Disclaimer: I love Canva. I really do. They’ve been adding tons of new exciting features, and I’m here for it. But, if you’re looking to walk into these corporate spaces, you’re going to need a website that’s a lot more powerful than the landing page you can build on Canva.

Listen in for more about why that easy little page isn’t good enough for:

• SEO
• Multiple page capability
• Powerful functions that you need to be taken seriously with corporate clients

Now, if you just need a quick landing page, do it. When it’s time to bump it up to a big boy site, WordPress is the way.

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Hello, hello, hello, and welcome to episode nine of More Than a Brand Podcast.

All right, y'all.

Now, I might ruffle some feathers with this episode.

I might even lose a few listeners because I'm about to talk

about everybody's favorite, everybody's bay, Canva, and, and.

Before we get into this episode, let me start with a disclaimer.

I thought I had to give a disclaimer, like, um, when you're watching already

movies, this disclaimer is I like Canva.

I really do.

I use it.

I use it.

A lot of the, um, presentation designs that I do, I use it in proposals

because Camba is easy, camba, and during the time that I'm recording this

episode, Canva just released a ton.

When I say a ton, a ton of new developments that

they're offering on Canva.

However, Canva can't be used for everything.

Now Camba has the magic, right?

I will a hundred percent stand behind using the magic right too.

Especially if you struggle with creating content.

It can give you some ideas that you can expound upon when

you're just lost in the sauce.

Canvas's easy for making your brand cohesive.

Now, when I say cohesive, I mean if you want to, if, if you have the pro

package, you can have like your colors, your special fonts and everything

uploaded into Camba says your brand stays the same across Canva, just, Develop

and released an animations option.

Not necessarily sure how that works.

Like I said, all this just happened right before I recorded this episode, but there

is an option for animations can, the also released a draw option, which is something

that I always felt like it missed that it needed, because sometimes just these

little raggedy shapes ain't getting it.

Canva rolled out its website option a while ago, and if you listen to

season one of more than a brand and you know that there is an

episode about Canva in that season.

But although Canva has all those great things, it is not.

The number one tool are the tool that you should be using, especially if

you are getting into these corporate spaces as your primary website.

I'm gonna say that again.

I'm not saying don't use Canva.

I'm just saying that if you are getting into corporate spaces, if you are being

seen as an expert, Canva does not have the ability to give you a multi-page website

at this time, but that may happen later.

But right now, on March, I don't even know what day it is, but I think it, it's

like March 22nd, 2023 at five 19 Eastern.

Canva does not have what you need to create a multi-page

website that is s e o friendly.

Now you want a quick landing page?

Put that bad boy in Canva.

If you go back to listen to season one of more than a brand, then you

know that I talked about Canva.

And I talked about that Canva does not have the ability at that point,

they did not have the ability for you to have a mobile friendly

website built on their platform.

They've changed that, so it always evolves.

But at this point in time, if you are using Canva for your website purposes

you're looking for a multi-age with many functions, with all the things

that you get on a WordPress site.

It's just not going to deliver for you.

It's not gonna get you where you want to be.

Another thing that Canva does not give you when it comes to your

website is that s e o piece, and that was talked about in season one.

And I also, I wanted to make sure, you know, I wanna make

sure I give you the facts.

You know, I want to make sure that I give you.

Things, honestly, and do my research.

So I looked at Canva to make sure that they haven't changed this,

but at this point in time, they do not have an SEO capability.

Now, the name of your website, cuz right now, you can connect

it to your own personal domain.

You can use a free canvas domain.

So those things are SEO searchable, but that's only one element.

Of that, landing page or that one page site that you're able to build

on Canva that is SEO friendly.

And I will tell you while I'm harping on seo, because SEO is

important, if you get your seo.

the names of your photos, your copy.

If you get your SEO aligned, then that will bring you naturally start bringing

you more organic traffic to your website.

And there's ways to analyze why things are working that way and

what is driving people to your site.

What keywords are working.

So it's important to think about that when you're thinking, I'm

just gonna use can because it's easy, it's cheap, and it's easy.

But cheap ain't always right and easy isn't gonna necessarily

get you to where you want to be.

As a D E I professional.

Now I'm not against using Canva for landing page.

Use it.

It's easy, it's cheap, it's quick.

Especially when you have an idea that you haven't sold yet,

but you're looking to sell.

I'm here for it.

But if you are using Canva and you are my ideal client, I'm gonna give you

a a at, like I tell my, like I tell my two year old A at put that back.

We not doing.

Because it's not gonna get you where you want to go.

It's not gonna provide you with the tools that you need to excel in your

business the way you want to excel.

Now y'all remember, what is that?

Lula Ru Y'all remember Lula Ru and I remember this was in like

20 17, 20, um, 16 timeframe.

Everybody, and a mama was selling Lula RU because it was marketed as,

this is easy, you gonna make money, especially if you're a housewife,

you're gonna be able to get your own income, sell these leggings, and they.

10,000 different leggings and the startup was essentially pretty, low

cost startup, and people that sold LA Ru expected to get rich Quick Offer

these products because it was low cost.

It's easy.

And those people that sold Lru and also the rest of the world at

once, Netflix put it all out there.

Found out that because it was cheap, because it was easy, didn't mean

it was right, didn't mean it was the right direction to go in that.

How I feel about Canva when it comes to websites, because it's easily

accessible, because it's quick, because it is cheap, doesn't make it the

right choice for your website needs.

Now, Canva is given.

Adobe a run for they money.

I'm not even gonna lie, I'm an Adobe fan, but Canva is slowly growing to where it

is making some of the Adobe, suites, some of the Adobe Creative Cloud suites in

particular, not needed, but it has yet to reach the status of a WordPress website.

It just does not have what it means for you to excel in your

business with your website.

So if you're thinking about WordPress and you're thinking about, well, should I

go on WordPress or should I go on Canva?

That easy drag and drop that you have on Canva, you can

easily create it on WordPress.

With the use of Elemental Pro, that's my favorite.

And there's several other builders that you use on WordPress to

give you that drag and drop.

But if vacillating between Canva and WordPress, and you are at the

point where you're reaching corporate clients, don't you go with Kim

because you think it's cheap and easy.

when money is sent out, it comes back to you.

So when you take the time to invest in yourself the right way, you will get

the results that you're looking for.

But when you hold on to the investment and not investing yourself and

going the cheap way with can.

You gonna get cheap results.

So just think about that as you are going back and forth.

Should I just put it on Camba?

Don't you try to put that whole website on Camba.

You know you got five pages.

What you gonna do?

Five different domains?

That's a hot mess.

Don't you put that website on can just because it's easy.

Doesn't make it right now.

Hopefully I didn't lose you cuz I talked about everybody's bay camba.

I love Camba, but it's.

The right tool you need for taking your Hot mess website to yes, just

because it's easy, because you don't understand WordPress, you haven't been

educated enough on how to make your WordPress site work for you, don't mean

you jump ship and go to camp because that is not the way to go and it's not

gonna give you the results you need.

And you gonna be messaging WordPress, talking about some,

Hey bighead, don't do it.

That is it for this episode.

If you have any questions, always feel free to DM me.

Send me a note and let me know what you think, and I will see you in episode 10.