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Thinking of leaving your 9 - 5 & starting your own design business? Read the pros + cons
Ready to leave your 9-5 and start your own design business? Check out my list of pros and cons, and things you should consider before taking the leap.
Squarespace Template Showcase: Blnk Films
See how Kathryn created a modern and edgy web design using our Unearth Squarespace Template, and how she felt about the whole design process.
“I feel more professional, confident, and excited to grow my business knowing that I have my new site to direct traffic to!”
3 tips to landing the design projects you actually want to work on
Running your own online design business can be tricky. Use these 3 tips so you can start landing the design projects that you actually enjoy.
How to build a design portfolio when you haven’t had any clients
Having a portfolio to showcase your work is one of the best ways to get new clients, but what do you do if you don’t have any client work to display yet?
Iris Squarespace Template Kit is LIVE!
Our new Squarespace Template Kit IRIS is LIVE! The Iris Squarespace Template Kit is an edgy and modern website design kit with full width background images, parallax scrolling and unique overlapping text and image sections. The Template Kit is completely customizable to suit your business, you can change the logos, images, colors, fonts, text and layout.
How to add a site-wide Under Construction page to your Squarespace site
Learn how to add a site-wide under construction page in Squarespace here!
Squarespace Template Showcase: Buoyant Marketing
Emilie used the Luna Squarespace Template Kit to create an amazing website for her Marketing agency. See what she had to say about it here!
“Now, with the Luna template and my gorgeous new branding, I feel like I finally have a site that perfectly reflects my personality and the services I want to provide.”
6 top tips for designing & optimizing your website homepage
First impressions matter, that’s why your homepage is so important! If you want to leave a great first impression and turn your visitors into customers, you need to be strategic about how you design your homepage.
Sophie Squarespace Template Kit is LIVE!
Our new Squarespace Template Kit SOPHIE is LIVE! The Sophie Squarespace Template Kit is a rustic and romantic website kit with a simple and modern layout style. It has been designed with photographers, designers, or other creative business types in mind with a comprehensive portfolio and services/packages page. The structure of the site is very clear and easy to navigate, while the textures and full width imagery give it some creative flare. The Template Kit is completely customizable to suit your business, you can change the logos, images, colors, fonts, text and layout.
Squarespace Template Showcase: Jade Eby
See how Jade created a beautiful and professional website using our Unearth Squarespace Template, and what she thought about the whole process.
“I LOVE MY WEBSITE! I feel like it totally represents who I am and what I do and the vibe I wanted to capture.”
How to strategically use your website footer: What you can (& should) include
Learn why your Website Footer is so important and how to strategically use it to promote your offerings and what you should always include in it! Also check out some website footer examples from around the internet that I collected to give you some inspiration on how to create your own!
The ultimate blog post SEO pre-publish checklist (for Squarespace)
Learn everything you need to know about optimizing your Squarespace Blog Posts for SEO in this handy checklist! From researching your Keywords all the way to including external links and adding proper descriptions, this ultimate SEO list has it all!
The best places to promote offers on your website so they actually get seen!
Learn the most effective places to promote your new offerings on your website so they get maximum visibility and lots of downloads!
Squarespace Template Showcase: Social Savvy Hq
Check out this amazing Squarespace Website Design and review by Jessica at Social Savvy HQ — created from our Unearth Squarespace Template Kit!
“I am so proud to call it my website! I look at it several times a day, and I'm no longer embarrassed to share it with others!…”
Attract your dream clients with these website design tweaks
Did you know that making a few small tweaks to your website design could mean that you start attracting your dream clients and repelling those no-so-dreamy clients? Check out these few small changes you can make to your website to start attracting your ideal clients today!
Luna Squarespace Template Kit is LIVE!
Our newest Squarespace Template Kit LUNA is LIVE! Head over to this blog post to enter to win a copy for yourself! The Luna Squarespace Template is a fun and dynamic website template that is perfect for almost any small business, blogger or influencer. The moving layers in this design are striking and give the template a creative and modern vibe. The layout is fun, but it’s also highly adaptable. You can customize almost anything in this template to make the website design unique to your business
Squarespace SEO Tip: How to optimize your URL slugs (& why you should)
Learn how to optimize your URL slugs in Squarespace to improve your SEO and rank higher in Google!
Peachy | A Fun 3D Font Family
Check out my new font PEACHY - a fun display 3D font family!