Creating a custom website is a huge need in the design work for all types of business owners. There are multiple platforms out there for developing and designing a website, but to those of you who are new around here - Squarespace has always been my platform of choice. Becoming a Squarespace designer is a relevantly easy process, but there are a few steps to get you ready to release this service to the masses. Check out my tips!

Attracting new clients to your design agency can be a tedious process. Cold calling and emailing, networking or word of mouth are all basic ways to grow your agency, but these tend to take a lot of time and energy – two resources which no business owner can afford to waste! Running paid ad campaigns on Facebook and Instagram to promote your agency is yet another (relatively) simple way to get your name out there that doesn’t require you to spend hours networking at an event or calling hundreds of ‘potential’ clients only to be told that they are not interested, most of the time.

We are trying to get the popcorn ceiling in our home removed and I have been going down the rabbit hole of trying to decide if we DIY it or hire somebody. In my search for a painter to give us a quote, I have been relying heavily on online reviews. I found that companies with ratings and reviews ranked higher in my search and I was also more likely to contact the company based on the amount of reviews they had.