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How to Move from WordPress to Squarespace: The Complete Guide
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How to Move from WordPress to Squarespace: The Complete Guide

Having hesitations about making the change from WordPress to Squarespace? Follow your gut and go for it because we've got you covered with this step by step tutorial including how to import your content, transfer your domain, and setup redirects to keep all that precious SEO goodness you've worked so heard to establish.

Go ahead and grab a fresh cup of coffee, and then let's get started.

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How to Add a Custom Pin It Button on Squarespace
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How to Add a Custom Pin It Button on Squarespace

While we’re sure you know that getting your content shared is important, don't forget that crucial aspect of making it easy for readers to do so. You don’t want your audience searching (or forgetting) to share your content, you want it right there asking them to do it.

One of the greatest ways to get your readers to share your posts is Pinterest (pssst! If you don’t already know how useful Pinterest is for growing your blog, check out our 5 favorite ways to grow your blog with Pinterest here).

Today we’re showing you how to add a Pin It button to your Squarespace site so that anyone reading your blog can easily share your content with one click. There are a few steps involved but it won't take you long at all, so let’s get to it!

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How to Choose a Theme for Your Blog or Business
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How to Choose a Theme for Your Blog or Business

Deciding where to begin on your website (or business in general) can be tough! There can be a lot of moving parts and things to consider when deciding on a theme. Your blog or business' content, focus, and strategy are going to be big components on how to decide which theme will bring your site to life and really attract the readers and customers!

We’ve definitely been where you are and luckily have figured out a few strategies to help decide what theme’s work best for individual businesses, so here are a few guidelines on how to choose a theme for your blog or business.

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Fun to Full Time: 5 Things to Consider Before Turning Your Passion Into Your Work
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Fun to Full Time: 5 Things to Consider Before Turning Your Passion Into Your Work

Turning your passion into your work can be an amazing feeling, when executed properly! While being your own boss can be thrilling, it can also be stressful, and can sometimes sour you on what you once loved. As a mentor to female business owners, nothing is tougher than talking with someone who was once passionate and is now disenchanted and floundering.

Before deciding to go full throttle and turn what you love into what you do, take a deep breath, and take the time to do it right to ensure your experience is as stress free as possible so that your business has the best shot at success!

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Own Your Site Design: An Intro to CSS for Bloggers
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Own Your Site Design: An Intro to CSS for Bloggers

I’ve been noticing a popular selling point on website building platforms (Squarespace, Shopify, WordPress, etc.) these days that “no knowledge of code is required”. This is certainly a good thing; code sounds scary and looks scary too! But these are only half truths, because while code can certainly be scary, you don’t need a computer sciences degree to start making it work for you.

Stop shaking your head - I hope to make you a believer today, starting with CSS. Have you ever been looking at your website wishing you could change that one last little detail? Maybe it’s the font chosen for your post titles, the color of your footer, or more likely you simply want to hide that one unnecessary button.

What if I told you that yes, you can make these changes yourself - and without a web developer - using CSS!

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How to Add Related Posts to Squarespace Blog Posts
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How to Add Related Posts to Squarespace Blog Posts

A key aspect of many blogs is showing off related posts at the end of a blog post. This helps keep an audience clicking on things they find interesting, which is great for bloggers and readers! Squarespace gives you this ability through their summary blocks. More good news is that they come with plenty of options to customize the design and type of posts you want to show your readers!

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How to Add a Custom Pin It Button in WordPress
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How to Add a Custom Pin It Button in WordPress

Confession time: I love Pinterest. Seriously, I could pass hours just infinitely scrolling through an endless feed of perfectly manicured living rooms and gorgeous food photography. But more than just entertainment, it also serves as a great content discovery channel - almost every time I log in I’m finding new blogs to explore, or great design inspiration to incorporate into my next project.

It only makes sense then that getting your content pinned and noticed is an effective first step towards getting noticed in Pinterest’s ever-growing collection of pins.

Today I’m going to show you a few simple steps to add a custom Pin It button to your WordPress theme (Check out ours here!) that will get your readers pinning! As a bonus, I’ve even included a bundle of free custom Pin It icons at the bottom of this post to help you stand out from the crowd and look like a Pinterest pro!

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How to Setup Google Analytics on Squarespace
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How to Setup Google Analytics on Squarespace

With any blog or business, knowing your website's traffic and having the ability to analyze your audience is so important. This information helps you create the right content for your audience, post at the right times, see who your audience is, the list goes on! Knowing how to setup Google Analytics on Squarespace is a handy tool to have because it's the top choice for gathering data.

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How to Choose the Perfect Name for Your Blog or Biz
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How to Choose the Perfect Name for Your Blog or Biz

Finding a suitable name for your new brand is tough! As if starting a business wasn't hard enough, you have to come up with a meaningful set of words that somehow speaks to you. You've probably been juggling a few words around in your head for weeks now, but are a bit afraid to actually man up and purchase your domain name.

We know the feeling! we spent a few solid days trying to come up with a name for our business back when we were just starting out.  Here are some steps you can take to nail down a sweet name that will serve you well for years to come.

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