How I created my site
Squarespace of course! Here’s my back story:
I was feeling real intimated to create my own website for my biz. In Rolfing school we had a one day marketing class, ya it was a JOKE! Sadly I left that day feeling 100 percent deflated. Basically I learned that I needed to go to every biz in town to hang posters and parking lots to place fliers in car windshields. Sure that might work although it seems desperate and extremely wasteful. UGH and the other DEPRESSING news we were being told that we needed to pay to have our websites designed professionally and told we would fail if we tried designing it ourselves. OOF $5,000 to $10,000 is the going rate. Mmm NO THANKS! Luckily a few of my colleagues were savvy with the “tech” side and directed me to squarespace. My computer skills are lacking, basically before creating my website I could make excel spread sheets and I knew how to create an email. It’s embarrassing, but I am here to say if I created this you can too! It took me the full two week free 7.0 trial before I was able to finish and publish it.
Recently about 3 weeks ago I was having a conversation with a friend and her jaw dropped when she found out that I was still on squarespace 7.0. Dang it! They updated in 2020 to 7.1 and I had this fear again of “oh crap I don’t think I can do this.” There is no button to hit for your squarespace 7.0 to get transferred to squarespace 7.1. You have to do it all manually and pick templates and upload pictures etc. I had all this negative talk and trying to prepare for this mentally. A lot of mental hype for nothing! My second time doing this was fun and way easier. And YES you need to upgrade if you haven’t. I started 3 days ago and this is where I am at. Basically I am finished, but I will continue to update and tweak accordingly.
My final thoughts:
I am stoked I did this myself and I did something I thought was impossible. I know that sounds really silly but that’s the truth. If you are reading this and thinking designing a website is impossible. It’s NOT!
Squarespace is the easiest platform to use (I am NOT sponsored by them.. I wish!)
Tutorial videos and an online chat/email service to answer any question
If I hired someone to create this I would most likely be at the mercy of them
I saved money
I had so much fun and genuinely glad I did this
7.1 is way easier than 7.0
Stay open minded
AND what I do is not necessary for me to hire a professional designer BUT I do think they are clutch depending what industry you are in.
If you need help check out Brigid Campbell, founder and lead creative of saku studio, a design studio specializing in branding, packaging, illustration, and web design
