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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…

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Squarespace Mobile View FAQs

As you build your website, one of the most important things you will want to take into consideration is how your interface will appear on a mobile device. If your website looks stunning and professional on a desktop, but disgruntled and disorganized on a mobile device, you will likely be making a poor impression on a good portion of…

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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…

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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…

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What to Know About Squarespace Member Areas

Squarespace member areas are a fantastic way to add exclusivity + income to your website in a completely digital way. While some business owners use Squarespace member areas to offer customers/clients extra information or downloads for an additional price, other business owners use member areas as their entire business model (think…

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Setting Up Redirects in Squarespace

Redirects: They’re often forgotten about in the world of website design, with topics like design and copy taking precedence, but they’re actually very important to maintaining a professional, easy-to-navigate online presence. As a Squarespace and Showit website designer, I tell my clients to be mindful of any external links to their website that…

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Which Squarespace Plan is Best?

I’m a Squarespace and Showit website designer, which means the majority of my time is spent building websites, talking with clients, and helping them make decisions regarding the many options that come with both Squarespace and Showit. One of my most commonly asked questions is, “Which Squarespace plan is best?” Of course, there is…


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6 Best Websites for Squarespace CSS

As a Squarespace and Showit website designer, I am often advising Squarespace users on how to use custom CSS on their websites. This is necessary when someone wants to use a feature or style that doesn’t automatically come with their Squarespace template, and wants to ensure that their website stands out from the rest in their industry…

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Are Squarespace Templates Free?

A commonly asked question I see about Squarespace and its many template options is, “Are Squarespace templates free,” or “do I have to pay for them?” As you might have guessed, the answer to this is more complicated than a simple yes or no! While Squarespace does offer free template options, there are also a plethora of paid template…

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Squarespace Forms: How to Set Them Up + Important Features

If you currently use Squarespace to host your website (regardless of what type of business you run,) Squarespace forms are a fantastic option for connecting with potential clients and customers easily and securely. My favorite things about using forms over simply providing an email address to which info can be sent are: 1. You can control…

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Blog Post Writing Hack: How to Improve SEO and Easily Expand Your Content

Want to know how you can easily expand your blog post content so you have a bunch of topic ideas at your fingertips? Well keep on reading because you’re in luck! First off, let’s chat about the relationship between SEO and blog posts. SEO, or search engine optimization, is about making your website more Google-friendly so that you can…

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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…

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Squarespace for Podcasting: What You Should Know

If you currently own a business that utilizes a podcast as a marketing channel, it means you have one MORE thing to consider when choosing a website design platform for your business. You want something that will look great, have all the capabilities you need for running your business (from booking calendars to sales pages,) AND host your show…

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Louise Henry’s Uplevel with Asana Course Review

If you’ve stumbled onto this post, there’s a chance you’re trying to figure out whether or not to purchase Louise Henry’s Uplevel with Asana course. This is an honest review of her course and the program. I purchased the course in January 2020, and I still use so much of what I learned back then today. First off, if you’re not super familiar with…

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