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How Much to Charge for a Sponsored Blog Post
If you’ve read anything on this blog, you’re familiar with my incessant nagging to be different. To stand out. And in doing so, to not just agree to something out of fear of losing a […]
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How to Create Thin Lines in Canva
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…it’s head-shaking to feel the need to write a blog post on creating thin lines in Canva (among other seemingly simple tasks like how to outline text in […]
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Shadow In Canva: Add an Image Drop or Text Shadow to Your Designs
So after putting together my post and video on how to outline text in Canva, I received some comments that it’s not truly an outline and is more of a shadow. First, depending on the […]
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How Much Should Freelance Writers Charge?
When it comes to the question of how much freelance writers charge – or should charge – step back and consider a few things first. Importantly—why do you want to get into freelance writing? To […]
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How I Absolutely Dominate Words with Friends’ Lightning Round [VIDEO]
Update 9.28.18: We have a new high scorer…and it isn’t me! Reader “Onihi” scored a whopping 562, besting my 549! And, it just goes to show that there is no one “right” way to chase […]
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Grouping in Canva: The Long Way & Short Cut
Even if someone builds a better mousetrap, there is always going to be someone who wants an even better mousetrap. It’s how the world works, and frankly, it’s how we continue to innovate, so I’m […]
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Ultimate Guide to Canva Keyboard Shortcuts and Hacks
Here is the funny, kind of ironic thing about this blog post. Canva was basically created to save amateur designers oodles of time creating graphics—and graphics that actually look pretty dang good. But like with […]
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How to Outline Text in Canva in Two Minutes
Canva is awesome. I don’t even have to ask opinions…we can all just agree and move on. But, for as much work they’ve put into helping non-design professionals create stunning graphics, there are some face-slappingly […]