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133: Where Have I been + an update
Squarespace has versatility in its uses. Recently, I designed a summit landing page for a client on his existing Squarespace website. In this video, I walk you through the site and share some tips on how to design a summit landing page.
132: Designing an Online Summit Landing Page on Squarespace
Squarespace has versatility in its uses. Recently, I designed a summit landing page for a client on his existing Squarespace website. In this video, I walk you through the site and share some tips on how to design a summit landing page.
131: How to link main navigation to section on the page (anchor links on Squarespace)
The main navigation of your website are usually pages. But in some cases you might want to link to a section on your page instead of a separate page.
130: New Artist Website with Shop on Squarespace 7.1 for Stephanie Ruble
Fresh off the website oven! Last week, I was on a two day project to create an artist website for Stephanie Ruble. The project was over Monday, Tuesday and because of some unexpected scenarios, I needed an extra day to complete the project. Through it all, Stephanie, was calm and composed and readily supplied any new materials or info I needed for the project.
129: 15 Ways I Use Zoom to Run My Web Design Business
There was a time back in 2018-2019 when I was running my live Squarespace Fundamentals workshops, that I had to explain to my participants what Zoom was. Once they registered, I would send them links to tutorials on how to download Zoom and how to troubleshoot if it was not working. Plus, I would ask them to come 15 minutes early so I could help them with any technical difficulties on Zoom.
128: New Website for Dog-Friendly Vacation Rental Listing on Squarespace 7.1
A few weeks ago, I got an opportunity to serve dogs through my web design service. Actually, I got to serve travelers who want to bring their dogs along wherever they go. I created a directory of vacation rentals that welcome dogs (and cats) along with their human companions.
127: Website In A Day - Video Production Company Website on Squarespace 7.1
In early September, I had the chance to create a website for a video production company run by Christopher Nuut of NYC. It included a Squarespace 7.1 walkthrough training (recorded) and moving the domain from his old 7.0 site to the new one. This project involved a lot of gifs, multiple video embeds for the portfolio as well as a full-bleed video on the home page banner.
125: Website In A Day - Foundation Website for Tim Howard Foundation on Squarespace 7.1
Recently, I had the chance to create a website for a foundation that serves youth development in our communities through soccer. This foundation has been started by US Soccer legend Tim Howard and aims at bring mini-soccer field into communities where there are no such resources.
123: Website In A Day x 2 - Artist Website for Theodora Miller on Squarespace 7.1 (Using Fluid Engine)
This week I got to work in a completely new way. Most of my projects are done either via my Website in A Day workflow or my Two Week Website workflow. Theodora Miller, a fine artist in Richmond, Virginia suggested a third way: Website In Two Days! Wednesday and Thursday of this week, we collaborated on moving her 7.0 artist site to 7.1 and up-leveling the design and functionality in the process.
122: Website In A Day - Squarespace Website for Actor and Voice Over Artist (Using Fluid Engine)
This week, I had a lovely opportunity to build a Website for an Actor/Voice Over Artist built in a day!
Jennifer purchased my Website In A Day package to get a lovely site that serves a digital business card for her acting and voice over work. We presented her voiceover demo on the Media page along with acting clips as well as a separate page for all her headshots. With everything in one place, she can send the link to this website to potential clients, agents and post it on her profile.
121: New Squarespace Website for California's Regional Association LACFDA
Recently, I had the opportunity to create a website for a non-profit organization out in California. It's not very often that I get a request from an organization of this nature. So, when the President of the Los Angeles Count Funeral Directors' Association contacted me to rebrand their existing website, I was intrigued.
120: A beautiful new way of scheduling clients with DotCal
I love being a web designer. I have a design business which allows me to help people with an online presence that they love and that helps them grow their business or spread their message.
I started my self-employed work in 2016 when I was focussing mainly on email marketing with ConvertKit. Then in 2018 that I began building websites professionally. At that time, I tried a lot of different things to get booked. And it was not easy. I had the skills and I knew I could do excellent work. But I didn’t know how to convey that to my potential clients.
119: New Artist Website on Squarespace Brings Happy Tears to My Client
When a client sheds happy tears when they see the website you’ve created for them, then you know you’ve got a job well-done. Recently, I was fortunate to experience such a moment with my client, Debra Hille.
118: 7 Perks of Being A Successful Freelance Web Designer
I love being a web designer. I have a design business which allows me to help people with an online presence that they love and that helps them grow their business or spread their message.
I started my self-employed work in 2016 when I was focussing mainly on email marketing with ConvertKit. Then in 2018 that I began building websites professionally. At that time, I tried a lot of different things to get booked. And it was not easy. I had the skills and I knew I could do excellent work. But I didn’t know how to convey that to my potential clients.
117: 4 Ways to Create Interactive Maps for Squarespace
Recently, I had a prospective client ask me about an important feature they wanted to add on their website. Their business offers domestic and commercial cleaning services but only for postal codes within London.
In Squarespace, there’s no in-build way of doing that except of placing a map. So I did some research and there’s a ton of information out there. I sorted through it all and here are my three suggestions on how to add an interactive map to your Squarespace website.
114: How to Integrate Zoom with Squarespace Scheduling
Zoom is now a part of every day life! When you use Squarespace Scheduling for your online booking system, it’s really helpful that one can integrate with Zoom. This way, when a new client books an appointment with you, a zoom event is automatically generated. All you then have to do is go into your Zoom account and start the meeting at the appointed time!
Watch this quick step-by-step video where I show you how to integrated your Zoom account with your Squarespace Scheduling or Acuity Scheduling account.
111: How to enable comment box on Squarespace 7.1 (why is it not showing and how to fix it)
I ran into this issue recently and wondered why is the comment box not showing up on my Squarespace site. It turns out that there’s a simple fix. Watch the short video tutorial or the steps listed below the video.
110: Squarespace Website for Mental Health Counselor in Philadelphia
This month, I had the pleasure of being hired to create a Website In A Day for a Mental Health Counselor and Professor in the Philadelphia area.
106: Walkthrough of Student Experience of Member Areas in Squarespace
In this video, I’d like to show you how a student experiences your course materials inside Member Areas.
102: One Big Reason To Create Content
Recently, I spoke with a graphic designer + web designer, Anna Roszak, regarding creating a logo for Millionaire Web Designer, my exclusive group coaching program. And we had a great chat about that. But at one point she mentioned how she loves my YouTube videos and that recently a client emailed her asking her about something and she sent her my video tutorial as it explained exactly what she needed. And this made me so happy. Now, of course, I know that designers share links and resources with their clients. But to hear her share with me how my video helped her solve the client’s problem filled me with utter happiness and satisfaction. This one video that I created saved people time and helped solve a problem! Wow. I am myself amazed at how happy that make me feel. Like super happy.