Squarespace Websites for Authors in just Two Week’s
Creating stunning, effective websites for authors that support your books and feel like you, all completed via my streamlined 2-week template tailoring process.
You’re a Published Author.
Does your website make you look like one?
People really do judge books and websites by their covers, together let's build your audience and boost book sales with a website that’s tailored to you, tells your story and speaks to your ideal reader.
THE SOLUTION
You’ve written a brilliant book and need a website that’s equally impressive & engaging without spending £4k+
THE SOLUTION? THE 2 WEEK author WEBSITE.
What’s Included:
Transformation of a premium Squarespace template to your brand, colours, fonts and logo (Mini Branding add-on available).
Support and guidance for preparing your content.
Strategic incorporation of your text and imagery creating a cohesive and compelling website.
Legal pages such as Privacy Policy & T & C’s, using your provided content.
Essential on-page SEO setup for better Google visibility.
Connecting social media accounts, domain mapping & site submission to Google.
1 hour training session or video + 2 weeks email support.
Investment: £1000 (3 pages), £2000 (6 pages) + Premium Template.
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Things to Know When Booking:
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Timeline — It’s a 2 week streamlined timeline with a shiny new website at the end of the process. A least 2 weeks before the project start date, you'll provide your imagery and text content plus your brand colours, fonts and logo if you have them.
Time Zone — Based in England, I’m on UTC +0 Greenwich Mean Time.
Investment — 3 pages £1000 (1.25 Design Days), 6 pages £2000 (2.5 Design Days) + Premium template.
You make a 50% payment to book your project in my design calendar.
One week before the two week website build starts you make the second 50% payment.
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Text Content —You will provide your text content including text for any legal pages such as Privacy Policy and / or Terms pages.
Image Content — For best results you’ll provide professional photos and /or stock imagery to replace the template images. Stock image sourcing can be included as an add-on service if required.
Content Submission: At least 2 weeks before the project start date.
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We’ll work closely together go through your website wish list and choose the template that’s the closest fit to the website you’ve been dreaming of. Not sure what you want or need? Don't worry, I've handpicked my absolute favourites, and know exactly how to tailor any design to match your style.
Premium Squarespace Template price is not included and will vary depending on your chosen template, they often range from around £150 to £460 / $200 to $600.
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Don’t have a brand/colours designed or a logo, no problem! Either the original template styles can be used or you can add my Mini Branding service to bring your brand to life.
Significant structure/design changes beyond what the template offers is not included but may be possible as an add-on service, we’ll go through this before booking.
You can add extra pages as an add-on service or create them yourself after the project.
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Domain & Squarespace Costs — Your template will most likely come with a 6-month free trial of Squarespace and so you won't need to sign up to a Squarespace subscription plan until your website is ready to launch or the free trial period ends. You'll be eligible for a 20% discount on your first year of the annual subscription, this will be the Squarespace Business Plan (or higher). Domain & Squarespace Business Plan costs are approximately £230/$300 per year.
You'll need a domain name, which if you don't already have one can be arranged through Squarespace or other provider. You can get a new domain free for one year with your new Squarespace business hosting plan.
Other Third Party Costs — Any further additional add-ons may require separate purchases, such as email, email marketing, scheduling through Acuity Scheduling etc.
Set up of any third party applications that may link or be embedded on your website (you will provide links or embedded code, e.g. for Calendly.) is not included but may be arranged as an additional service.
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You'll be able to review your new site and submit a list of tweaks / changes during our time together. 1 hour of revisions for fine-tuning your website is included. We complete all work, including revisions, within our scheduled Design Days.
You’ll receive a 1 hour training session or video as part of your Two Week Website to walk you through your lovely new website and Squarespace.
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After our scheduled time together you’ll receive 2 weeks email support (Monday to Friday during business hours).
After the build your website will be all yours, you'll have full access to make any adjustments you wish to yourself or you can hire me for a quarter, half or full day or hire any other designer for further ongoing support.
One of the key reasons why I choose to work with Squarespace is it's so so easy for you to make changes and manage your own website yourself. With Squarespace's extensive documentation, help guides and forum plus their award-winning 24 / 7 support you will have a wealth of information and help available to you anytime you need it.
Having your own author website grants you complete control to shape your own narrative, freely market your work, and write your own dedicated online story.
The sweet spot between a bespoke high-ticket custom website and an uninspiring DIY website our websites for authors and writers are crafted from premium Squarespace templates designed to create lasting impressions and with marketing in-mind.
SQUARESPACE TEMPLATES for authors
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![Scribe Squarespace 7.1 Fluid Engine Author website template]()
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![Steel Squarespace 7.1 Fluid Engine Author website template]()
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![Idyll Squarespace 7.1 Fluid Engine Author website template]()
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![Amplify Squarespace 7.1 Fluid Engine Author website template]()
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![Jolla Squarespace 7.1 Fluid Engine Author website template]()
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![Rose Squarespace 7.1 Fluid Engine Author website template]()
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![Steel Squarespace 7.1 Fluid Engine Author website template]()
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![Unearth Squarespace 7.1 Fluid Engine Author website template]()
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![Tryp Squarespace 7.1 Fluid Engine Author website template]()
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![Quinn Squarespace 7.1 Fluid Engine Author website template]()
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How it All Works
STEP 01
Enquire & Consult
Make an enquiry and we'll go through everything, get to know each other and ensure we're a fab fit. Sign an agreement, pay a 50% payment and you're booked in!
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STEP 02
Select & Prepare
You'll choose the template that most closely represents the website you've been dreaming of and gather and submit text and image content that fits with it's style and layout.
STEP 03
Customise & Build
Working my magic I'll transform your chosen template into a special site that feels just like you and tells your brand story without the price tag of a custom website.
STEP 04
Review & Tweak
We'll work closely together to make any tweaks and adjustments and add the finishing touches ready for proudly sharing your shiny new website with the world!
STEP 05
Launch & Celebrate!
It’s time to celebrate ticking off your website to-do list now you’ve got an easy to use completely customisable Squarespace site designed to convert plus the custom website look and feel but without the custom design price tag.
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ANSWERS to QUESTIONS
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Squarespace is an all-in-one self-contained hosted DIY website platform. Clients love it as it's very user-friendly making it easy to amend and maintain your own website backed-up by extensive documentation, help guides, forum and 24 / 7 award winning support there for you when you need any help. And designers like me love it too because we can create beautiful websites for people like you that they really love and can then easily amend and look after themselves going forwards.
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The free Squarespace templates are great and cater for everyone, but you’re not everyone are you? They're also quite generic and designed more to be a starting point to be amended and developed to meet your own needs so normally need work to evolve them into a more bespoke design and layout.
As well as looking totally stunning premium Squarespace templates also tend to be strategically designed to inspire visitors to engage, subscribe and buy.
By selecting a premium Squarespace template specifically and strategically designed for your style or niche, you’re making a smart move for a professional and effective website.
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Yes pretty much, however I recommend premium Squarespace 7.1 Fluid Engine templates. These are the latest templates and the templates I work with, plus they'll be easiest for you to look after yourself once the template restyle is complete.
As we partner, I'll offer tailored advice and support in choosing a website template that will not only suit your unique style but will also effectively serve your business goals.
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Premium template customisation is perfect for you if you love the look of a template, but you don’t have the time, energy or desire to customise it yourself. It's a fantastic option for a less expensive done-for-you web design service that uses a strategically custom-designed website template to design you a gorgeous new website.
With this service, you’ll get the individual attention of an expert Squarespace designer who will transform the site to match your brand in as little as two weeks.
Alternatively, for a site that’s truly unique, check out our fully custom website design packages. Another option is to purchase a premium template and customise it yourself if you're happy to DIY that is, see my favourite Premium Squarespace templates.
If you’re not quite sure a template customisation is right for you, just drop me a line and we can go through things together.
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Yes! Squarespace offers a built in e-commerce store function. So if your chosen template doesn’t come with a shop page already included then you can add one yourself after the project or include it as an extra add-on service or hire me at a later date to help.
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Yes! Squarespace is great for blogging and is really straightforward and easy and all Squarespace websites have blog facilities built-in. Most premium templates will come with a pre-designed Blog page but if one isn’t included you can add one yourself after the project or include it as an extra add-on service or hire me at a later date to help.
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A least 2 weeks before the project start date, you'll provide your imagery and text content and your brand colours, fonts and logo if you have them, more details below...
COLOURS & FONTS - We'll have the option to customise the colours and fonts in your chosen template to reflect your brand style. You can provide a brand guide detailing your colour palette and typography either prepared by yourself or a graphic designer, or add the Mini-brand service to your project and I'll prepare it for you or we can retain the fonts and colours of the template.
TEXT CONTENT - You'll provide the text copy for your website, many premium templates come with text content guidelines to help with this. If you’d like additional help with this, at the beginning of our project I can point you in the right direction resources I highly recommend.
IMAGERY - The number of images needed will depend on your chosen template and the pages I'll be customising for you. Generally speaking you'll need 1-2 headshots and around 12-14 additional images as a minimum for around 5 pages, the more professional brand images to choose from the better though.
Quality images are a key element to the success of your website and I heartily advise a professional brand photoshoot that includes different poses, locations and outfit changes. To get the best results if using stock imagery ensure they are cohesive with your brand style and colours and if you'd like help selecting stock imagery you can add image curation as an extra service, please enquire for further details.
LOGO - If you have a logo, you'll need to provide it in transparent .png format, if you don't have a logo I can create a simple wordmark logo using Squarespace installed fonts. You can also add my Mini Brand service which includes colours and font selection if you don't have a 5 colour palette or professionally designed brand already.
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The template price is not included and will vary depending on your chosen template, they often range from around £150 to £460 / $200 to $600.
Your template will most likely come with a 6-month free trial of Squarespace and so you won't need to sign up to a Squarespace subscription plan until your website is ready to launch or the free trial period ends. You'll be eligible for a 20% discount on your first year of the annual subscription, this will be the Squarespace Business Plan (or higher).
You'll need a domain name, which if you don't already have one can be arranged through Squarespace or other provider. Any further additional add-ons may require separate purchases, such as email, email marketing, scheduling through Acuity Scheduling etc.
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Yes of course, you'll be able to review your new site and submit a list of tweaks / changes. After the build your website will be all yours, you'll have full access to make any adjustments you wish to yourself or you can hire me for a half-day or full day or hire any other designer.
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Let’s get to know each other!
Please fill out the form below and I’ll respond within 1 to 2 business days and you’ll be on your way to a stunning website that feels tailor-made just for you.
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Author website
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SQUARESPACE web design FOR AUTHORS
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