Creating your First Design

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Now that you've set up your Design Studio account, let's get your first design started. So in the left-hand column, you'll see a list of the design template categories that are available. There's mortgage templates, real estate templates, and of course, specialty design packs. For this case, let's select the real estate templates. Once this opens up, you'll see that there's a lot of different design ideas here. Business cards, email signatures, listing presentations, postcards, property brochures. It's really a lot of stuff here.

00:32
So what we've done here is create a one-stop shop for all of your branded media marketing. Let's go ahead and get started by making a business card for you. In the business card section, you'll see all of the templates that are pre-made for you to customize. To choose a design, just hover over it and click Create Design, and that'll open up the template for you, and again, click Create Design. Almost immediately, you'll see a finished design appear.

00:59
And you can accept this the way it is, or you can modify it further. So let's scroll up to page one. That's the back of the card. Now I like my logo to be a little bit bigger than this. So let me enlarge it a little. And then I'm going to go ahead and recenter the logo. Okay. Let's look at the front of the card. Now, again, the logo size is an issue. The right logo is too small for me. So let me resize that.

01:27
All right, now let's bring it in a little to make sure everything is centered. Now I also want to review all of the text fields. Here I see that the mobile number heading isn't capitalized, so I'm going to go ahead and fix that. I also prefer that my telephone numbers are separated with dots instead of parentheses or in this case no spaces at all. So let me go ahead and add those dots in. All right, now let me adjust the spacing a little and let me make sure that all of the text on the page is...

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All right, there we go. We have a completed business card.

02:02
Now that your design is complete, let's talk about how to get it printed. At the top of the page you'll see three ways to do this. You can either share your file if you have a third party printer that you use, you can download the design and print it yourself, or you can order cards directly through the online print shop. Let's take a look at that. In the online print shop, you'll need to make a few finishing decisions. In this case, you'll need to choose which paper. Now I like a glossy card, so let's go with a 24-point gloss cover.

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but you can also select whether you want the finished product to be UV-coated. Now once you've made your finishing decisions, you'll need to select a quantity and then your shipping options. At the bottom of the page, you'll see your order total. To order these, go ahead and add them to your cart. In your print cart, you can add any promotional codes you may have, and you can go ahead and click Checkout. This will give you the opportunity to enter your billing information. And congratulations, your business cards are on the way.

Step-By-Step Instructions

Step 1:  Access Design Templates

• In the left-hand column, select Real Estate Templates.

Step 2:  Explore Design Options

• Choose the type of design you want to make
  • Business cards
  • Email signatures
  • Listing presentations
  • Postcards
  • Property brochures

Step 3:  Start Designing a Business Card

• Navigate to the Business Card section.
• Hover over your preferred template and click Create Design.
• Click Create Design again to open the template.
• A finished design will appear almost immediately.

Step 4:  Customize Your Business Card

• You can either accept the design as is or modify it further:
  • Back of the Card: Scroll to page one to edit.
    • Resize and recenter the logo if desired.
  • Front of the Card: Adjust the logo size if needed.
    • Ensure everything is centered.
    • Review all text fields for accuracy:
      • Check Capitalization
      • Check Formatting of telephone numbers and addresses

Step 5:  Finalize Your Business Card and Choose Printing Options

• At the top of the page, you'll see three printing options:
  • Share your file if you have a third-party printer.
  • Download the design to print it yourself.
  • Order directly through the online print shop.
• Let's explore the Online Print Shop option.

Step 6:  Make Finishing Decisions

• In the print shop, choose your finishing options:
  • Select paper type (e.g., 24-point gloss cover).
  • Decide if you want UV coating on the finished product.
• Choose the Quantity of cards and set your Shipping Options.

Step 7:  Place Your Order

• At the bottom of the page, you'll see your order total.
• Add the cards to your cart.
• In the Print Cart, apply any promotional codes you may have.
• Click Checkout to enter your billing information.

Step 8:  Congratulations!

• Your business cards are now on the way!