White Canvas Design | Branding & Web Studio Vancouver White Canvas Design Founder and Creative Director is Recognized for the Business in Vancouver 2022 Forty under 40 award. Business in Vancouver Forty under 40 is an award that recognized the achievements of BC’s young entrepreneurs, executives, community leaders and professionals. The recipients of this award demonstrate excellence in business, leadership and community contribution.  This year, Carly Moir, Founder and Creative Director of White Canvas Design, was chosen as a recipient of this award, along side other talented leaders ..read more

White Canvas Design | Branding & Web Studio Vancouver White Canvas Design is the proud recipients of the Langley Business of the Year Award for 2022 This year, at the 26th Annual Business Excellence awards in October, White Canvas Design proudly accepted the Business of the Year Award (Up to 24 Employees)!    Every year, the Greater Langley Chamber of Commerce celebrates the achievements of Langley businesses by recognizing community involvement, environmental sustainability, leadership, and business success.  The Annual Business Excellence Awards starts with a month-lo ..read more

White Canvas Design | Branding & Web Studio Vancouver What is the Difference Between a Custom WordPress Website and Using a WordPress Theme? What exactly is the difference between a custom WordPress website and a WordPress theme? Think of it like this, do you like to customize your pizza entirely or purchase one that is already on their menu? That’s typically what a custom WordPress site is in comparison to a WordPress theme. Although they both result in a fully functional WordPress website, there is a difference between utilizing a theme to build a website for your business in comparison ..read more

White Canvas Design | Branding & Web Studio Vancouver What is the Difference Between Web Design and Web Development? Ever wonder what the difference is between web design and web development? It’s important to know that they are both specialties of their own and can rarely be done to the expert level by one individual. Think of it like building a home. Web designers are the architects and interior designers of the house, while deb developers are the builders. Similarly, web designers are focused on user experience and user interface, while web developers are writing the code and engineerin ..read more

White Canvas Design | Branding & Web Studio Vancouver White Canvas opens new creative agency in Langley, BC We’re excited to announce the opening of our new White Canvas agency office space in Walnut Grove, Langley at C320 10278 96 Avenue! After leasing for several years we were able to purchase our own piece of commercial real estate, and renovate it into the studio of our dreams with a little help from Rain City Industrial. Over 1,250 sq ft, the new office is designed for multi-purpose use, both open concept areas and private leadership offices. 9ft glass walls allow for ample natural li ..read more

White Canvas Design | Branding & Web Studio Vancouver What is the difference between a web designer and a web developer? At  White Canvas we are proud to offer all of our web development and web design services in-house. This means we are able to have our team of creative designers and talented developers work together and collaborate on any project that comes our way. Our Development and Design departments are trained in different areas of website creation that work together closely throughout the entire process. This is important as they are both specialized and essential skill sets ..read more

White Canvas DesignBranding & Web Studio Vancouver Shopify vs WordPress for SEO: Which works better? If you have a website set up for your business then you have probably heard about search engine optimization (SEO), or even about keywords at the very least. The main purpose of SEO is to improve your website’s position on a search engine results page (like Google). The better your SEO, the more chances of your website appearing on the first few pages (ideally top 3 positions) of Google which automatically equates to more visitors finding your website. This is called organic SEO (non-ad pos ..read more

White Canvas Design | Branding & Web Studio Vancouver 5 Website Design Tips for your Langley Business As an entrepreneur, running a business in Langley could be everything you’ve ever dreamed of. While you’re working hard all day and maybe even some nights, believe it or not but your website works even more than you. Since your website is always available to past, current, and potential customers, you want to ensure that it makes the best impression possible.  Here are 5 website design tips for your Langley business:  1. Utilize white space and content chunking Nobody likes a web ..read more

White Canvas Design | Branding & Web Studio Vancouver What is Digital Marketing? 5 Tips for Launching your Brand Online You’ve built a brand and you’ve built a website, now what? You’ve heard about digital marketing, but what is it all about really? In short, digital marketing encompasses the work you do and systems you have in place for people to find your business online. There are many parts to digital marketing, including everything from Google Adwords, writing blogs for your website, creating social media content, email marketing, and SEO. Each of these is available in your marketing ..read more

White Canvas Design | Branding & Web Studio Vancouver 6 Tips for Building your Brand on Social Media You’ve got your brand, you’ve got your unique positioning statement, and you’re ready to offer your businesses products or services to the world, but how will you reach them? Social Media can be a powerful tool for brands – especially for new startups trying to reach as much of their audience as possible. While it can feel trivial, social media is actually crucial to building your brand awareness in 2021 and it’s important to invest some thought and resources into it. Getting good awareness ..read more