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Blog Sidebar
Although Wordpress blogs always have a sidebar, not every Squarespace blog will have a built in blog sidebar, but they can be added! So make sure you let your web designer know if you do want one. They are great if blogging is your main gig, and even if it isn’t, sidebars are a nice way to provide more information about you and links off to other parts of your site (calls to action!)
Navigation Title
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PAGE TITLE
Short and sweet, usually 1-2 words as this will be what shows in your main navigation. Example: ‘Blog’ or ‘Journal’.
FILTERING WITH CATEGORIES/TAGS
Canbeaslongasyouwant,andsnazzier.Example:‘The BusinessHubBlog’or‘WeeklyMusings’.
PAGE INTRODUCTION (IF APPLICABLE)
Sometimesyoumaywanttobeginyourblogwithanintrothat’sseparatefromyoursidebar.Usethefieldaboveto writetheshortintroduction.
SEO
Unique description
Search results typically show your SEO title and description. Depending on the search engine, descriptions displayed can be 50 to 300 characters long. If you don’t add a title or description, search engines will default to useyourpagetitleandcontent.
Additional content/notes for your designer/copywriter, or blog post ideas.
A little used feature by new business owners or bloggers is the ability to categorise and tag their posts. You can use categories and tags to organise content and help visitors find content that interests them. When a customer clicks on a category or tag in a blog post, they’ll see all the posts filtered by that category or tag.
Category Ideas Here
Main Image Here
Main Image
Add a Dropbox/Google Drive link to the image you want to use
INTRO TEXT
Categories divide content by subject or type. Squarespace recommends categorisingrelativelyconservativelyastoomanycategoriescanbeconfusing oroverwhelmingtoyourreaders.
Example:Business,Instagram,Personal.
Tags Ideas Here
Example:‘Hi,I’m...’
SHORT BIO
Add Social media links
Tagscanbeusedliberallyandareposttopic-specific.Tagwithkeywords,year, month, subject matter, or anything else your viewers might find interesting. Tagsareliketheoriginalhashtag.
Example:Personal,family,love,lifestyle,beach,tree,camera,fun
Whoyouare,whatyoudo,whattheblogisaboutetc.Approximately 2-3shortsentences.
A Category drop down LET'S ADD:
An opt-in freebie graphic
Newsletter subscribe
Links to Latest Blog Posts
Links to Top Categories
A search bar
Link to another page
