Would you show up to a business meeting in sweatpants? No? Then, why show up on the Internet (where we all live now!) with a crappy website?

Squarespace Website Templates for Authors, Podcasters, and Thought Leaders

You know you should have a great website; there’s only one problem: you don’t know anything about websites. And ugh, tech. No, thanks. 

You also have a book or podcast coming out soon….like next month soon. Are you ready to be Googled?! 

It’s time to ditch feeling embarrassed and frustrated about your website & digital strategy.

→ You’ve spent countless hours learning more than you wanted to know about website design, social media, newsletters, and content creation — when all you want to do is curl up with your favorite book or listen to your audiobook or podcast at 2x the speed (so many books and podcasts, so little time!).

→ Thanks to YouTube and Google University, you’ve (impressively) pulled together your digital presence. Still, this website stuff is confusing, and your website could definitely use a facelift.

→ You want to kick off your blog, writing, book, or podcast and know that you need a great website to launch your work and grow your audience.

→ You’ve been putting off creating or updating your website because, ugh, tech. 

→ You want to make your website more effective because it isn’t connecting you with the people you’re meant to reach. 

Are you looking for?

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Confidence that your website not only looks great but also draws in and engages your audience

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A professional presence on the Internet worthy of your work

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An affordable and strategically designed website tailored to your style, your business, and your audience

What if you could have a professional design your author, podcast, or thought leader website?

Someone who knows what they’re doing could build you a stylish and strategic website designed to grow your audience.

All for less than $150?

AMAIZING FACTS

  • It takes just 2.6 seconds for your audience to judge your website

  • 94% of your audience will judge your credibility based on your website

  • 56% of people don’t trust a brand without a website

WE’RE HONORED TO WORK WITH TALENTED AUTHORS & THOUGHT LEADERS

These institutions have published our clients’ work.

Squarespace Website Templates for Authors, Podcasters, and Thought Leaders

Get a website that proudly and effectively sells your work without all the expense, frustration, and stress.  

  • Squarespace templates are great if you want a fast, affordable, well-designed website. 

  • Our Squarespace website templates will help you ditch the hassle of building a website that may or may not work for you. 

  • Instead, you’ll get a tailored professional, stylish and strategic website designed to grow your audience and clientele while you eat, pray, love, or downward dog. 

  • Our Squarespace website templates are designed specifically for authors, podcasters, and thought leaders. We’ve included all the essential features you need to sell your work and connect with your audience.  

  • This is an excellent option for someone kicking off their digital career. You know you need a professional website, but you’re not ready to invest thousands of dollars yet. 

  • Work with us, and we’ll design a website that elevates your brand, connects you with your people, and sells your services while you sleep (or stay up late binging the latest Mindy Kaling Netflix drop).

CLIENT RESULTS

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CLIENT RESULTS ⟶

“Ann is incredibly professional, communicative, and organized. She will listen and think about how you should present yourself to your industry and turn that into a gorgeous online home base to which you will be proud to direct people.”

Chandler Baker, New York Times best-selling author of Whisper Network

“Ann really showed me what my website could be. I had no idea how much more cohesive the flow could be, but she’s a natural at it! What would have taken me months on months and hiring out multiple people, she was able to accomplish is record time. Her understanding of my business and goals were immediate and she was able to make a huge impact on my business.”

Natasha Arora, founder of bZAI

“Ann is a savvy user and adviser about all things social media, from websites to blogs to social media strategy. Her laser advice and patient explanations clarified my newsletter and blog options and broadened my writers' group's view of social media. I highly recommend her for helpful 1:1 support as well as enlightening presentations to groups.”

Carolyn Lee Arnold, Author of 50 First Dates

  • A Stylish and Strategic Website 

    • Pages Include: 

      • Home

      • About

      • Contact

      • Events

      • Blog

      • Press

      • Articles or Essays - Can easily be turned into podcast episodes 

      • Books - Can easily be modified to be services

      • Call to Action button

      • Custom Link-in-Bio page

  • 2-Day Delivery  - as good as Amazon Prime!

    • No more waiting weeks or months to have your website done. The entire website is transferred to your Squarespace account within 2 business days.

  • Mobile & Tablet Responsive Layout  

    • Your website will perform well on mobile and desktop devices. 

  • Matching Link-in-Bio page 

    • The templates include a matching link-in-bio page. This means you can direct your social media fanbase to your website for maximum visibility for your work. 

  • Blog Page Included

    • Use the included blog page to create custom SEO content to draw your audience to your website and work. 

  • Simplified Search Engine Optimization 

    • Make your website SEO optimized by using Squarespace’s intuitive SEO settings to add your SEO keywords.

  • Completely Customizable Website

    • Replace the dummy content with your photos and content 

    • Change the font, graphics, and branding colors

    • Zero coding or photoshop required

  • Extensive Support Resources to Customize Your Template

    • Our proprietary prep guides to develop your website strategy and draft your website content

    • Training videos that show you how to customize and launch your website template 

    • 4 weeks of email support from us 

    • Unlimited chat or email support from Squarespace (they’re the best and who we go to when we have questions) 

  • Squarespace Discount 

    • 20% off your annual Squarespace subscription using our unique code

What’s included

By installing a Squarespace website template, you will feel

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Thrilled to wake up to new potential readers buying your book, downloading your podcast, or clients signing up for your email list!

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Excited about your new website! You’ll love your website so much that you’ll be sharing your website everywhere as if it’s the latest Taylor Swift song.

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Confident that you have a strategically designed website that sells your book and is tailored to your style, work, and audience.

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Proud that you have a professional presence on the Internet worthy of your work.

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Reassured that your website looks great and draws in and engages your audience.

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Relieved that your website is not your problem anymore! It’s finally done.

Four-Step Website Care & Maintenance process:

  • Purchase a Squarespace website template (LBD here and Bold here)

  • We transfer your template to your Squarespace account within 2 business days.

  • Customize the template by adding your copy, photos, and graphics. You can also update the website’s colors and fonts if you wish.

  • Connect your social media and email marketing accounts, if necessary.

  • Connect your website to your domain.

How much is it costing you not to have a professional website?

How many potential clients, readers, or listeners land on your current website and leave because they don’t like what they see?

Investment

Stylish and strategic 8+ page Squarespace website designed specifically for authors, podcasters, and thought leaders (we usually charge $8k+ for a similar custom website)

  • 2-Day Turnaround 

  • Mobile & Tablet Responsive Layout 

  • Custom Link-in-Bio Page for Social Media

  • Matching Blog Page 

  • Simplified Search Engine Optimization 

  • Completely Customizable Website

  • Exclusive Access to Our Proprietary Guides and Training to Customize Your Template

  • 4- weeks of email support 

  • Unlimited Squarespace email and chat support

  • 20% off Squarespace 

Investment for a Squarespace website template: $149

Since this is a recurring 1:1 service, we have limited customer slots. Sign-up is based on a first come, first serve basis. Reach out for our availability.

HAPPINESS GURANTEE

We want our clients to walk away delighted by our work together.

So if you’re unsatisfied with our work, we won’t transfer our work, and you can request a 50% refund.

My mission: To develop websites and digital strategies that turn visitors into loyal fans or clients, grow your business, and proudly spread your ideas.
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I’m Ann, and I love taking these digital tasks off your plate so you can focus on what you do best - writing, teaching, advising, consulting, and speaking. Because I always need more books to read and podcasts to binge! 

I’ve never written a novel, edited a manuscript, or produced a podcast. Instead, I have built websites and digital strategies.

Besides being a writer, designer, and entrepreneur, I’m a lawyer and a former management consultant (focused on tech strategy).

Over a decade of corporate experience has taught me that the best results happen when design is married to an effective and evolving data-backed strategy. There is no one-and-done website here; only websites that are updated monthly and tied to evolving digital strategies to connect with your audience.

Work with me if you want a data and process-oriented approach to growing your digital business.

Let's get to know each other! Tell me about your favorite book or podcast, a thought-provoking article, or a system or process that has made your life happier or more efficient.

A Squarespace website template is right for you if:

  • You are new in your media career and need a great website to sell your work and connect with your audience persuasively.

  • You know your website is your digital storefront. You’re actively growing your writing, speaking, advising, or coaching career. You want to improve as fast as possible with expert advice. You’re committed to driving your audience to your website and creating a long-term relationship with your followers.

  • You’re thrilled to play around with Squarespace, customize your website’s fonts, colors, and graphics, and input your own content. You don’t want to deal with the hassle of working with a designer. You know you can knock this out yourself in a weekend.

A Squarespace website template is not right for you if:

  • Templates require a little DIY effort. You’ll need to watch a few tutorials and play around in Squarespace.

  • You’ve got this. Your digital strategy and software run smoothly.

  • You already have a website that’s growing your audience and business.

  • Professionals have already given you feedback on your digital strategy - websites, newsletters, and social media. You’re good to go.

QUESTIONS? WE HAVE ANSWERS

  • Templates are simply pre-designed websites that you can update as much as you want with your content - photos, graphics, and text. You can literally change everything on the template or change just the photos, graphics, and text.

  • Yes! Our templates are specifically designed for authors, podcasters, and thought leaders.

  • Everything! Change the text, photos, layout, color, font, or graphics.

  • Yes, templates have the same capabilities as custom websites. Templates are simply pre-designed websites that you can update as much as you want with your content - photos, graphics, and text.

  • Here’s the four-step process:

    First, we transfer your template to your Squarespace account within two business days.

    Second, you customize the template by adding your copy, photos, and graphics. You can also update the website’s colors and fonts if you wish.

    Third, you connect your social media and email marketing accounts, if necessary.

    Fourth, you connect your website to your domain.

    That’s it!

  • Customization time varies based on your familiarity with Squarespace and your content (copy, photos, graphics, social media accounts, etc.). If you’re a pro at Squarespace and have your content prepped, you could launch your website in a weekend.

    If you need more help with tech and need time to prep your content, it could take longer to launch your website.

  • Yes! Check out our two-week website package for template customization.

  • We use Squarespace 7.1 because Squarespace makes it easy to design and maintain excellent websites.

  • Yes! One of the reasons we highly recommend Squarespace is that they’re always one step ahead of the game. Squarespace knows mobile is essential, so all Squarespace websites are mobile-responsive.

  • There’s a monthly Squarespace hosting fee of $20-$30 and an annual domain fee of about $10-20. So you can expect annual costs to be approximately $300-$400, in addition to the website build cost.

  • We accept payment via Stripe, making it convenient and secure for you to pay via credit card.

  • We can work with you to incorporate logo and brand design based on your template. Contact us at hello@powerhouse-strategy.com if you want branding services along with your template.

  • Yes! We can work with you to incorporate logo and brand design based on your template. Contact us at hello@powerhouse-strategy.com if you want branding services along with your template.

  • You can add a storefront to any of these templates. Contact us at hello@powerhouse-strategy.com if you would like to discuss this further.

  • Yes! The Blog page can easily be replicated and used as pages for podcast episodes. It won’t take more than 5 minutes to add podcast pages.

  • No, these templates will only work on Squarespace 7.1. Email us at hello@powerhouse-strategy.com if you want referrals for WordPress or Showit designers.

  • Yes, you will be able to maintain the website. However, many of our clients find that maintaining their websites is not the best use of their time, so we offer care and maintenance plans here.

  • Yes, we provide monthly or as-needed support. Read more about our care and maintenance plans here.

  • We work with all industries and people! However, we especially love working with writers, authors, speakers, podcasters, coaches, consultants, course creators, and other creative and media entrepreneurs.

  • We’ll transfer the template to you within two business days.

  • You sure can!

  • No. It's actually better for you to wait to buy the domain or hosting before installing your template. Once you install one of our templates, you can use the code we give you to get (1) 20% off your first year of hosting and (2) $20 off your domain for the first year.

  • Because this is a digital product we can’t take back, no refunds are available now. However, we are happy to answer your questions and help you along the way!

  • Social media is the highway, and your website is your storefront. You can engage your audience on socials and direct them to your website. Your website is your storefront because it is the most comprehensive showcase of your work and brand. You can use your website to make it easy for your audience to get to know you and buy your books, courses, and products.

    You can also use your website for tasks you simply can’t do on social media. For example, you can use your website to put products such as books, courses, and services up for sale.

    Also, SEO (search engine optimization or when your clients find you through Google search) is 300x as effective as social media in getting clients to purchase your product or service. There’s no way to take advantage of SEO without a good website filled with SEO content so Google knows to send traffic to your website.

Want more help?

Want to get started by having us review your website and give you feedback so you can DIY?

Check out our 1:1 Strategy Calls.

Love our templates but not excited about DIYing?

Check out our Two-Week Website service, where we customize and launch your Squarespace website template.

Strategy Calls for Authors, Podcasters, Thought Leaders

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Strategy Calls for Authors, Podcasters, Thought Leaders ⟶

We can help you: 

  • Drive your audience to you by building a data-based game plan.

  • Attract your audience by implementing search engine optimization (SEO) tactics and developing a social strategy

  • Engage your audience by developing content ideas

  • Turn visitors into loyal fans or clients through a well-designed and well-written website

  • Strategize about how to cultivate long-term relationships with your audience

You’re responsible for cultivating your community of readers, listeners, clients, students, and supporters.

You don’t have to do it alone, though.

Save yourself the time, frustration, and delayed growth of going at it alone.

NOT SURE WHERE TO START?

Fill out the form below, and we’ll be in touch in 1-2 business days!