ABOUT

Charlotte O'Hara is a Squarespace SEO expert, web designer/developer, digital product maker, and online educator.

Her goal is to show her community that anyone can grow their brand & business online with the help of an amazing website and effortless SEO… no matter what kind of background & knowledge they have!

She loves working with businesses of all sizes & across all industries to skyrocket SEO on their Squarespace websites.

Whether it’s through a 1-on-1 SEO consulting session, as part of her signature program Top Squarespace SEO, or even all the free content on her blog & Youtube channel or email newsletters, there’s something for everyone!

Charlotte’s story

Ever since I can remember, I’ve been a low-key tech nerd. I’m the unofficial IT “fixer” in my friend group, the go-to girl for anything related to the internet, and the person who solves the latest computer problem at every family get-together.

But here’s the thing - even as a little tech nerd, I still had a hard time figuring out this whole SEO thing for Squarespace websites.

Believe it or not, I was once in your shoes, struggling to not only build a website that I was proud of… but also make one that people could find online! I know firsthand how it feels to spend hours (Ok, let’s be honest… days) tweaking and fine-tuning a website before taking a deep breath and pushing “Publish”. I worked painstakingly hard to create a website that looked good enough to share with the internet as well as my friends & family… only to have exactly zero visitors come to my site after that first launch. That’s right, website traffic of none - I’ll tell you, it didn’t feel great.

I couldn’t understand what I was doing wrong. I mean, my website looked great and everything functioned as I wanted. Nice photos? Check. Strong copy? Check. Links and buttons and popups working? Check. Marketing materials and social media integrations? Check and check.

So why the heck was no one visiting my website? Why was my traffic embarrassingly close to zero hits/month? If there were millions (billions?) of people out there using the internet every day, why wasn’t anyone coming to my website, let alone sticking around long enough to book my services so that I could grow my new business? Rude!

One day I finally reached my breaking point and decided, “enough is enough” - I’m going to figure this whole thing out once and for all. If other people could successfully build and grow their websites, so could I! I went down the digital rabbit hole and binged just about everything ever written or recorded on Squarespace SEO - blog posts, articles, Youtube videos, white papers, you name it.

I experimented with every strategy under the sun but after a LOT of trial and error, I finally figured out how to grow my website. From here, things started to snowball and I’ve been able to reap the benefits in my own business, as well as share everything I’ve learned along the way with my community. It’s one thing to figure it out for yourself, but it’s another to repeat the process for others.

Fast forward to the present day and I’m lucky enough to spend my time helping my amazing clients with Squarespace SEO - consulting on SEO & website growth strategy, running my signature program, and creating valuable FREE blog posts, Youtube videos, online resources and digital products to help my community build and grow their own websites and businesses.

Best of all? I do it all from the beautiful West Coast and tropical beaches around the world. Building stuff on the internet in warm & rainy places. Life is good, I tell you.

Bio

After graduating university, I immediately started working in the tech industry at a software company doing analytics and implementations. Following that was a stint at a tech startup, after which I ditched the 9-to-5 and accidentally started building custom websites for friends and family. I fell into freelance web dev/design unexpectedly but it wasn’t long before I realized, “wow this is so much fun!”.

I decided to take things seriously and started my own business which is where I truly fell in love with the creativity it offered.

From here, I pivoted away from basic web design services and focused entirely on Squarespace SEO - the stuff that lights my fire, who would have thought LOL! Choose between 1-on-1 SEO consulting or my signature program, Top Squarespace SEO, either way I’d love to work with you.

Fast forward to present day and I’m now also an online educator and avid tech writer with a top-ranked blog that focuses on Squarespace, SEO, web design & development and all things related to running an online business. More of a visual learner? Don’t worry, I’ve got you covered with lots of Youtube video tutorials as well!

My ‘world famous’ newsletters go out most weekdays and it’s honestly one of my favorite little corners of the internet. In these emails, I share actionable tips and steps to build and GROW the best website possible for your brand and business online… but it’s also fun & cheeky, ya dig?

Life away from the laptop

I’m a tech nerd who strives to live life above 25°C - cold weather is NOT my jam.

I love anything and everything to do with the great outdoors and spend as much time connecting with Mother Nature as possible. Swimming in the ocean, hiking, camping, running, rec league soccer, yoga & Pilates, you name it - if I can stay active and work on my tan at the same time, I’m sold.

BTW, I’m the kind of business owner who does a flash sale every April for Earth Day - mark your calendars!

I’m all about early mornings, appreciate a good sundowner bevvy, and will happily devour pizza or veggie burger any night of the week. #carbsforlife.

Still trying to decide if I’m more of a cat or dog person, but I know for a fact that I will faithfully watch every single episode of Survivor, for as long as it airs.