My Website Redesign (+ Tips for Designing Yours!)
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Here's a behind-the-scenes look at a website redesign and important things to keep in mind as you design yours!
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My Website Redesign (+ Tips for Designing Yours!)
I’m redesigning my website, so, in this video, I’m going to share the process with you, discuss the website builder I use and why I recommend it, and give you some of my best tips for making an incredible website.
So, first things first – why am I updating my website? Well, my brand has evolved, and I’ve become a lot clearer as to what I want my website to reflect. Also, I like to do a website redesign update once a year, in general, just so that I can give it a refresh and really reflect everything that we have done in the past year.
I’m building my website on Squarespace. I love this platform and, honestly, it’s going to make your tech life so much simpler. It’s easy to use, it’s drag-and-drop - which means you can see your edits as you make them - there’s no coding required, and it has a really modern, professional look. Even though it makes the process of building your website much simpler, it’s actually really powerful as well.
I’m actually a Squarespace Authorized Trainer and also spent this week working on a workshop that I’m hosting with Squarespace – yay! This is actually what I teach people how to do in my online business. I love teaching entrepreneurs how to DIY their website, because then they are empowered to edit and update their website going forward, whenever they need.
My website has been through many iterations, so don’t put so much pressure on yourself for your first website. It’s going to grow and evolve as you do.
Why You Need A Website
Now, let’s talk about why I still think you need a website in 2021. There are so many valuable reasons to have a website and not just rely on social media.
Firstly, your website gives you one central place where you can tell your full story. It allows you to demonstrate your expertise, it allows you to get more clients and to build your email list, which is one of those key puzzle-pieces in terms of building your online business.
Website Redesign
Let’s dive into the redesign. First things first, I reviewed layouts that our incredible graphic designer, Anno, created – shout-out to Anno! I explained to her the look and feel that we were going for and then she came back to me with these incredible designs. What we’re really going for is bright and optimistic. I want you to feel happy and motivated when you land on these pages and really get a sense of who I am. I want you to know that, even though I’m teaching tech, I’m going to make it simple and fun, and that this lifestyle of freedom, flexibility and financial abundance, is possible for you.
Add Some Photos & Movement
First, I’m taking a look and determining if there are any tweaks that I want to make. I know that I want to update a few photos, so we’re going to go into this folder here and select those.
Next, I want to add some movement. In Squarespace, you can use automatic slideshows, you can animate sections, or you can add in GIFs to give it some movement. On top of this, there are some incredible companies that create really cool plug-ins for Squarespace, so you can check those out as well. I’ll leave some links in the description for you below. This is going to allow you to achieve an even more custom look.
Top Two Tools
Now it’s time to bring the design over into Squarespace. The top two tools that we use to achieve a more custom look is a combination of Squarespace features and Canva. With these two together, you’re going to be able to create, a gorgeous website.
As you’re building, be flexible. It may look a little different once you move it online and that’s completely OK. For example, once I added the design in, I realized that I did want to keep the parallax effect, which is this cool moving look that you see here, so that changed things up a bit and we had to figure out how to work with that.
Let’s check out our brand new home page. Oh my goodness, I love it! This feels so much more “me”, which is really what you want to come out on your website. You want people to feel something when they land on your site. Overall, I think we’re accomplishing that.
So, there you have it. I hope this Website Redesign video was interesting for you. Let me know any thoughts you have in the comments down below. If you liked this video, let me know by giving it a thumbs up and don’t forget to hit Subscribe. I’ll see you soon with another video.
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