Calling all Squarespace Designers

Do you know any excellent Squarespace designers? Perhaps you yourself design websites on the Squarespace web publishing platform. If so, then today's the day to share your gift with the fine people of the Internet. Today I invite you to join our upcoming Squarespace Designers Directory and help Big Picture Web let the world know how to benefit from your mad Squarespace design skills.

By trade and passion, I'm more of a search engine marketer and web analytics geek than I am a designer. Sure, I can build a Squarespace website and share information on usability and web design books and resources, but to really make a website sparkle is another skill set altogether. Candidly, it's one I'm not sure I have.

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Squarespace SEO Secrets You Should Know

I've been getting a lot of questions lately about Squarespace and SEO. Is Squarespace search engine friendly? Is Squarespace good for SEO? Can I rank my Squarespace website in the search engines? In a nutshell, yes, yes and yes. For a more detailed look into Squarespace SEO secrets for your site, read on.

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A MN Blogger Conference Recap: Coffee, Directions and 20 Other Lessons

This past weekend I was among the 130+ extremely lucky people to be a part of the MN Blogger Conference. I initially didn't get a ticket because they sold out almost immediately. Then I missed another shot when I didn't win Top Rank's contest for a free pass. Finally, conference co-founder Arik Hanson took pity on me and let me volunteer my labor in exchange for a seat at the event. And after all that effort to get in, you bet I'm going to blog about my experience at the first-ever MN Blogger Conference.

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Using Google Analytics' Top Content Report to Grow Your Blog

As a blogger, it's important to periodically review your greatest successes to understand what made them great. Insights from your top blog posts allow you to create even better content and grow your blog faster. This week's post reviews using the Google Analytics Top Content report to find and learn from your blogging victories.

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The Squarespace Twitter / Facebook Button Tutorial Post

Most people that have been to Big Picture Web in the past know that I'm a Squarespace blogger. I enjoy their beautiful design interface, thoughtful technical decisions and their ever-growing momentum as a software-as-a-service (SaaS) web publishing platform. This week they announced a series of updates, including the integration of HTML snippets. Today's post shows how easy it is to integrate your online Twitter, Squarespace and Facebook efforts using one of Squarespace's awesome new features.

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