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Squarespace is THE BEST option for anyone looking to do their own website refinements

WordPress, Shopify, and Kajabi are also great platforms, but Squarespace wins almost every time.

Functionality: Drag-and-drop content blocks or use professionally designed templates that require no coding

Design: Match your styles of fonts, colors, and other branding

Pricing: Start small and upgrade as needed

Customer Support: They offer a live chat function and email support, as well as extensive online documentation

Squarespace App: Update your website from your phone (Android or iOS)

Some coaches still prefer Kajabi but are increasingly moving to Squarespace for community building, scheduling, invoicing, and selling digital content or memberships. Authors and speakers develop a brand to promote their work, share testimonials, and collect emails for newsletter campaigns. Creatives like showcasing portfolios, blogs, and events all in one place. Restaurants primarily display regularly updated menus and link to online reservations with OpenTable etc. Non-Profits can now accept donations directly through the website and share newsletters with uplifting stories and statistics to highlight their mission driven impact.

Squarespace Walkthrough

Pre-Build

  • Secure your domain name via Squarespace unless you want to save $20 and get it for free when you upgrade your subscription but please save everyone the headache and only buy domains from Squarespace so you don’t have to manage these records later

  • Make sure it’s something easily understood if you’re saying it out loud or over the phone and think about what it looks like as an email

  • Get one year of professional email from Google FREE with a Business or higher plan and save 20% on all annual subscriptions working with me as a Circle Member

Overall Look

Before anyone scrolls to learn more on your website, these subtle but important things will separate you from sloppy or unfinished DIY website projects:

Structure/Flow

Search Engines

Visibility

Ubiquity

If you have an established brand on social media, match hex colors and textures so people instantly recognize your brand on everything including business cards, email signatures, slide decks and more. Canva templates are great for this.

SOURCE: Squarespace’s Site Launch Checklist (Updated December 2024) and SEO Checklist (updated December 2024). They have other awesome Frequently Asked Questions on the Squarespace Help Center.

Need to jump on a call for a free 15 minute fix or discuss a website build or refresh?

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Squarespace Web Design

The following is a list of why people work with me

Professional Expertise

I’m an experienced Squarespace Developer and been building and managing websites for small businesses and startups since 2016. As part of the Squarespace’s Circle community, I also can extend the standard 2 week free trial to 120 days and offer 20% off new annual subscriptions. If you want to polish and launch an existing site or build one from scratch, let’s book a time to discuss your needs.

Time Saver

We’re all busy. Squarespace empowers anyone to build a website on your own with the help of templates, your tech savvy nephew, and AI. BUT not everyone wants to learn yet another new platform. Sometimes people just need help starting up and they can handle regular maintenance. These are my favorite people to work with. I have zero interest in controlling your website. It should be an ever evolving thing. I just want to help get you where you want to go and help you avoid the mistakes any novice would make.

Custom Design and Consistent Branding

No one wants their website to look like every DIY Squarespace template. It should represent the level of care and consideration you have in the work that you do without breaking the bank. Having an extra set of eyes also catches all the Squarespace templated info you’ll likely forget to update. Let’s work together to carefully choose fonts, colors, and copy that match your brand identity so you becomes instantly recognizable to clients, partners, and peers.

Systems and Automations

Your website should work for you around the clock. Custom forms, calendar bookings, custom code, and other advanced third-party integrations are getting better each year. It should be user friendly and become a resource for colleagues, prospects, clients, and partners to help you scale and grow.

Frequently Asked Questions