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What To Do If Your Website No Longer Reflects Your Business

If you've looked at your website recently and felt like it's for a different, older business, here are some steps I've been taking with my clients to analyze, examine, and refresh their websites without needing to destroy what was already there and build something new. This website process is cheaper and quicker than a whole new build, and can prevent decision making paralysis with your website.

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How to Create a Squarespace Website Quiz using Interact

Cold email subscribe forms aren’t getting the results they used to. We all have multiple inboxes and so many emails coming in every day. Why invite more in? Enter: Interact. I've recently built out a Squarespace website quiz using Interact that not only helps me grow my email list but also helps me send website viewers to exactly where they need to go on the Designing the Row website.

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The Process Of Redesigning A Squarespace Site

Watch along with me as I do a Squarespace website refresh for a client of mine, and you can see how I take a DIY website into a professionally put together, consistent branded platform. If you want to get a professional Squarespace refresh for your Squarespace website, reach out!

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How to Optimize Your Squarespace Mobile Design

Even a site with a perfectly designed desktop layout can suffer as soon as a visitor accesses their site on mobile. Today, we'll quickly give you some tips to have consistent, mobile-ready layouts on your site and how to add 'check mobile' into your workflow so you never forget it again.

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How To Customize Your Squarespace Sidebar

For a simple change that will greatly improve efficiency when building your Squarespace site, I'll show you how to customize your sidebar, keeping elements of your site that your business offers while removing any clutter or unnecessary pieces that you have to wade through. It's a simple step, but your website will thank you.

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How To Add Branding to Your Squarespace Website: 2025 Tutorial

Today, in the third video covering custom site copy and how to put it into a website framework, I'll show you how to add and customize branding assets to a new website to help your Squarespace site feel unique and tailored to your business. Doing this on the front end is a great way to get your website started on the right foot and build a strong foundation.

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