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Just Launched your Squarespace Website? 4 Tips to Run a Comprehensive SEO Audit
If you just launched a Squarespace website — congrats! Squarespace is an awesome platform to begin promoting, selling, or marketing your business. And you’re well on your way. However, you may also realize that launching your website is just the first step. Next, you need to make sure that your website can be found by online customers. This is where SEO comes in.
Squarespace Search Engine Optimization: The Basics
This guide covers the basics of search engine optimization (SEO) and how Squarespace can help with SEO.
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The 5 Best Squarespace Plugin Stores [and Ways to Improve Your Site]
There are times when you may want to take your Squarespace site just a little further. In this scenario, Squarespace plugins can be useful. And don’t worry— you won’t need a ton of coding or design knowledge to make them work. Similar to the rest of the Squarespace platform, adding and using plugins is simple. In this blog, we’ll look at our top 5 favorite plugin resources for Squarespace, how to add them to your website, and what they can do for you!
Find the Best Keywords for Your Website in 10 Minutes or Less
If you’re not super familiar with the ins and outs of SEO (search engine optimization), you might be wondering how it all works behind the scenes. How does Google always find such accurate matches for your search queries? The answer: Keywords.
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5 Reasons Squarespace is Right For Your Business [2021 Edition]
Being a small business owner often means wearing a lot of different hats at once. You have to be the ideas generator, the problem-solver, the sales and marketing team, and even the chief coffee maker. It can sometimes feel like you’re having to spin a lot of plates at once, which is why it’s essential to be on the lookout for ways to lighten the load.
Google Trends – An Overlooked Free Tool for Keyword Research
Google Trends is an amazing and free tool that you can use to keep up with the latest trends and find keywords for your content. As they say, it’s first in best dressed, and what better place to find trending items than the world’s biggest and most popular search engine? Search Engine Optimization is the skill of producing content that answers the query that a user types into a search engine – usually Google. Search Engine Optimization is something that works over a long period of time, but you can give your business a significant advantage if you stay on top of trends and use them to find keywords before anyone else does. If you can take that red hot keyword and pair it with some unique and high-quality content, you will give your search rankings a big boost.
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How to Become a Freelance Squarespace Designer [Video Podcast - Part 4 of 4]
In this video, I talk through becoming a Squarespace designer, why to use Squarespace, and how to start a freelance web design career on Squarespace. Just like kids learn to speak before they can write, learning Squarespace can be a great introduction to website design.
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Ultimate SEO Guide: Blogging in 2023 on Squarespace [Tips & Tricks from Over 300 Websites]
Blogging is an incredible way to optimize SEO for your website. And it will continue to be in 2021 and beyond. In this guide we’ll dive into the why, how's, and how-to of starting a blog on Squarespace that can make you a Google go-to.
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How to Become a Freelance Squarespace Designer [Video Podcast - Part 3 of 4]
In this video, I talk through becoming a Squarespace designer, why to use Squarespace, and how to start a freelance web design career on Squarespace. Just like kids learn to speak before they can write, learning Squarespace can be a great introduction to website design.
Squarespace FAQ: Answering Common Questions Around Domain & SEO
One area where Squarespace users can often get hung up is in understanding how to secure and host your website and set up a domain. But, if you understand some basics around these technical elements, you may find it’s a lot easier than you think!
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Squarespace SEO + Image Alt Tags [The Ultimate Guide]
Image alt text is a simple SEO addition that can have a huge impact on your search result ranking! Use this 3-step formula to optimize your image alt tags (filenames) on Squarespace.
Will My Site Rank Well with Squarespace SEO? (answered: YES)
Why Is Squarespace SEO So Important for Your Website? You know the feeling. You’ve worked hard on your website and it’s looking great. The branding is nailed, you’ve got some amazing pictures, some well thought out blog posts and a really cool theme. You’re really impressed and proud of what you’ve achieved. You get it all up and running, expecting the customers to be coming in their droves. They’d have to be mad not to, right? And…*crickets*. It is disappointing, disheartening and discouraging. After all, a beautiful website is pointless if no one is looking at it.
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How to Become a Freelance Squarespace Designer [Video Podcast - Part 2 of 4]
In this episode, part 2 of 4 in a series that we are covering about becoming a Squarespace Designer, we will walk through your internal systems. Everyone uses systems, whether they see it or not. And the systems they use are producing the results they are getting. If you are a freelancer who is constantly stressed, your systems are pushing you in that direction. In this video we talk about the process to a smooth workflow as you land your first client, create internal processes to scale your work, how much to charge, and more!
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How to Become a Freelance Squarespace Designer [Video Podcast - Part 1 of 4]
In this video, I talk through becoming a Squarespace designer, why to use Squarespace, and how to start a freelance web design career on Squarespace. Just like kids learn to speak before they can write, learning Squarespace can be a great introduction to website design.
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Hiring a Squarespace SEO Expert: Everything You Need to Know From A to Z with a List of Resources [Free Guide]
Many businesses do their own basic SEO, but if you have a Squarespace website in need of a second pair of eyes, it might be time to hire a SEO expert. But that's easier said than done — how do you actually go about finding the right person who fits your business and budget? Learn more in this article
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Squarespace Galleries: Setup, Tips, and Tricks [7.0] (How to video)
In this video, we cover the many ways there are to use Squarespace galleries. Lots of useful content here if you are looking to setup your Squarespace galleries in 7.0 (not the newer 7.1)
The 5 Basics of SEO Squarespace for Newbies
You’ve built it — so will they come? If you’ve created a website on Squarespace that looks amazing and functions flawlessly — that’s unfortunately only half the battle. Now, it’s time to actually start driving traffic to that website, and capturing that traffic starts with understanding and improving your SEO.
How to Hire A Squarespace SEO Expert - with Questions
This post will help you find resources to hire a Squarespace SEO Expert and ask the right (not the wrong) questions.
10-Minute Guide to Squarespace SEO
10-Minute Video Guide to Squarespace SEO to get you started.
Squarespace Training Changing Font Color For One Word & Making Text Show up Inline
Looking for a few tips on improving your Squarespace website look/feel? In this video we cover two things that can help your site feel on brand and beautiful.
Founder Interview with Squarespace
I was interviewed by Squarespace to talk about my design process, why I use Squarespace, and how I’ve grown my business over the past 24 months. You can read it below or on the Squarespace website circle member story.
