Y'all, today I'm going to share something I think you really need to hear.

I know it can be tough living in the 'real world' while working in a 9-5 but harbouring dreams of something completely different.

Working online while traveling the world, it’s a dream for many and good ol’ Instagram does a wonderful job of plastering our feeds with people who have managed to make the dream come to life.

(Or is that just my feed? I dunno.)

I'm back with another edition of monthly recaps, the posts where I take you behind the scenes of the business, and show you what I've been scheming up, as well as the successes and the failures (*ahem - lessons learned*).

“Well, I’m a student and only do this part time, so it’s just fun money for me, I enjoy doing the work, so my prices are lower than normal.” (That was me.)

Or “I’m a stay at home Mom, and expected to not make anything while at home with my kids, so anything is more than I expected.”

So you're looking to start an online business eh? Perfect! I have allll the online business tips and I love sharing them.

I know it can be overwhelming because there are SO many options for all the online systems that you could be using in your business and it's honestly really tough to know even where to start.

So you're on Squarespace and therefore the obvious choice seems to go with MailChimp for your email marketing platform because Squarespace and MailChimp have an integration right?

Picking a domain name you love is like getting married! If you decide to divorce it, things get ugly.

Having just changed mine, and in the process eliminated half of my site traffic which came from Google (though it should be a temporary dip in traffic) I want to help you avoid switching in the future.

Y'all, surveying is legit one of my fav things to do, it's so super intersting to me to learn about all these mysterious humans who are visiting my site and hanging out on my email list.

I'm back with another edition of monthly recaps, the posts where I take you behind the scenes of the business, and show you what I've been scheming up, as well as the successes and the failures (*ahem - lessons learned*).

If there’s one thing in this world that really gets my goat, it’s this.

People who have noooo idea smack talking Squarespace and it’s SEO capabilities.

… And businesses that make the only way to send them information via a fax. It’s 2018 y’all. Not one single millennial has a clue how to send a fax because it’s ancient technology that everyone should have abandoned ship on 20 years ago. Get with the times. 😡 (Sorry, needed to vent.)

I went back to my academic roots today (ugh) and rounded up allllll the sources to really knock a point home with you.

In case I haven't already convinced you ... 

Your website really. freaking. matters!

Eeeeeek! Today I have a post for you that I hope will be a mini wake up call and be a catalyst for lots of action-taking in your business.

Here goes! 

Ready for some real talk?

Have a feeling things sounding a little different around here? You are quite correct!

I've changed my business over from my 'The Paige Studio' business name to my own name, Paige Brunton, and I couldn't be more excited about the switch!

Here's how this all came about and of course, the ever important why behind it all.

When I tell people I’m a web designer, a typical follow up question is ‘how did you get into that? Did you study it in college?’

While I do have two degrees, neither one was in anything remotely related to website design. 😂 Life’s a funny thing, isn’t it?

So you want to build a website for your business but you're not really sure you know ... where to even start! Slight dilemma...

Well today is your lucky day gal, because I've launched well over 40 sites now, and in that time I've compiled a step-by-step list of what should happen when in order to launch with minimal headache.

There are SO many websites out there that are just a ‘pretty face,’ but they don’t do much in terms of marketing a business to those dreamy clients. That’s not what we want for your website however, so let’s talk alllll about how to make sure your site is appealing to those ideal clients!

I'm back with another edition of monthly recaps, the posts where I take you behind the scenes of the studio, and show you what I've been scheming up, as well as the successes and the failures (*ahem - lessons learned*).

Let me just say holy guacamole y'all, January has been a freaking month! I can't wait to share what I've been up to! I've been hopping time zones and countries like crazy and trying to fit work in wherever I can. I admit, it hasn't been my most productive month ever, but it's been a ride to say the least.

Everyone has made their list of the zillion things they want to do and accomplish in 2018 by now. I have also set goals and decided on some major projects I plan to take on.

But there's also a few things I've made a very conscious decision to just skip all together. Some of these may surprise you as normally they're major parts of other online businesses.

If you’re new to Squarespace and you’re trying to navigate the new platform, understanding the terms and language used can be massively helpful. So for all of your new Squarespace users, here’s a list of common Squarespace terms, explained in plain english that you can actually understand.