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Squarespace Tips & Client Systems for Web Designers & Service Providers
Detailed tutorials, shared client systems, pricing tips, and tool reviews for solo service providers and web designers who want less hustle &/or overwhelm.
If you’ve been at this Squarespace thing long enough to feel pretty comfortable using the platform, then you might be at the point where you want to be able to do some things a little different than the template allows.
Or, maybe you’re just a “think outside the bun” kinda girl and you want to jazz it up a bit. Get it further away from the template than you otherwise could if you knew some code.
Yeah, me too. Been there, done that & I’m not a developer; I’m a designer.
And if you’re here reading this, I’m guessing you are too.
Plugins (mostly CSS) will be your new best friend, just don’t use too many at one time… it can become confusing.
I’m sharing my trusted resources for these here, so keep reading!
Flodesk Review: My No-Bullshit Experience with this Beginner-Friendly Email Marketing Tool
There’s a lot to be said for pretty emails these days. It can make you stand out from the crowd, for sure.
But what’s the cost? If there is any.
If you’re in the entrepreneurial space at all, you may have heard about FloDesk: the beautifully style email marketing tool that doesn’t limit you to a subscriber amount. It’s one flat fee no matter how many subscribers you have, which sounds great. So what’s the catch?
Feel like maybe I’m about to give ya some negative feedback? I am, actually! And it doesn’t seem to be the popular opinion, but here goes.
Transferring vs. Connecting a Domain: What You Need to Know
Squarespace Website Template Strategies & Insider Tips
How to find clients without social media, with guest Paige Brunton
Web Designers AMA: Client Processes & Boundaries with Katelyn Dekle & Diane Whiddon
Flodesk vs Kit: How to Set Up Subscriber Preferences & Link Actions
Dealing with the “I hate marketing” excuse
How to deal with the excuse, “I don’t know enough yet”
Trademarking My Business Name: My Experience
From Graphic Designer to Side Hustler, to Full-time Business Owner: My Story
How to handle bad or unhelpful design feedback
How & why to turn down ‘bad-fit’ clients or projects
Do web designers create wireframes for custom Squarespace websites?
Should web designers be experts in more than one web builder?
Client Gifts: How, What, When, Where & Why to Send Them
How I Start Designing a Website & Handle First Draft Feedback
5 Tips to Master Responsive Design on Fluid Engine
How to Pin blocks, Scale or Highlight text, & Hide Navigation in Squarespace
CHEATSHEET & TEMPLATES
File & format terminologies & size ranges, resource lists, and pre-sized blank Canva templates for various image ratios.
Katelyn, here!
I’m the Founder, Owner, CEO, Designer & Educator at Launch the Damn Thing® and I love coffee, cursing & carefully laid plans. 😂 (Also reading, blaring loud music, and teaching, –but those didn’t fit into my nice alliteration!)
Did I just totally make your day? #goals

