how it feels to get heartfelt emails full of thanks and appreciation. I know how it feels to have people tell you that you’ve changed everything for them and that you’ve made their life easier and solved a problem for them.

It’s so, so worth it! If you haven’t created a digital product or you haven’t been successful with your digital product I don’t want you to hold yourself back! Start with your audience, ask them the questions I mentioned at the beginning of the article and go from there!

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How to Schedule Your Social Media Posts Directly From Canva

August 18, 2020 by karafidd 2 Comments

This article is a tutorial to show you exactly how to use the “Schedule” feature inside of Canva. Now you can save even more time when making your social media graphics by never having to leave the Canva platform!

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I’m all about saving time when it comes to design, so when a little pop-up alerted me of a new feature inside of Canva, I was all over it. Turns out, this feature actually lets you post your designs directly to the social media platform of your choice.

Game changer! Between using a design template and then scheduling directly from Canva, the time-saving potentials are endless!

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What platforms can you schedule to from Canva?

Currently you can schedule to the following platforms:

Facebook Page
Facebook Group
Twitter
Pinterest
Tumblr
Slack
Linkedin Page
Linkedin Profile

I was somewhat disappointed that Instagram wasn’t on the list, but hopefully someday *fingers crossed*.

Let’s get into how to do this step by step. If you don’t already have a Canva account, click here to get started.

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Step One: Complete Your Design

You’ll want to complete your design or use a design template. I have several free Canva templates inside my design library and several templates for purchase in my shop.

You can also read more about creating social media images here.

Step Two: Click on “Schedule” Located in the Drop Down Box

Located next to the “download” option is a small arrow. Clicking on the arrow will bring down the drop-down box. You’ll choose “Schedule” from this menu.

Step Three: Choose Your Date and Time

You’ll be able to schedule the date and time that you want your design published. Once your settings are complete, hit “done”.

Step Four: Schedule and Connect Accounts

If this is your first time scheduling a design from Canva, you’ll need to connect your accounts. To do this, click on “Schedule to…” and choose the platform you want to connect.

I recommend going through the first time and connecting all the accounts that you want to be able to schedule to. Each platform will have a pop-up that walks you through the connection process.

Once your connected you’ll be able to choose where you want your design to go. For example, with Pinterest, you’ll be able to choose which board you want the design to go to.

Step Five: Fill in Your Content

Once you choose which platform you’ll schedule to, you’ll select the page and write your social media description.

For me, I’m very happy that I can choose the page that I want to schedule. I often keep my design templates in one Canva file so that I can quickly find the design I want to edit, and then I download just that one page.

To be able to schedule just one page is amazing! That being said, you can also choose to publish all the pages in the design or multiple pages (just check the ones that you want to publish).

Next, you’ll fill in the social media description. Be sure to write a compelling short paragraph that uses keywords and inspires the potential reader to click, just as you would if you were posting any social media image. I recommend including a call to action such as “click the image to read more”.

You’ll see a “destination link” section, this is where you can add the link to your image, which is great for Pinterest! If using the scheduler to post an image to Facebook you can also add the link to the description and it will be clickable.

Finally, click “Publish Now” and you’re done! How cool is that?

Inside the Content Planner

Once you shedule your post, a pop-up will appear that will ask you if you want to go to your content planner. This is where you can see all of your schedule posts, edit your scheduled posts, and plan ahead.

You can also get to your content planner by clicking on “Content Planner” in the main menu.

If you click on the picture of your scheduled post, you’ll be able to edit it. A menu will appear that will give you several options such as changing the time, editing the design, making a copy, and deleting the post.

You’ll also be able to plan ahead by hovering over the future day and clicking on the “+” sign that shows up in the corner.

I’m all about saving time when it comes to social media design!

This is why I love templates! I love finding shortcuts and hacks to save time. As a busy mom and full-time blogger I can use ANY shortcut I can get.

Being able to schedule your posts directly from Canva once you’re done designing is such an awesome tool to save time when it comes to designing and scheduling your posts!

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Visual Elements You Need For Your Brand New Blog (And What You Don’t)

July 30, 2020 by karafidd Leave a Comment

This is a question I get asked a lot so in this article I want to go over what I truly believe to be the graphic elements you need for your brand new blog (and what you don’t).

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Let me start by saying my opinion might differ from every single graphic design blog you might come across but I’m ok with it.

When I was a new blogger I was so overwhelmed with the number of voices out there and how they were all saying different things. I get the frustration, I promise I do.

But that’s also how I learned who’s ideas I wanted to follow and learn from, so here it goes!

Creating a Brand As a New Blogger

Now, most designers might tell you that you should hire a designer for an amazing logo and brand kit to get started. You’ll answer questions about your mission and messaging in order to create this beautiful brand with the perfect colors and fonts.

My question is: how do you know that’s your true brand?

Fun fact! My very first blog was “shifted focus” 3 times before I was comfortable with who I was speaking to and what I was writing about.

I didn’t know much about blogging when I first started so it took me awhile to really find my “lane”.

So, here’s the brutal honest truth: if you’re so new that you have:

Less than 20 blog posts written
Little idea of “who” you’re speaking to (your avatar) and why you want to help them
Little idea of how to blog as a business (like how you’ll monetize, what an email list is, etc)
No email list (you’re using a RSS feed instead of an email list)

Then I recommend a completely simple DIY approach to your brand. This is something that should take you no more than 2 days to do and then I don’t want you to touch it at all.

New bloggers sometimes spend weeks on tweaking their brand so it’s perfect. Then they go back a few weeks later to tweak again.

Your colors and fonts are not what’s going to set you up for success. Determining your avatar and creating content (blog posts and freebies) will!

Investing time and energy into actually learning how to make money with your blog will go further than investing money into a web design or brand specialist.

If you’re that brand new blogger, here’s what I recommend: create a basic text logo and then start writing!

Write, write, write! Write blog posts, learn about email lists (I use and love convertkit) and write a welcome nurture sequence. Write content for freebies so you can grow your list.

Just start writing.

And no, I don’t recommend keeping your blog private or hidden in any way- likely no one will find it anyway until you start actively promoting it.

What About New, But Not BRAND NEW Bloggers?

Ok, NOW is when I recommend getting a little more involved with design! You have a blog set up, you have a good amount of pillar posts written, email service provider is set up to start collecting emails, and you have some great content to promote. You might even have your first freebie to start growing your email list with.

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Now is when you may want to invest in design services. That being said, I understand that design services can be quite expensive.

At this point people may be seeing some growth but they may not be actually making money yet, so hiring a designer to create a logo for $250-500 or a branded website for $1000-1500 is just not possible.

This is why most bloggers at this stage go the template route since you can get the same (or similar- depending on how you edit it, of course) quality of design but you’re editing them yourself which brings the cost way down and the designs are so flexible and can be used over and over for just about anything.

So What Designs Should Be Prioritized At This Stage?

This is the million dollar question! Here’s what I recommend when you’ve got your foundation set and you’re ready for promotion of your blog:

A set of colors and fonts that you use over and over on your site and in your designs (a basic brand- Note: I have a free brand board in my design library you can use)
Social media headers for all your platforms (you can set up your platforms but start really getting serious growing just one at a time to avoid overwhelm)
Pin images for all of your blog posts (recommended size: 1000x1500px)
Facebook images for all your blog posts (recommended size for images posted directly to Facebook or used for ads: 1080x1080px, for images uploaded to your yoast plugin: 1200x628px)
Featured image for all your blog posts (size varies depending on theme)
A set of 2-3 graphics that specifically promote your lead magnet so you can use them on Facebook and Pinterest to send people directly to your opt in page
Design of the actual lead magnet
At this point you may want to invest in a paid WordPress theme (still much cheaper than hiring a designer for a custom website) and if that theme requires images such category graphics, etc then you’ll want to set that up appropriately.

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As You Grow Your Blog, Your Design Priorities Will Shift

Maybe you’ll start a podcast and you’ll need graphics for that. Maybe you’ll start designing digital products. Maybe you’ll start getting more active in various platforms and doing stories. (And yes, The Complete Blogger Template Toolkit has all those things as well!)

You don’t have to be everywhere at once when you get started. You don’t have to nail down your design or have everything perfect before you hit publish, you just need to start writing.

Once you have that foundation- you can go back to the design but still be strategic about how you spend your time inside of Canva. Your logo probably doesn’t need to be tweaked but designing a new lead magnet?THAT time is well spent.

Spend your time creating designs that will bring you the most amount of growth in the least amount of time. Then, when you’re making a good income- you can rebrand with a custom website and refined logo, etc.

By that time, you’ll know your avatar inside and out and you’ll know exactly what message you want your brand to convey. You will have likely shifted and clarified your message over and over and now you’re comfortable with exactly who you are in this online space.

This is when you’ll want to invest in that branding package or website design. Until then, remember that everything can be changed and what really matters in the beginning is that you just get started!

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How To Create A Flip Graphic in Canva To Promote Your Digital Product Or Lead Magnet

July 16, 2020 by karafidd 4 Comments

This is a tutorial post to show you exactly how to create an amazing promotional flip graphic in Canva using their animation feature! This can be done in Canva Pro or Free Canva!

I love flip graphics! It’s such an amazing and attention grabbing way to show off your digital products, including your lead magnets. In case you’re wondering exactly what a “flip graphic” is… it looks like this:

You can do this easily using Canva – either free or pro version. Currently this feature is in Beta so new features and tools may be added or removed from the GIF settings.

Let’s jump right in!

Step One: Create Your Graphic

You’ll start by creating a graphic that shows off one page (or the cover) of your product. You can also use a template, of course.

In case you’re wondering, my DIYDesign Creators Vault contains new promotional graphics every single month! For this example, the template I’m using was from the March drop.

Find out how you can use Canva to easily create animated flip graphics for free! This is a great way to promote your digital products, lead magnets, and more!

Anyway, regardless of if you use a template or not, your design should be completed and showing off your product in some way before moving to the next step.

You could use an iPad or e-reader device to show off pages of a workbook or you can use a computer screen. Get creative!

Step Two: Duplicate the Page as Many Times as You Need

Again, it’s important you get that first image exactly how you want it because the next pages need to be an exact duplicate. Duplicate the page as many times as you need by selecting the “copy page” option.

Step Three: Swap Out The Page On Each Image

Each “page” of the design should be an exact copy except for the page being featured on the image.

You can even replace the pages with some words if you’d like.

Once you have each page completed, it’ll look something like this:

Notice how each page is exactly the same except for the image on the screen.

Download your project as a GIF

You’ll select the download option and choose “GIF” this way it’ll automatically flip through all the pages on repeat.

Your finally project should look like this:

NOTE: Currently there is no way to increase the speed of the GIF inside of Canva. You will notice when you download the GIF- it moves extremely slow.

There IS a way to increase the speed though! Just go to EZ GIF Speed Changer and upload your GIF from Canva. Then, you’ll see your GIF on the page and below it you’ll be able to adjust the speed. I chose 500% of current speed for this image.

Once you click “Change speed” you’ll notice a preview of it below. You can add or decrease the percentage until you get the desired speed you want. Once you like it, scroll below the preview and click on “Save” – the file should automatically download to your computer.

Video Tutorial!

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Attention grabbing graphics in just a few steps!

Flip graphics make great ads, images on a sales page, social media promotion and so much more. You can even create ads to promote your products and lead magnets!

I hope you have fun creating these, they are one of my favorite graphics to create!

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