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Top 10 Business Tools I Use To Run My Business

As a business owner that’s obsessed with online tools and apps that make running your business easier, I’m always curious to see what tools other people are using. And hey, I figure there’s gotta be more people like me around so I thought I’d share my top business tools I can’t run my business without. I’m giving you a complete breakdown of each tool and how I use it and I hope you find this post helpful and it helps you decide which tools you want to use in your business.

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How To Prepare For A New Website

So you decided to get a new website for your business. First off all, congrats! That’s a great decision but it’s also a big one, which leads me to my second point: before you jump straight into the design process, there are a few things you’ll need to prepare, whether you’ve decided to DIY or work with a designer to handle all of the design and tech for you.

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How to Hide Multiple Pinterest Images in Squarespace Blog Posts

Pinterest is more than “yet another social network”. It’s a search engine that can help you drive massive amounts of traffic to your website — when used correctly. One of the ways to use Pinterest correctly is to have multiple pin images per post and in this quick video, I’ll show you how to add multiple pins to your Squarespace blog posts without displaying them.

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20 Beautiful and free elegant fonts

Elegant fonts are a great choice for feminine brands that want to present themselves as luxurious, high-end, and sophisticated. In this post, I’ve gathered the best free elegant fonts that you can use for your logo design, social media graphics, posters, workbooks, and anywhere else in your brand.

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7 Website Mistakes Costing You Clients

Your website is your best marketing asset. It's your business best friend and if you treat it right, it can get you sales clients, and subscribers on autopilot. But, if you're making one of the mistakes outlined in this post, that's not going to happen. So, let's dive in and make sure we don't make those mistakes.

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How to write an awesome brand mission statement

Your brand mission statement is the heart of your business. It’s your WHY, it’s the driving catalyst behind your every business decision, social media posts, blog article. It’s visible through your everyday communication, in your brand voice, and it serves as a guiding principle as you build and grow your brand. Learn how to write a powerful brand mission statement in this post.

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How to create a custom thank you page with sharing buttons on Squarespace

Squarespace comes with this awesome feature called cover pages. Cover pages have many uses and one of my favorite ways to use them is to create a custom thank-you page that looks very similar to a thank-you page created with Leadpages. The difference is, you don't have to spend any money on Leadpages to get it. In this video, I'll show you how to use Squarespace cover pages to create a thank you page with sharing buttons.

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How to Quickly Create a Landing Page on Squarespace

So, if you've been using Squarespace for a while, you've probably stumbled onto a tutorial or two that shows you to use the Cover Pages features to make simple landing pages. And while there is absolutely nothing wrong with that method, there is a reason I prefer using this method. The reason is quite simple: regular pages are more flexible and I can add any content block as opposed to cover pages where you're only limited to text and buttons. And even though you can add text and buttons and a sign up form, you don't really have a lot of control over it. In the end, it's just a matter of personal preference and I thought I'd show you a more flexible way to create landing pages in Squarespace.

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Seven ways to book more clients from your website

If you’ve been following me for a while, you probably know I like to say your website is your Business Best Friend Forever, or BBFF for short. The reason I say this is because once you create a smart and strategic website, it can turn into your lead generation machine and basically make it easier to book clients on autopilot. A smart and strategic website means you don't have to spend countless time selling on social media or in person or go to countless networking events.

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