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Core Web Vitals: What Small Businesses Must Know in 2025
Content Marketing, SEO, Web Design Rick Young Content Marketing, SEO, Web Design Rick Young

Core Web Vitals: What Small Businesses Must Know in 2025

Core Web Vitals are now one of the most critical factors in how Google ranks your website; for small business owners, this has real consequences. In 2025, your site’s performance isn’t just a technical detail; it’s a direct reflection of how easy and dependable it is for customers to use. If your Squarespace website loads slowly, reacts poorly to clicks, or jumps around while loading, you could be losing both visibility and potential business.

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Squarespace Bio Site Email Notifications: Boost Repeat Sales with Automation

Squarespace Bio Site Email Notifications: Boost Repeat Sales with Automation

Squarespace BioSite email notifications are a powerful way to build customer loyalty and drive repeat purchases automatically. Designed with creators and business owners in mind, Bio Sites offer a streamlined “link in bio” platform that not only consolidates your online presence but also triggers timely email messages to your customers based on their actions. These notifications help you stay top-of-mind, nurture relationships, and convert casual visitors into long-term supporters, without requiring constant attention or marketing know-how.

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Summer 2024 Web Design: Telling a Story with Interactive Elements
Web Design, AI, Branding, Content Marketing, SEO Rick Young Web Design, AI, Branding, Content Marketing, SEO Rick Young

Summer 2024 Web Design: Telling a Story with Interactive Elements

Among summer 2024 web design trends, developers lean toward telling a story with interactive elements. Interactive storytelling transforms a static website into an immersive experience, guiding users through a narrative journey. This approach engages visitors on a deeper level, encouraging them to explore and interact with the content. For summer 2024, the trend is about creating personalized, memorable experiences that resonate with users long after leaving the site.

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Squarespace 7.0 vs. 7.1
Web Design Rick Young Web Design Rick Young

Squarespace 7.0 vs. 7.1

An unspoken war is raging within Squarespace’s userbase: Squarespace 7.0 vs. 7.1. Squarespace has updated its site-building application and moved to the ‘7.1’ version, but what does this mean for site owners? Should you update your site to the newest version of Squarespace or stand pat?

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A Website’s Bare Bones
Web Design Rick Young Web Design Rick Young

A Website’s Bare Bones

Many business owners have at one point in time or another discussed building a website. While countless follow through on it, there are just as many who don’t.

Maybe, it comes down to budget. Perhaps, it’s more about indecisiveness with the site’s direction. In either case, perpetual inaction has a severe opportunity cost in credibility and even missed leads.

For those who don’t have an extensive budget (or time) to build a grand website, or aren’t sure how they want to portray their business, there are still three vital pages worth incorporating to provide your website with the bare bones treatment.

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Parallax Isn’t Passé
Web Design Rick Young Web Design Rick Young

Parallax Isn’t Passé

Web development and design techniques are constantly in flux. Within a single year, a multitude of new trends will pop up to phase out the “old” ones.

In the case of parallax, it’s been incorporated in web design since 2011. Yet, this design technique is still picking up steam with the mainstream public.

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Squarespace Begins Email Marketing
Email Marketing Rick Young Email Marketing Rick Young

Squarespace Begins Email Marketing

Let's play a word association game.

When the phrase "email marketing" comes to mind, what do you think of?

For many, they immediately picture a platform, such as MailChimp, Constant Contact, or ActiveCampaign. Although there are other companies out there focused on email marketing, these three have generally been the ringleaders for close to two decades.

However, that's all about to change.

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