by the Small Business AdministrationLast updated May 3, 2023 Starting a business involves planning, making key financial decisions, and completing a series of legal activities. Read on to learn about each step.
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Idaliz OrtizDigital Marketing Savvy | No Hype. No Hacks. No Spam. | History-Politics Buff | I can help you amplify your brand’s voice in today’s digital jungle! Contact us at [email protected]   We’ve all been there at some point or another — precious hours wasted trying to design the perfect social media post, presentation, or graphics for your small business. It seems like no matter how many hours you spend in Canva, your graphics never look like what you had in mind so you finally give up.
Oh boy, do I have good news for you! Save yourself a ton of time, energy & frustration by using pre-made templates directly from Canva. Yes! Directly from Canva. Read along for some tips & tricks that will save you countless hours each week so that you can easily customize your Canva templates to match your branding in just a few clicks. 1. Use the Canva Brand Kit One of the best ways to customize your Canva templates is to upload your brand colors, fonts and logo to the Canva Brand Kit. I love the Brand Kit because it allows you to stay consistent with your design graphics, and makes customizing your templates much easier. You can access this time-saving feature right on the home page of your Canva Pro account! With Canva Pro, you can add multiple brand kits, have unlimited color palettes, and upload your logos and custom fonts. Can free Canva users have brand kits? Yes, but with extremely limited functionalities. You can only have one brand kit as a free user, you cannot upload your logos or fonts, and you’re allowed only three colors in a palette. 2. Change Colors to Match Your Branding Another way to customize your Canva templates is to replace all of the colors in a set of templates to match your brand colors. You can also save time by changing one color across all of your template designs which will keep your brand colors consistent. To change all colors, follow these quick steps:
You can also customize your Canva templates by changing the template fonts to match your own brand fonts. Keeping fonts consistent across all your designs graphics will help ensure your audience recognizes & remembers your brand in the future! 4. Add Your Brand Photos Brand photos are often very custom and personal (especially if they include you— duh!). So it’s important to customize your Canva templates by replacing the images with your own. 5. Canva Styles You can also customize your Canva templates by using the ‘Styles’ feature. To use the 'Styles' feature, you'll first need to have your Brand kit setup (You will need Canva Pro to do this). Once finished, you can follow these steps:
These are just some ways in which Canva can help you grow and market your brand but remember the possibilities are endless! Canva is constantly rolling out new design features to help online business owners create beautiful graphics in a fraction of the time. If you enjoyed this, share the love! I hope you found this Canva article tutorial helpful. If you did, feel free to comment and share it with your friends. What are your favorite time-saving Canva tips? Let me know in the comments!  This blog is brought to you by our friends at Kaiser PermanenteAfter so much time apart, a lot of friends, families and colleagues are planning to gather this year to celebrate Thanksgiving, religious holidays and the new year. The centerpiece of so many gatherings is food, making this a challenging time of year to avoid unhealthy weight gain.
In addition to the heaping portions of food we're presented with, many of us struggle this time of year to fit exercise into our busy schedules. And many of us get stressed out by the logistics and commitments associated with holiday season, prompting us to stress eat. It's all a recipe for weight gain. Fortunately, with some planning you can manage the holiday season without packing on too many extra pounds. Here are some tips to navigate the holiday season: 1. Be mindful of what you are eating, and learn to recognize a portion size. Common Thanksgiving meals include turkey, sweet potatoes, yams, gravy and stuffing. That's before you even get to desserts such as pecan or pumpkin pies. And depending on your religious traditions, your plate may be full of carb-laden or fatty foods during Hanukkah, Christmas or Kwanzaa. Then there's New Year's Eve, when many people drink calorie-rich alcohol or overdo it on appetizers while staying up until midnight. With so much tempting food, it's important to be cognizant of the amount of fat, sugar and calories in what you eat and drink. Check nutrition labels when you can. Be mindful of the size of a serving. A portion of your favorite food may be much smaller than you'd expect. Jack Spirakes, Public Information OfficerU.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) recently announced the closure of the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF). Through the American Rescue Plan Act, the SBA launched the RRF to provide funding to help restaurants and other eligible businesses keep their doors open. The SBA received over 370,000 applications from restaurant owners across the United States. The program provided a total of $28.6 billion in critical funding to over 105,000 restaurants. As part of this effort, the Restaurant Revitalization Fund supported 3,777 small restaurants with gross receipts of less than $50,000 in 2019. Due to overwhelming demand, and given the original appropriation provided in the American Rescue Plan Act, the SBA was unable to fund all qualified applications. Applicants who have not received funding will have their applications held in the order received within the RRF application platform to allow for processing if additional funds are made available by Congress. The Restaurant Revitalization Fund application platform will remain open until mid-July to allow applicants to check their status, address payment corrections, and/or ask questions. The SBA will disable access to the platform on July 14, 2021. Existing program information can be found at https://www.sba.gov/rrf.  By: Jack Spirakes, Public Information Officer U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Washington Metropolitan Area District Office On May 25, 2021, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a temporary final rule making available an additional 22,000 H-2B temporary nonagricultural guest worker visas for fiscal year 2021 to employers who are likely to suffer irreparable harm without these additional workers. While 16,000 of the additional visas are limited to returning workers, 6,000 visas have been reserved for nationals of the Northern Triangle countries (Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala), regardless of whether those nationals are returning workers. The supplemental visas support President Biden’s vision of expanding lawful pathways for protection and opportunity for individuals from the Northern Triangle and address the needs of U.S. employers at risk of permanent and severe financial loss. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) strongly encourages qualified U.S. employers to consider this supplemental H-2B allocation reserved for nationals of the Northern Triangle in filling positions for which they cannot find qualified and available U.S. workers. If fewer than 6,000 beneficiaries are requested toward the visas set aside for nationals of the Northern Triangle countries, USCIS will announce on its website by July 23 that the unused Northern Triangle country visas will be made available to employers regardless of the beneficiary’s country of nationality, subject to the returning worker requirement. The H-2B nonimmigrant classification applies to noncitizen workers seeking to perform nonagricultural labor or services in the United States on a temporary basis, usually lasting no longer than one year (unless the employer’s need is a one-time event that could last up to three years), for which U.S. workers are not available. For more information please visit the USCIS website.  |
Idaliz OrtizIdaliz Ortiz is a Puerto Rican former multimedia journalist. She received a GLAAD award in 2017 for Spanish Programing - Special Feature, and was twice nominated for a Capital Emmy Award. She is currently the GWHCC Director of Marketing and Communications. Feel free to email her at [email protected]g Archives
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