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The Market Ready Mini-Guide: Your Practical Plan for Real-World Feedback & First Sales

This comprehensive guide is your no-fuss, practical roadmap designed to empower you, a passionate maker, to confidently take your products to a local market. Here, you'll gather invaluable real-world feedback and even make those crucial first sales, all with minimal effort and maximum impact.

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This guide is designed for fellow creatives like you who are ready to take action. It's structured into clear, actionable parts, just like the framework inside SmartSTARTERZ, to ensure you can easily navigate and implement each step.

How to Use This Guide: Your Workflow for Success

  • Start by reviewing the full "Guide 6: Your Web Page" document. This comprehensive guide provides all the theory, examples, and step-by-step instructions for creating your website, developing your homepage content, and mastering essential SEO.text goes here

  • Your "My Business Manual" is your central, living workbook. By now, you should have your own populated copy from Phase 1, and you'll continue to build it out with all your website content and SEO details. Remember to cut and paste images of your completed worksheets into the manual to build a complete picture of your business!

  • This phase is highly visual and practical, and we've broken down the website creation process into three clear sections with dedicated video demonstrations. These videos show you exactly how to complete each step on Squarespace. Click on the video image sections to the left to go directly to each section.

    Section 1: Creating Your Website & Basic Navigation (4 Videos)

    • These videos walk you through setting up your Squarespace site step-by-step and mastering essential navigation skills. You'll learn how to create pages, sections, blocks, and add text and images.

    Section 2: Developing Your Homepage Content (8 Videos)

    • This section focuses on designing and populating your homepage using the proven SmartSTARTERZ layout. You'll learn how to craft compelling content, including your story, and incorporate visuals.

    Section 3: Website SEO & Keywords (3 Videos)

    • Learn how to identify powerful keywords for your business and apply basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) techniques directly to your website. These videos will help your products and business get found online!

  • Quick Access In this section, you'll find fillable versions of the worksheets and other essential resources from the Guide to help you apply what you've learned and build your website.

There are 4 videos in this section to Watch

Website - KEY DOCUMENTS, WORKSHEETS & LINKS

squarespace website builder

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tailwind SEO assistant

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Proceed below to Phase 3, Guide #7: YOUR BRAND and continue building your powerful creative business! 🎨 Don’t forget to complete your Phase 2 Check-in for personalised feedback!