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Top SEO Tips for Wedding Photographers to Rank Higher on Google
Are you a wedding photographer looking to boost your online presence and attract more clients? You've come to the right place! As a seasoned Showit and Squarespace website designer, I've helped so many amazing wedding photographers build their online presence. So, I was inspired to share a post on SEO for wedding photographers specifically. Let’s face it — there's no one-size-fits-all when it comes to marketing…
How to Connect Mailchimp to Squarespace
If you’re currently using (or thinking about using) the Mailchimp platform to grow your business and connect with customers, there’s a good chance that you will also want to integrate your Mailchimp account with your Squarespace website. Today, this Squarespace and Showit website designer is detailing exactly how to connect the two—and…
How to Add Anchor Links to Your Squarespace Website
As a Squarespace website designer, anchor links—also known as “page jumps”—are a fun feature I like to include on client websites when it makes sense from a user experience. They allow for more specific links, and make navigating a website easier overall! Today, I’m explaining exactly what they are and how to use them, so you can implement…
What is an SEO Blog Writer?
People say that being an SEO blog writer is difficult. People say that you can overwhelm yourself trying to relearn the ever-changing Google algorithm. And that, unless you commit yourself fully, you'll never write SEO-friendly blogs. That's some scary assertion, right? Well, don't fret. If you are regular here, then you know that I am an expert in all…
Squarespace vs Showit: Which is Better?
As a website designer, I am asked ALL the time for a comparison between Squarespace and Showit when it comes to website creation for business owners. And, the truth is, I don’t have one simple recommendation. Each platform comes with its pros and cons, which are all worth mentioning and taking into account when choosing which platform..
Is Squarespace Easy to Use?
Simple and straightforward, check! Powerful editing tools, check! Intuitive, check! Wide variety of templates, check! Customization options, check! Squarespace ticks all the right boxes for online business owners who need strong website building options, eCommerce utilities, easy-to-use marketing tools, and just about anything they desire to…
SEO for Copywriters: What You Need To Know
As a copywriter for coaches, creatives, and other small business owners, I’m sure you have quite a few questions when it comes to SEO (search engine optimization)… "How do I find SEO keywords?" "How do I rank my clients for a particular keyword?" "What happens after my clients get ranked for a keyword"? Before I answer these questions…
How to Add a Title Tag to Your Squarespace Pages
Curious about what the heck a title tag is and why it’s important? As an SEO strategist for online business owners and consultant for fellow website designers, this is an aspect of optimizing websites that is commonly looked over. While it most likely won’t make or break your website, title tags certainly have the power to increase your Google search…
How to Build a Squarespace Website Quickly
Maybe you have a business idea you want to launch ASAP. Maybe your business experienced unexpected growth and you need a website—like, now. Maybe you just don’t want to wait weeks to have a stunning and professional internet home base for your business. Regardless of the reason, there are a variety of cases in which you may want…
How Much Does a Squarespace SEO Expert Cost?
When it comes time to hire a Squarespace SEO expert, there are a lot of things to consider—the investment being one of them. SEO stands for search engine optimization, and can mean the difference between getting tons of relevant traffic to your website every day—and getting no visitors at all. For more info, you can check out my blog…
Squarespace Fonts and How to Change Them
While it may seem like colors and images are the only important design components on your Squarespace website, fonts actually play a HUGE role, as well. Fonts can convey mood and tone, and affect readability—making font choice a big one. Luckily, Squarespace provides many Google fonts available for free use right inside its platform. Today…
How to Improve Rank on Google
The websites that appear on the first page of results when you search a term on Google (and therefore get exponentially more clicks than websites that don’t) aren’t random—and, despite what you may think, it is possible to get your website to appear there for popular search terms. The magic (AKA technical engineering) behind this is…
What You Need to Know About Squarespace Scheduling
Scheduling appointments and bookings as an entrepreneur can be a nightmare—so it’s no surprise that many platforms have come out easing the process for business owners. Squarespace now has its own calendar booking system, which adds to the already all-in-one platform this website builder has become recently. Acuity was one of…
How to Customize Squarespace Website Templates
Listen—I LOVE Squarespace and all the templates it has to offer, but there is also something major to be said for the importance of making sure your website encompasses your unique brand. The good news? You can customize Squarespace templates in order to give them your brand’s unique touch without building a website from scratch…
8 Elements to Include in a Website Footer
Your website footer is more important than you think. Though it isn’t the first thing your website visitors will see, it very well might be the part of your site which leads them to navigate away after reading one full page or continue exploring your website. For this reason, putting ample time and energy into the elements of your footer is essential…
Why Your Website Photos are Just as Important as Your Design
One of the most frustrating things to see as a Squarespace and Showit website designer is a website with stunning design—and crappy photos. I decided to write an entire blog post on this topic because, though professional stock photos are relatively easy to find on the web, it is much more difficult to get a professional photoshoot for your…
SEO Elements I Implement on Every Website and Why They’re Important
When I design websites for my clients, it’s extremely important for me that they will drive passive engagement—making SEO (search engine optimization) a top priority. I like to say that I’m not only a Squarespace and Showit website designer, but also an SEO strategist. As someone who worked in the SEO industry for 2 years, I first hand…
Why I Now Design Showit Websites for Coaches and Creatives
If you’re an OG reader on this blog and have been following me since mid 2018, you’d know that I live and breathe Squarespace. But in May 2020, I decided to get serious about branching outside of my “Squarespace website designer shell.” An influencer reached out to me about doing a Showit website, and I happily accepted! It was…