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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!
Web Designers AMA: Client Processes & Boundaries with Katelyn Dekle & Diane Whiddon
10 Common Mistakes New Web Designers Make, with Paige Brunton
Flodesk vs Kit: How to Set Up Subscriber Preferences & Link Actions
“I hate marketing” & other reasons you business isn’t growing
“I don’t know enough yet” & other lies that hold us back from success
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
Building an impactful community with both free & paid resources
How to create a basic content calendar in Notion
Complete Guide: how to use & optimize images & videos for websites
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

