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8 Quick Squarespace Website Changes That Improve Your Bounce Rate
As a Squarespace website designer who places a heavy focus on SEO, the bounce rate of my website is something I keep in mind while designing. In short, bounce rate is the rate of people who visit your websiteβs home page (or another page) and immediately leave your website without visiting any other pages (essentially bouncing!) You canβ¦
4 Things Clients Want to See on Your Website Before Buying from You
As a service-based business owner, you didnβt build (and arenβt continuing to run) your website for fun. You want it to help you land clients! However, it can be somewhat of a guessing game for newbie business owners to figure out exactly what aspects of their website are boosting their business β and what they should be adding in order to makeβ¦
3 Signs You Need to Hire a Squarespace SEO Expert
Getting started with SEO can be very overwhelming at first. You donβt know where to find the best information and half the time, it feels like youβre reading a foreign language. Trust me, Iβve been there. When I got my job at an SEO agency, it took me months to actually learn what the heck I was doing and why it mattered. Unfortunately, I didnβt have theβ¦
When (And When Not) to Hire a Professional Website Designer
Not sure if youβre ready to invest in a professional website designer for your online business? Youβre in luck! Iβm breaking down the key aspects to be aware of when considering hiring a designer. This post is specifically for coaches, creatives and other service providers who are ready to go all in and invest $4-8K on website designβ¦
How to Create and Add a Favicon to Your Squarespace Website
In this post, Iβm covering the basics of creating and adding a favicon to your Squarespace website! What a Favicon is (and Why You Should Have One). A favicon is the tiny image to the left of the text on a website tab in your browser. (HINT: Gmailβs is a rainbow βM,β Google Driveβs is a rainbow triangle, etc.) You can see them easily whenever youβ¦
How to Secure Your Squarespace Website with SSL
After all the time and energy youβve invested into your Squarespace website, the last thing you want is for it to lack security. Lacking the proper SSL security can leave your website vulnerable to hackers and impersonators who not only threaten the safety of your website, but also threaten the safety of your customers and clients and their personβ¦
How to Add a Footer Navigation to Your Squarespace Website
If you currently have a website on Squarespace or plan on creating one soon, an important consideration for your new online home should be creating a footer navigation for it. I know this probably isnβt the first and most important thing that comes to mind on your checklist of things to do for your new website, but hear me out β as a Squarespaceβ¦
AMP and Blogging with Squarespace: What You Need to Know
If you are currently blogging with Squarespace, youβre likely always on the hunt for ways you can optimize your site on all devices and get more views via search engines like Google. One lesser-known (but fantastic) option for optimizing your Squarespace website and blog on mobile devices is AMP, which stands for Accelerated Mobile Pages. Whatβ¦
Floral Healing Therapy: Squarespace Website Design
Heather of Floral Healing Therapy is a licensed mental health counselor in Oregon and Washington. Her business is unique compared to other therapy services because she created the concept of Floral Healing Therapy! Heather began developing the idea of FHT in 2018 and opened her private practice in April 2019. She created Floral Healingβ¦
Why Brine is the Best Squarespace 7.0 Template Family
If youβve read any of my earlier blog posts, you may have noticed that I am a HUGE advocate for Squarespace. I have found that itβs simply one of the best website building service for solopreneurs, and I have used it to build my own business since I started! Since I chose Squarespace, I never looked back, and take any chance I can to tell myβ¦
4 Benefits of Hiring a Copywriter and Website Designer for Your Rebrand
As a six-figure or multi-six-figure business owner, the time will likely come when you realize that your website could use a serious rebrand. After all, as your business grows, your website has to grow to accommodate new services and offerings, as well as higher traffic. (And that website you used when you were first starting out, or even when youβ¦
7 Places to do SEO Keyword Research for Your Blog
If youβre here, it probably means youβre getting serious about blogging. Because the hard truth is that without doing keyword research, thereβs a high chance your blog content will never get seen by the people who need it most. Thatβs right - without SEO (search engine optimization), your posts will be floating out in the abyss of the interwebs. If youβ¦
A Guide to Squarespace Index Pages
As a Squarespace website designer, Iβm always on the hunt for ways to make my clientsβ websites unique, responsive, and easy-to-navigate β and that makes index pages one of my FAVORITE features of Squarespace 7.0. (There are many more favorites, though, which you can check out hereβ¦In case you hadnβt noticed, I LIVE and BREATHEβ¦
Bmore Boozeless: Branding + Squarespace Website Design
As a Squarespace and Showit website designer, one of my favorite things about the work I do is how unique each client is in their business and vision. Thatβs why I tell potential clients on a consultation to not worry if they donβt see something in my portfolio that 100% aligns to the vibe theyβre looking for in their branding and website. This wasβ¦
An Overview of Squarespace Blocks
If youβre a website DIYer, Squarespace blocks are arguably one of the first and most basic aspects youβd need to learn first about designing on the platform. If youβre not familiar, blocks are strips of content that make up website pages. These can be images, text, search bars, etcβ¦Generally, every website page consists of multiple blocks that range inβ¦
7 Things to Consider Before Hiring a Squarespace Website Designer
Thinking of hiring a Squarespace website designer for your online coaching or service based business. Well youβve come to the right place, because Iβm breaking down my top tips for finding the right designer for your business. Iβve been a designer for more than 3 years. Not only have I learned a lot along the way, but Iβve also seen a lot of otherβ¦
How to Create a Linktree Alternative on Squarespace & Improve SEO
If youβre active on Instagram, you know how hard it is to choose just one link to feature in your bio (ESPECIALLY if your account is for your business.) There are TONS of links you want to promote, from your websiteβs landing page, to free downloads, to your latest blog post, to your email list sign-up. So, when you can only showcase ONE link, how is anβ¦
How to Duplicate a Page on Your Squarespace Website
There are many capabilities that are super helpful when building your Squarespace website, and duplicating a page is one of them. Not only does it save time, but it also saves mental energy from having to recreate a design from scratch. In this post, Iβm breaking down how you can duplicate your work in Squarespace 7.0 and 7.1 (find out theβ¦