Struggling to create on LinkedIn carousels? Canva and ChatGPT can help

Are you feeling a bit stuck when it comes to crafting those eye-catching LinkedIn carousels?

You're not alone!

Many content creators, like you, find it challenging to create compelling carousel.

But fear not, because there's a duo of digital helpers that can make this task a breeze: Canva and ChatGPT.

In this article, I'll show you how these two tools can turn your LinkedIn content into a carousel masterpiece, without wasting time and energy.

I followed the exact steps below to create this Linkedin carousel in less than 30 minutes.

LinkedIn Carousels: The Basics

LinkedIn Carousels are like a series of connected slides that you can use to:

• Tell your story
• Share your wisdom
• Promote your services

You don't need to be a design guru or a tech whiz to make them.

Just two free tools: Canva and ChatGPT, and you're all set.

Step 1: Getting Started with Canva

Canva is your creative playground, and it's free to use. Here's how to begin:

• Design Your Carousel: Start with a Linkedin Carousel template that's 1200x1500px. Keep it neat and simple.

• Fit to Your Brand: You can change the color, font type and style to suit to your liking and stay consistent with your brand

Step 2: Leveraging ChatGPT

ChatGPT is like your writing assistant. Let's use it to cook up some tasty content:

• Create Engaging Prompts: Ask ChatGPT to provide a catchy headline related to your topic. For example, if you're talking about balancing family and work, ask for a punchy headline on that.
• Spruce Up Your Title: Take the headline ChatGPT gives you and use it to jazz up your title slide in Canva. Be creative but keep it professional, remember, you're on LinkedIn.

• Cook Up an Article: Ask ChatGPT to whip up an engaging article on your topic. It'll do the hard part for you.
• Transform Content into Slides: No need to spend hours making slides; ChatGPT can do that.?

Here’s the prompt that I used:

Transform the above article to content for a carousel. Give me the content for title page. Give me content for each of the slides. Break it into slides, with numbers.

• Slide Length Adjustment: If your slides are too short, just ask ChatGPT to make them a bit longer while keeping that zesty style.
• Perfect Your Slides: Now, take each slide, paste it into Canva, and give it a personal touch. Add emotion, make it yours.
• End with a Bang: For the last slide, use a different color, and ask ChatGPT for a snazzy conclusion or summary.

Bonus: ChatGPT even recommends an appropriate image for each of the slides. You can search in Canva ‘Elements’ to add to the slides!

Step 3: Finalize Your Carousel

• Save as PDF: When your carousel is ready in Canva, save it as a PDF.

Step 4: Posting Your Carousel on LinkedIn

• Start a LinkedIn Post: Begin a new LinkedIn post.
• Add a Document: Look for the "Add a document" option below your post and click on it.
• Select Your PDF: Upload the PDF carousel you made in Canva.
• Craft Your Post: Write a caption to introduce your carousel. You can use the original prompt you gave ChatGPT as a starting point. Personalize it to fit your style.
• Publish Your Carousel: Hit the "Post" button, and you're done!

And there you have it – you've just created and shared a fantastic LinkedIn Carousel.

These carousels are your secret weapon to engage your LinkedIn pals, share your wisdom, and leave a lasting impression.

So, why wait? Give it a try today. It's free, simple, and loads of fun.

Happy Carousel-ing!