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How to Add a Squarespace Announcement Bar
Squarespace announcement bars are a great feature to have on your website. If you’re not sure what they are, they are the thin bars that span the full width of a page at the very top of your website. You can choose to enable the announcement bar for a set amount of time or always have it visible. And they serve many different purposes…
Squarespace SEO Guide: How to Optimize Your Website
Looking to optimize your Squarespace website so that you can increase your visibility, leads, and sales coming in through your website? Perfect! You’re in the right place :) If you’re not familiar with SEO, or search engine optimization, it’s the changes you make to your website to give it the best possible chance of ranking in search engines like…
How to Format & Upload a Squarespace Banner Image
Whether you want to use Squarespace’s banner capabilities to upload an image or a colored background, this post is for you. If you’re not familiar with banner images and how they’re different from other images you can add inside Squarespace, it’s this: they span the full width of the page. In this post, I’m breaking down how to choose a template…
6 Different Uses for a Squarespace Cover Page
Squarespace cover pages serve many purposes for your business’ website. They’re only very easy to create but they can also be used in various ways. But before we dive in, I want to chat a little bit about what cover pages are and their benefits. What is a cover page? Squarespace cover pages are different from regular pages in that you don’t have…
Squarespace SEO: 4 Blogging Mistakes to Avoid
Are you blogging like crazy and seeing no results? There could be quite a few explanations for that, but I see many of the same problems time and time again, wether it’s on Squarespace or Wordpress. And not surprisingly enough, most problems come down to SEO (or lack thereof). If you’re spending any time on blogging, you need to be aware…
How to Setup and Use Google Analytics in Squarespace
One of the things I love most about Squarespace is that Google Analytics can be found right inside the dashboard. I mean, how cool is that?! That means you don’t have to go directly to Google Analytics to see how people are finding you. However, the Google Analytics inside of Squarespace does not showcase the same depth of information that…
Squarespace SEO: Ultimate Blog Post Guide to Rank in Google
If you want your Squarespace blog posts to rank on page 1 and drive traffic to your website, you need to be using SEO to optimize them. If you’re not familiar with SEO, or search engine optimization, it is the process of how search engines (Google, Bing, Yahoo) rank web pages. Based on the words or questions people search for, search engines…
4 Essentials for a Highly Converting Squarespace Website
Have you heard online business owners, maybe even coaches, say that a website doesn’t matter? When you are just starting out and you are brand new to business, then yes of course. You don’t NEED a website to get clients. But I have a couple points to make about this. You get to a point in your business when you should have a professional…
How to Create a Style Guide Inside Squarespace
Creating a style guide inside Squarespace is the first step you should do before tackling the actual design aspect of your website. And I know you might want to just skip this step and jump the gun. You've got your Pinterest board of inspiration by your side, a few inspiration sites pulled up on your screen and you are just itching to dive right in.
Pamela's Essentials: Squarespace Website Design
Pamela Holt is a yoga, meditation and mindset coach for women who are stressed and anxious in their everyday lives. She helps them create a self-care routine that encompasses yoga, meditation and mindset work. She has an amazing story of how she’s been through her own challenging journey with anxiety, depression, and being unhappy. She…
How to Create a Cover Page in Squarespace
If you’re an online business owner, chances are that you know the importance of growing your email list. Gone are the days of “sign up for my newsletter.” Today, you have to give away a freebie providing some kind of value in exchange for an email address. A freebie is also known as a lead magnet, lead capture or opt-in. These words are all…
4 Signs That it’s Time for a Rebrand or Website Redesign
As a solopreneur, chances are high that your business will have a rebrand at least once. Because there are so many avenues for solopreneurs to take in the online business world, it’s just natural for your business to expand or move in another direction as it grows. In this post, I’m breaking dow the 4 signs that it’s time for a rebrand or website…
Taylar Digital: Branding + Web Design
Getting the website for Taylar Digital up and running was one heck of a journey when I started this back in August 2017. I had heard Squarespace was easier to use than Wordpress (which I use for my travel blog), so I thought that I would just jump right in and learn as I went. This was not the best idea - I ended up changing my theme twice…
8 Places to Promote Your Freebie on Your Squarespace Website
If you’re an online business owner, chances are that you know the importance of growing your email list. Gone are the days of “sign up for my newsletter.” Today, you have to give away a freebie providing some kind of value in exchange for an email address. A freebie is also known as a lead magnet, lead capture or opt-in. These words are all…
How to Use Squarespace Site Styles
In this video, you’ll learn how to use Squarespace Site Styles to change the aesthetics of your website, including the look of the fonts, colors, backgrounds, and spacing. This tutorial will help you take the colors and fonts of your brand and set them up inside of your Squarespace website. Different Squarespace templates have varying amounts…
How to Change the Height of a Banner Image Inside a Squarespace Brine Family Template
In this video, you’ll learn how to change the height of a banner image inside a Squarespace Brine family template. For a lot of the index pages within Brine, they all have the similar setting for how to change the height of the banner image. I have an index page right here, but also I know within Rally, regular pages will also have a section where you…
3 Things You Need at the Top of Your Homepage
The area at the top of the homepage, what people see when they land on your site, is known as “above the fold.” This is the most important area of your homepage because you only have a few seconds to inform people about what you do. But unfortunately, many business owners who DIY their website miss out on this opportunity by not including...
Getting Started with Squarespace: A Beginner's Guide
Starting a website can be an overwhelming task. That’s why I love recommending Squarespace for solopreneurs. It’s ease of use, drag and drop features and amazing support team make it an amazing platform. This post is going to give you a step-by-step guide of getting started with Squarespace if you’re a beginner. Choose your Squarespace…