WEBSITE ROADMAP
1. Plan your website
Establish your target client and sales funnel
Choose a brand archetype that best fits your business
Establish a site map
2. Start your website
Create your Squarespace account
Choose a Squarespace template
Tour the Squarespace platform
3. Prep your images
Establish target key words
Optimize and name your images for the web
4. Build your website page layouts
Home
Portfolio
Services
About (Elevator Pitch, Bio)
Recognition
FAQ
Journal/blog
Testimonials
Contact
5. Style your website
Add your logo
Establish a color palette
Establish a font palette
Style website header
Style website footer
Add icons for awards, associations, etc
Connect your social media accounts
Add a Favicon
Add a social sharing logo
6. Write your website
Establish your voice
Create your one liner
Write your about page
Write your services page
Write project descriptions
Write other parts of your website
7. Add client intake tools to your website
Create a pre-consultation questionnaire (optional)
Add an email capture form (optional)
Connect a Calendly account (optional)
8. Optimize your website for SEO
Add a site description
Optimize page titles
Create page meta descriptions
Create and entering image ALT tags
Create URL mappings
Create targets landing pages
Register your website with Google and Bing
9. Launch your new website
Choose a Squarespace hosting package
Register a new domain name (if needed)
Configure your domain name
Create a business email account (if needed)
Shut down your old website
Share your new website on social media
10. Save time by using Squarespace more efficiently
Save time navigating the Squarespace backend
Tame the trickiest aspect of Squarespace layouts