Where to find photos or images to use on your website?

Hello and happy Wednesday! It’s hump day, the mid-point of this beautiful summer week.

WELCOME BACK to Day 8 of the Live Video Training Extravaganza, we’re at it again with another week of free live video trainings and I am so excited to continue sharing this content with you!

Quick summary: every day last week, I hosted a free live video training over on my Youtube channel and shared those replays here on the blog. And honestly, it’s been so much fun that I wasn’t ready to stop quite yet… so I decided to continue these live video trainings into this week too! LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL!

So we’re back for more and you can watch even more of these daily lessons as I keep creating content for you!

Today’s video was lots of fun and Ioved sharing all these different resources with you - I’m spilling my secrets and pointing you in the direction of sites and bundles that I actually use myself and recommend to my clients! #insiderinfo I can’t wait for you to watch the replay.

In this video training, I talked about where to find and get images & photos to use on your website.

From free stock images all the way up to custom branded photography shoots, we cover it all.

This video training carries on from yesterday’s topic which was all about what type of content to include on your webs pages so if you haven’t already, be sure to check that one out too.

Alright, that’s enough intro for one video… let’s get to the goods.

Click the live video training replay below to watch now!

5 branding upgrades that every Squarespace website must include

Some people say that branding is just about setting the *~mood~* but I believe it’s about so much more than that. Branding is a strategy, a way to present your business to your ideal audience, and a story you tell through visual elements.

Brand elements work together to evoke a feeling, leave an impression and speak to a target audience

One thing that branding is NOT? A formula.

There are certain branding elements that you’ll have no matter what type of business or website you’re working with. These non-negotiable include a logo, colour palette and typography. But if you want to make your website POP and stand out from the crowd, you’ve got to step up your branding game.

I’m sharing 5 branding upgrades that you must do to your Squarespace website if you’re ready to customize your site and step up your online game.

Let’s take a look!

5 techniques for higher converting blog posts

Can you think of any websites out there that DON'T benefit from high-converting blog posts?

Whether it's e-commerce, a business website, personal blogs, or an online business, blogging is super important and can help a website grow hella fast!

Blogging is free content that drives traffic to your website, increases your "like, know & trust" factor, showcases your offerings, and pimps out your knowledge/expertise to potential clients. People love checkout out free content online and blogging is a phenomenal way to reach new audiences and attract more of your ideal client.

In my own business, for example, blogging has been a game changer. I publish new blog posts at least twice a week (binge the Archives here) and that consistency has definitely paid off. A quick look at my Squarespace Analytics tab shows that Google and Pinterest are my largest traffic drivers, and that I can directly attribute those referrals to blogging.

Now that we agree that blogging is a great way to get people onto your website and show off your offerings to new audiences, what's the next step? What steps can you take to turn a regular old blog post into a converting machine?

There's no point working hard on a blog post only to have it flop (meaning: people check out the post then leave your site right away). This serves no one and is a waste of time. It would be a huge mistake to spend hours writing, publishing and scheduling blog posts only to have them go nowhere and see readers dropping like flies.

Luckily, that's not how we do things around here and I'm going to show you how to have blog posts that serve your business and grow your website!

Today I'm sharing 5 tried & true techniques that will have your blog posts converting like crazy. When it comes to blogging, the goal is to have people read the full post, stick around and return to your website again in the future. We love repeat readers and that's how you'll really see major gains!

Let's take a look at those 5 blogging techniques.

The best places to get social media graphic templates

First of all, you have to build the dang thing and that is a serious undertaking. There's so much that goes into the the design, layout, formatting and technical integrations before people can actually visit your site! And once it’s live, the fun doesn’t stop. Running a website is pretty much a full-time job, especially if you are trying to grow and monetize it down the road. Whether your website supports another business or it IS your business, there are so many moving parts to keep track of if you want it to succeed!

Some of us find the technical side of running a website super easy, but have a harder time with the design elements. We can do it, of course, but sometimes the creative design process is a struggle!

One thing that I often hear from my clients is that once their website goes live, they want to use social media to send traffic back to their sites. This is music to my ears because it follows best practices, but it’s also where people get stumped. This is especially true if you aren't a graphic designer who is used to creating design elements every day! I hear my clients lament that they aren’t designers themselves or that they don't have a dedicated designer on staff to whip up all of the social media graphics that are needed to support their sites and blog posts.

Little do they know, they don’t have to be! And they don't have to hire out that design work either.

Let me introduce you to the wonderful world of social media graphic templates available online. There are tons of gorgeous options available and many of them are free to use… you just have to know where to look!

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