Canva 101 for Your Moving Business—No Design Skills Needed

If you’re still handing out pixelated business cards or posting weirdly-cropped photos on Facebook, we’ve got good news: You don’t need a graphic designer to look professional anymore. 

You need Canva—and about 30 minutes. 

You're about to learn how movers like you use Canva to upgrade their brand—without hiring help or wasting time.

🫡  Not an ad. This is our honest opinion. We appreciate good tools, and Canva is one we use all the time at SmartMoving.   

Why movers should use Canva 

Most moving companies lose leads before they even get the chance to quote. If your branding screams “amateur hour,” customers will scroll right past you. 

This is where Canva comes in. It's waaay better than Microsoft Paint, and not as techie as Photoshop. 

Canva makes it easy, no design degree needed.

• Clean, consistent branding
• Better social content = more shares and referrals 
• Templates so you don't have to start from scratch

They even have templates for moving services. Like these.

Let’s make your moving company look as legit as it actually is. 

Set up your brand kit first (takes 5 minutes)

Before you start cranking out content, spend five minutes creating your Brand Kit in Canva. This makes everything you build—flyers, emails, social posts—look consistent. 

What to include: 

• Logo (high-res PNG) 
• Brand colors: Upload a truck photo and Canva will pull out the prominent colors.
• Fonts: Pick 1 headline font and 1 body font. That’s it. Clean and easy to read. 

Once this is set, Canva will apply it across every template. No more "what's our font called again?"

For print: flyers, cards, mailers

Use Canva to make: 

• Business cards 
• POP cards for referrals 
• Postcards for direct mail
• Flyers to take to apartment offices, community events, etc. 

Steps: 

1. Search for “Postcard” or “Flyer.” 
2. Pick a bold, clean template .
3. Drop in your logo, photo, and CTA. 
4. Print straight from Canva or download a print-ready PDF.

📌 Pro tip: Add a QR code to your flyer that links to your booking page or review form. 

For social: posts, stories, videos

Canva helps you look like a pro—even if you only have time to post once a week. 

Use it for: 

• Before & after photos 
• Crew shoutouts 
• Customer review graphics 
• Hiring ads 

Steps: 

1. Pick “Facebook Post” or "Instagram reel" template.
2. Drop in a photo or video and one bold headline.
3. Turn images into mp4s by adding stickers or animation. 

📸 Stock photo hack: Don’t search “movers” unless you want pictures of guys in overalls fake-carrying boxes. Try “young men helping move,” “friends with boxes,” or just scroll to the bottom of results to find less cheesy options. 

Have fun with it, like Pink Zebra Moving...

 For email: headers, footers, promos 

Canva’s “Email Header” templates let you create: 

• Eye-catching banners 
• Promo graphics (“10% off weekday moves”) 
• Branded footers with your logo, stars, and contact info 

Steps: 

1. Choose “Email Header” size (~1200x400px).
2. Keep it bold and simple. 
3. Download as PNG and upload to your CRM or email platform. 

💯 Bonus: With SmartMoving, you can auto-insert headers and footers in all your emails.

 For your team: training and planning 

You can also use Canva to organize your operations—not just promote them. 

Presentations 

Build slide decks for: 

• Crew onboarding 
• Customer service training 
• Safety refreshers 

Canva has ready-made templates so you don’t have to wonder "what goes here?" Bonus: looks way better than a Word doc printout. 

Whiteboards and workflows

Use Canva’s “Whiteboard” tool to: 

• Plan your marketing calendar 
• Map out sales goals 
• Create job flow diagrams 

These boards are great for weekly team huddles or quarterly reviews—and you can reuse the template every month. 

Best practices for designing in Canva

• Stick to your brand kit—fonts, colors, logo 
• Use real photos—sweat, dirt, real jobs (not stock smiles) 
• Keep it simple—bold text, clear message, one CTA 
• Batch your work—spend 1 hour a month creating content for print, social, and email 
• Stay consistent—every touchpoint should look like it came from the same team 

Great branding doesn't start when you're big time. It starts now

You don’t need to “look corporate.” You just need to look like a company people trust with their furniture, their money, and their timeline. 

With Canva, you can look like the pro you are—without adding to your workload. 

What will you design? Get inspired👇

• Non-cringey moving company logo
• Scroll-stopping social posts
• Moving mailers that convert
• Kick a$$ truck wraps