Wondering how much you can make as a Squarespace web designer? I’m sharing what to expect when you are just starting out in your web design business, as well as what’s possible when you get more experience under your belt

In this easy-to-follow Squarespace Ecommerce Beginner's Tutorial, I'll be sharing all the steps you need to know to get your Squarespace (7.1) online store up and running (using the new Fluid Engine editor) and launched to the world! You'll learn my best tips and tricks for learning how to build an online store on Squarespace 7.1, as well as some e-commerce best practices to know!

Wondering whether to host your online course on Teachable or Kartra? In this video I'm doing a Teachable VS Kartra comparison, talking about the differences between these course hosting platforms' pricing, features, built-in online course affiliate program tracking software, and the pros and cons of both systems, including how to decide which course hosting platform is right for you based on the stage of business you are in!

Wondering the easiest way to choose a color palette for your website? In this video, I’m sharing how to use the 60-30-10 color rule to decide how and where to best use your brand colors in your web designer website and the custom websites you are designing for clients.

Want a peek behind the curtain at how I use Asana both as a project management system and as my calendar for planning my life & online business (for more productivity, better task-batching, and almost zero meetings with my team?)

Wondering how much web designers really earn? How much they really work? How other designers find clients? How long before they were able to quit their day job? We asked 770+ designers all the questions you’re dying to know but too shy to ask!

Is your lack of web design portfolio keeping you from booking your first or next client? In this video, I share the secret to using conceptual design projects to attract your dream clients and build your web design portfolio before you ever land that first paying client!

Dreaming of ditching your day job and earning a killer income online while working from home (or wherever there's wifi?) 🏝 No more putting it off! Follow these 5 simple steps to starting your own freelance web design business TODAY and finally wave buy-bye to your 9-5 for good!

Wondering how you can work less and earn more with your web design services? In this interview, past Square Secrets™️ & Square Secrets Business™️ student Michelle is sharing how she launched a new productized service for more freedom and much more passive income, and how she tailored her business to better support her life (in a way her web design clients LOVE).

The launch week for my first online course has ended, and I can officially report that launch week is just as everyone says it is; a freaking exhausting rollercoaster.

(Note: 'Launch week' for me was actually 2 weeks. A pre-launch week and an actual launch week.)

Is your business set up to work around your life? Or the other way around? In this video, I share how you can set up your web design packages to not just make your clients happy, but actually support the way you like to live and work so you can avoid burnout, and find more freedom, joy, and fulfillment when working with clients.

When should I create an online course? Is my business ready for an online course? Which type of online course should I create? How do I find and validate my online course idea?

Tired of non-stop emails from your web design clients saying they want yet another thing changed about the design? I’m sharing 4 simple things you can start doing TODAY to cut back on how many requests you receive, while still keeping your web design clients happy and raving about your customer service!

Should you create a blog or a YouTube channel?
What focus should your next digital product be on? What topic should your online course cover?
Should you expand your niche or stick to whats working?

Back in July I doubled the price of my web design services from $2,500 - $5,000. 

😯 Bold move, I know.

I proceeded to get asked a LOT of questions about how I mustered up the courage to do it, and what happened after. The most common question I received was, did doubling the prices tank the number of inquiries and bookings I was getting?

I'm sharing all the details here and answering those questions!

Hear from talented past Square Secrets™️ & Square Secrets Business™️ student Emily Agan share her best tips for running a successful web design business while balancing life with a new baby!

Wondering how all these other web designers out there seem to be constantly booked up on word-of-mouth referrals alone? No more operating in marketing burnout mode. Follow these simple tips and tricks for getting the right clients to come to you!

And one of the most frequent questions I’ve been getting lately is “should I host my course on Squarespace or a course hosting specific platform?” I’ve been giving my short answer (no, don’t host it on Squarespace) directly to those who have asked for a while now, but also promised to give the full explanation in a blog post.

Should I build my online course on my site? Or host it somewhere else? Will I regret starting a Course Facebook Group? Should I give a discount or a bonus my first launch? Do I really need an email list? Or is my social media following enough to make sales? All the questions I wish I had answers to when creating and launching my first online course, and now that I have the answers, I’m sharing what I wish I knew with you!

Wonder what sets the successful web designers apart from their not-so-successful competition? (Hint: it’s not just a pretty portfolio!) That’s right! It’s customer service! If you’re ready to start dazzling clients and booking out your design business with non-stop referrals, than these ideas for building a better client experience are for you!

Many website designers will polish up your project, get you launched and then offer the option to stick with them on what’s called a monthly retainer.

Monthly retainers have their pros and cons. 

Pro, you have the peace of mind that if your website decides to throw and temper tantrum one day and bring your online business crashing down, you’ve got someone on hand who’s job it is to fix it.

Con, designers and developers don’t come cheap, so paying $100 or more a month for a monthly retainer with a designer/developer can become a pricey business expense.

Wondering how I get from idea to launch day whenever I’m creating a new online course? I’m sharing an overview of all the behind the scenes steps to successfully building and launching your first course!

Feeling stuck in a creative rut in your web design business? Like you’re out of original ideas, and every single design you create is starting to look and feel exactly like the next? It’s time to dust of that creative thinking cap and check out some of these unexpected sources for inspiration your next custom client design!

Wishing you could peek behind the curtain at $120K launch (yes, that’s $120K revenue earned in 8 days). I’m throwing it back to our first ever 6-figure live course launch, including what went well, and what we will never do again!

Hot mess would be a good term to describe my first attempt at going full time with my web designer business. It took all of two weeks for me to quit and go crawling back to my 9-5. So what did I do differently the second time around? I’m sharing those 6 changes that took me from embarrassing hot mess to “I love my life” success as a freelance web designer!

Thinking of building and launching a new online course idea without an email list? Think again! Here’s how many email list subscribers you really need to make sure your first launch is a raving success!

Time to update the opt-in gifts on your site or blog? Don’t spend hours manually updating every mention of your freebie! I’m showing you the steps to easily setting up your blog in Squarespace so that all your CTA sections can be instantly updated in the future with just the click of a button!

Congrats on deciding to streamline your client process through the use of the best CRM out there - Honeybook! Think you’ve got everything set up and ready to start using with your first client? Check your work against this complete Honeybook setup checklist for web designers first!

Worried about where your first or next web design client is going to come from (so you can actually pay the bills now that you've ditched your cozy 9-5 paycheck?) Here's how I would go about finding those first few paying web design clients if I had to start my business all over again!

I have good news. You as one single blogger have an amazing potential to impact your followers. Let me explain.

Why do people not trust infomercials on a product but trust a mommy bloggers experience with it? Why when there's travel guide books do people still look for bloggers posts on a location to plan their trip?

As bloggers we have an advantage over large businesses and even celebrities because we're relatable, we're real people, we're not faceless corporations and we form personal connections with our readers. People enjoy reading blogs to learn in which order make up goes on (#realstruggles) and inspire their outfit choices from someone 'just like them'.

Is your web designer portfolio site stuck in ‘coming soon’ mode while you launch, refresh, or completely redesign? Here’s how that temporary ‘under construction’ or ‘coming soon’ page could be costing you clients and money.

When I tell people I’m a web designer a common question is, ‘oh, did you study computer science?’ 😂

No ma’am. I have a undergrad and Masters degree in - wait for it - Recreation and Leisure. I never took a computer science course in my life.

Your clients are clearly obsessed with their new websites…so why does getting a testimonial from them to use in your web design portfolio feel like pulling teeth? I’m sharing 2 simple email scripts and the best practices for using them to start collecting client-winning testimonials with every new project you wrap up!

Ready for some honesty?

I am a website designer with an undergraduate and Master's degree, however they're both completely unrelated to what I do in my business now. Still, I have found that there is more than enough space to be successful and fill a need in the website design space.

The same goes for you. A degree in the field of your passion project is not completely necessary. It's all about carving out your area of the field and providing something in a way others cannot.

Tired of letting imposter syndrome run your web design business? I’m sharing 5 lies you might secretly be holding onto and how to let go so you can get back to confidently doing what you love!

Feeling paralyzed by comparison? Whether you’re stuck comparing your designs, your brand, your marketing strategy or your packages and services as a web designer, today’s video is for you!

Is fear of not reaching your goals keeping you from going all in on your web design business? In this interview, past student Kelsey Mader shares how she was quickly able to blow her 2 year plan out of the water, and move onto even bigger and better goals than she ever imagined!

Have another dream career you love? Tune into Emi’s story as she shares how web design became the ultimate side-hustle to support the life and career she had been dreaming of! If you are looking for more freedom and financial security while you pursue your true passion, or while you balance other big priorities in your life, you do not want to miss this interview!

Not sure content creation is the right marketing strategy for you? Wondering if it’s really worth all the time it takes to write that blog post, film that YouTube Video, or record that Podcast? I’m sharing the top 3 ways I’ve been service-based businesses totally transformed by consistently delivering valuable content to their ideal audience!

Wondering what it’s like to offer VIP day rates as a web designer? In this interview, past student Katelyn shares how she started her web design business, and how she’s introduced and marketing this new service that allows her to charge $1K a day for her expertise, and gives her the ultimate scheduling freedom!

Think you need experience to start a successful web design business? Maybe you heard you need to learn to code, or have a degree in computer sciences if you want to land clients and pay the bills? Past student and talented web designer Jenn Nash is sharing how she started her successful side-hustle from scratch, with absolutely zero experience and a totally unrelated degree and career life! Here’s how she did it!

Is managing your email inbox taking over your life as a web designer? Maybe you’re spending more time responding to emails than actually designing for clients? Check out my tips for cutting way down on the back-and-forth game of email tag with clients once and for all!

Worried you’ll spend hours creating content and no one will read it? Or that even if they do? They will just take your free stuff and move on, never to book your service or buy your thing? In this post, I’m sharing my favorite ways to captivate and engage your audience so you can keep the conversation going with them while they wait to make a decisions about your offer!

Need a little Squarespace website inspo? Check out these gorgeous 50 Squarespace website examples and Squarespace templates designed by past students of my Square Secrets™️ & Square Secrets Business™️ courses for web designers!

Wondering what set’s high end designers apart from their competition and keeps their business thriving year after year while other designers fade and decide to throw in the towel? I’m sharing 6 habits to consider practicing early on to set your web design business up for success in the longterm!

Ideal clients.

A.K.A., the unicorns all of us creative entrepreneurs are dreaming of.

I've now traveled the path from working with 'regular clients' to truly 'ideal clients' that I'm SO excited to get a chance to work with! The more booking inquiry consult calls I've held, the more and more I've realized that I have indeed built a brand and business that attracts my dreamies.