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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.

Popular Posts

Best Website Builders for 2026

CRM vs Client Portal vs PM Tool: The Ultimate Guide

I Tested 20+ Task Management Apps & Here’s What I Learned 😬

Webvizio: The Markup Alternative That Actually Works

6 MarkUp Alternatives for Web Designers: The Good, Bad & Buggy

Why I Switched My Web Designer Client Portal Away from Notion

CRM vs Client Portal: Why Freelancers Need BOTH in 2025

Do web designers create wireframes for custom Squarespace websites?

Should web designers be experts in more than one web builder?

How I Start Designing a Website & Handle First Draft Feedback

5 Tips to Master Responsive Design on Fluid Engine

Complete Guide: how to use & optimize images & videos for websites

How to Contact (a human in) Squarespace Support

My content creation process from start to finish, as a web designer

The Fastest, Easiest Way to Make $100k/year (Guest: Paige Brunton)

How I Create & Apply Color Palettes for Custom Websites on Squarespace

Color Palettes & …Brand Personality?

How to use ThriveCart with products on Squarespace

Inside my Client Portal template + how I run my 2-week web design projects

3 best practices for easy mobile responsive designs in Fluid Engine

How do I design a pretty, reliable, & clickable email signature?

My favorite Squarespace plugin resources!

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!

5 popular email marketing choices: which one is ‘the best?’

How to create printer-friendly recipe cards on Squarespace

SquareKicker: an honest review after using it for years

How to embed a GIF on your website

How to create a smooth scroll effect for same-page navigation links

How many action buttons on the same page are too many?

How to add Search to your 7.1 site navigation

Why graphic designers are leaving the corporate world in droves

FREE AI TOOL FOR DESIGNERS

An AI tool that helps you handle the hard messages

The Client Whisperer is a free AI writing tool trained to help you handle the messages you dread most—even the confusing ones you're not sure how to respond to—while still holding your boundaries, aaaaand not being unkind. 🥴

Works in Claude (free or paid), ChatGPT (free or paid). Step-by-step instructions are included for each!

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Squarespace SEO Best Practices: Using Keywords

Have you’ve been wondering whether Squarespace is SEO friendly? I'm sharing best practices for how & where to use keywords for your Squarespace website's SEO.

Search Engine Optimization is an incredibly expansive topic, so I'm breaking this up into more bite-sized pieces!

Stay tuned, because I'm also covering these topics in later posts & additional content:

A tutorial for optimizing images for websites
- (smaller file sizes = faster load times)
Which types of pages have big SEO opportunities
Why Blogging is great for SEO
Social Media & SEO (focusing on Pinterest)
Helpful Tools & Resources

Truth? I'm not an SEO expert and don't claim to be one. That being said, when I first started my website back in 2015 (first of all I had no idea what SEO was or that I needed it in order to have a successful website), I couldn't afford to hire an SEO expert, so I learned everything I could about how to do it myself.

My efforts are paying off; Google has ranked me on the top of page 1 for several of my keywords. Now I'm sharing what I've learned with you!

Working with Clients

Inside My Client Content Collection Guide (Updated Tally Form)

Should Multiple People Have Access to Your Client Portal? (Pros, Cons & How-To)

Brand Strategy for Web Designers: What You Should Know

Automate Kitchen.co Project Folders when Clients Sign Contracts

The Website Content Collection System My Clients Actually LOVE

My Kitchen.co Client Project Template: Behind the Scenes of My 10-Minute Setup Process

Write Sales Page Copy in 5 Minutes with Claude AI

Webvizio: The Markup Alternative That Actually Works

6 MarkUp Alternatives for Web Designers: The Good, Bad & Buggy

Markup’s Free Plan Is Dead: What It Means for Website Designers

Why I Switched My Web Designer Client Portal Away from Notion

CRM vs Client Portal: Why Freelancers Need BOTH in 2025

Transferring vs. Connecting a Domain: What You Need to Know

Web Designers AMA: Client Processes & Boundaries with Katelyn Dekle & Diane Whiddon

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

How I Create & Apply Color Palettes for Custom Websites on Squarespace

How to use Playbook (a new kind of online storage)

Plan your 2024 client project availability with me in Notion

How web designers transfer ownership to clients in Squarespace websites

Starting client websites in your Squarespace account (+ why!)

How to schedule client projects & plan to achieve your annual income goals

Unpacking Design Days: Inside my VIP Day Process

Inside My 2-Week Squarespace Website Design Process

3 ways to edit a LIVE website

Everything you need to know about lead inquiry forms & easier Discovery Calls

Images & Videos for Websites

CHEATSHEET & TEMPLATES

File & format terminologies & size ranges, resource lists, and pre-sized blank Canva templates for various image ratios.

Screenshot showing image ratios and Canva templates, including a table of contents with various aspect ratios like square, horizontal, and vertical. Includes a section on blank canvas templates and an example of a 1:1 square image ratio with a building photo.

Screenshot of a webpage titled 'Image & Video Tips & Best Practices' featuring file size terminology tips, best practices for resolution and file size, and a table on understanding file sizes in kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes, terabytes, and petabytes.

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!)

Learn more over here!