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112: What I need to feel successful
One month of 2022 has come to an end. January, goodbye. Hello, February!
Financially, this was again a record month. I got to build Websites In A Day and serve clients with a variety of website related needs. I am grateful.
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.
109: How I am simplifying my web design business in 2022
In the course of this year, I will be simplifying my business even further with the aim of streamlining my work, getting more focused on the main priority and being effective during my 4-day work-week. Here are some more details on each so that you know what’s coming up in 2022 and how it will effect you as the participant of the Abundant Creative community, client of my design services or as students of the MWD program.
108: 25 Books from 2021
2021 was a really full year. A lot got done. But one of the things that I am most happy about is that I made time for reading - one of my priorities which in the past would get sidelined by money-generating projects. I love to read and the challenge was to make time for it and get it done.
So when I sat down to review all the books I read in 2021, I was delighted that I kept up an average of 2 books a month and have a total of 25 books read during the year. Here they are listed in hopes that you may be inspired to pick one or two of these titles from your local library:
107: Inside the Circle Platform for my group coaching program
Recently, I made the switch from Member Areas to Circle for my group coaching program, Millionaire Web Designer. I share the many reasons why I love Circle in the video below and I also give you a walkthrough of what my students will see inside the MWD platform (built on Circle).
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.
105: How to deal with scope creep on web design projects?
In November, we re-opened doors to the Millionaire Web Designer, my group coaching program for helping web designers build a thriving web design business. And I created three live events as part of the promotion for it. Here’s the first one where I share some tips and actual email conversations on how to turn situations when clients want to add more tasks to your list into profitable interactions.
104: What to do when a client starts negotiating your prices?
In November, we re-opened doors to the Millionaire Web Designer, my group coaching program for helping web designers build a thriving web design business. And I created three live events as part of the promotion for it. Here’s the first one where I share how to handle price negotiations from a client.
103: How do I find my next web design client?
In November, we re-opened doors to the Millionaire Web Designer, my group coaching program for helping web designers build a thriving web design business. And I created three live events as part of the promotion for it. Here’s the first one where I share how I find my web design clients or rather how they find me!
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.
101: Learn Squarespace CSS Tricks From These Six Experts
Now, it’s a given that you can build a decent website using the pre-designed layouts and templates from Squarespace. But from time to time, you will want to add a design element to your Squarespace Website that will requires a some CSS code. I’m self-taught when it comes to CSS and I have many of my talented colleagues to thank for showing me their tips and tricks when it comes to adding that special look to any Squarespace website. And I’d today, I’d like to share 5 of them with you so that you can tap into the wealth of resources they have created. Let’s get started.
100: Turbo-Charge Your Email Marketing with Evergreen Lead Magnets
I am celebrating. 🎉 My article just got published on Honeybook's website!! And to celebrate, I am sharing an in-depth 45 minute video presentation in which I show you how to implement one of these lead magnets (a digital library) using ConvertKit.
It's called, Turbo-Charge Your Email Marketing with Evergreen Lead Magnets (Within An Afternoon)
099: How to Add Social Media Icons to Default ConvertKit Templates
In today's video + blog, I am showing how you can customize the default email templates of ConvertKit using some code in the HTML block. Follow my step-by-step guide so you can format the template specifically to add custom branded social media icons and better serve your email marketing clients.
098: Millionaire Web Designer Directory has launched
Less than a month ago, I had this idea of creating a space online where businesses could easily find a web designer. And now that idea is a reality. 🎉 Meet the 24 Founders of the Millionaire Web Designer Directory (MWD Directory) who are designers from around the world and with a wealth of expertise - including copywriting, branding, graphic design, web design, email marketing and more. Please check it out and find your next project partner in the MWD Directory. I love all your smiling faces, designers; welcome!
097: How to Record Your Screen and Your Camera at The Same Time (Mac)
If you create video content for your audience using screencast apps or want to do so, today's video will help you streamline your production workflow.
096: The Poison of Comparison
As web design business owners who want to grow our businesses, we are often on the look out to learn from others. We see successful designers or online entrepreneurs and get inspired. But sometimes, our mind goes into thinking we are not good enough thoughts. Here’s my experience with this tendency and how I help myself get back on the right track.
095: New Squarespace Circle Webinar
Needless to say, I am super excited to be leading a live webinar for my fellow web designers and creatives at Squarespace Circle and I’ll be talking about creating a client onboarding process that wows and helps your client deliver the content you need before you start project. Happening on Aug 17th at 11 am ET. Sign up below.
094: How to Connect Squarespace Shop with ConvertKit
Squarespace is a platform that speaks with other apps and systems that you may be using to run your online business. Such integrations often need an API key that’s generated in your Squarespace dashboard. Let me show you where you can create it.
093: How to Generate An API Key in Squarespace
Squarespace is a platform that speaks with other apps and systems that you may be using to run your online business. Such integrations often need an API key that’s generated in your Squarespace dashboard. Let me show you where you can create it.