The Blog
7 Key Things to Make Your E-commerce Business Launch Successful
If you are about to launch an e-commerce business, then you already know there is a lot to think about. From the back end operations of fulfilment, to the user experience of your website – there is plenty to keep you busy…
Squarespace SEO Tips To Get On the First Page of Google
After ranking first for some of our keywords recently, we thought wed share with you the things that we've done over the last six months to skyrocket our SEO from performing lower than average, all the way to the number one spot…
How To Attract Your Dream Clients
You've probably seen people posting on social, saying they've landed their dream clients, and whilst you're super thrilled for them, you're wondering why you're not attracting yours. I'm going to share with you my secrets on how I've managed to secure work with dream clients consistently over the last four years…
Join The Creative Business Collective
When taking on your own business, learning never stops, industries develop, applications are released and the ever-changing world of marketing and social media just keeps...changing! With this in mind, we’ve launched our very first Facebook Group, The Creative Business Collective…
Five Top Tips For Being a Better Designer
Real talk, when was the last time you took an hour to develop your own design skills? 2020 has been a bit of a kick in the face for a lot of designers, with a lot of people facing redundancies, job uncertainty or uncomfortably long gaps between freelance design gigs…
3 Easy Ways to Increase Your Squarespace Site’s Conversion Rate
I’m going to give you three basic tips that you can easily implement on your Squarespace website to increase your website conversion rate… You don’t even need a Squarespace developer to do these, so there’s no excuse!
Spotlight Sessions: Just Jaz
Today on the blog we’re interviewing Career Coach: Just Jaz. She speaks about her own journey and shares inspiring advice that reminds us to focus on the importance of building confidence in ourselves first, to help us on our way to being successful in business and life.
Just Launched: The Studio 77 Snippets Podcast
I’ve been working on creating a podcast for Studio 77 over the last few months. I’m super excited to announce that our first episode is available on Spotify, iTunes and all other major podcast broadcasts…
Business Growth Tips For Mindful Business Planning
The Studio 77 business approach is a little bit different from your classic business model. Whilst I use the classic business methods like goal setting, marketing planning and design sprints, I also run Studio 77 with a more holistic approach in mind…
Spotlight Sessions: JC Candanedo, Photographer and Humanitarian
Today on the blog we’re interviewing photographer and humanitarian JC Candanedo. He speaks about falling in love with photography, his career change and gives some top photography tips for budding new photographers.
Should I Hire A Website Designer Or Can I Build My Squarespace Website Myself?
Over on Instagram, we’ve had a couple of questions talking about whether you actually need to hire a website designer to build your Squarespace website, or if you can do it yourself. So today we’re taking you through three things to think about when taking on the task of designing your own Squarespace website.
3 Website Design Tips From Our Free Website Reviews on Instagram Live
A couple of weeks ago, I went live on Instagram every day to do some quickfire website reviews! After reviewing 15 websites back to back, there were some common themes across the websites that I was seeing, so I've collated a list of the top 3 points that everyone should be doing on their website…
Spotlight Sessions: Natalie Byrne, Feminist Illustrator
Today on the Spotlight Sessions we’re talking with Latina illustrator, Natalie Byrne about her proudest moments, her favourite illustration tools and why she uses her illustrations as a platform to tackle social issues…
Helping Clients Pivot During Coronavirus: How Our Client Adapted To Survive and Thrive
When coronavirus hit, and offices closed their doors, our client Fruit For The Office saw 80% of their revenue stream dry up. Facing disaster, they adapted in order to survive: they shifted their focus from office to home deliveries with pretty extraordinary results…
7 Ways to Work From Home Effectively
Amid Coronavirus, a new era of working has emerged - the working from home culture. For the freelancers who typically work from home by choice, it feels much the same, but for the employed folk who are used to heading into the office, this can be quite a shock to the system…
Spotlight Sessions: Alison Battisby, Founder Avocado Social
Today on the blog we’re joined by Alison Battisby, founder of Avocado Social, a social media strategy, consultancy and training agency. Since starting the company in 2003, Alison inspires her clients to use social media more effectively to promote your brand and build an engaged online community…
18 Things Designers Can Do To Make Their Life Better During Lockdown
Now we’re officially in a coronavirus lockdown, to pass the time and make our lives a bit more organised, I’ve made a list of things that designers and creatives could do during these three weeks in between working from home, binge-watching Netflix and feeling a little confused as to how this has all happened…
How to Create a Good Online Design Portfolio
We’ve had a few questions pop up recently on the topic of online design portfolio’s so we thought we’d collate some of our top tips on how to create a great online portfolio website…
Spotlight Sessions: Bami Kuteyi, Founder of Twerk After Work
This month for the Spotlight Sessions I’m interviewing Bami Kuteyi, the founder of the dance fitness phenomenon, Twerk After Work. We’re talking all things booty shaking, business and what “finding your fearless” really means…
50 Books For Business And Self Improvement We’re Reading in 2020
One of my goals this year is to read fifty books. Yes, fifty! I know I know, that’s a lot of books, but I truly believe that you should set your goals just on the edge of your comfort zone to allow yourself to grow. You’d be surprised what you’re truly capable of achieving if you push yourself…