Squarespace has built-in native integration with Mailchimp – this means you only need to click a couple of buttons to connect your website to this email marketing provider. Simple but a limited way:Ĭonnect your Squarespace newsletter form to Mailchimp automatically (via a native integration) and send an email that contains a freebie via Mailchimp Violá! This is the simplest setup possible. You can make the information about the subscribers go to a free list with Squarespace campaigns or post them to a Google spreadsheet. The final step – in your Newsletter block, select a storage option. You’ll paste your thank you page URL here. In the Newsletter block settings, go to Content → Post submit (you’ll have to scroll down to see this option) → Redirect. This way we ensure that users can only access this page from a redirect (your link) and can’t find it in Google. Protect your thank you page from being indexed by Google by going to Page Settings → SEO → toggle Hide Page from. It can say something like “Thank you! Here’s your freebie.” Below this text, there should be a button with a link to your freebie. Upload your file and copy its URL.Ĭreate a thank you page and link your freebie to this page via a button. Select “Link” and in the menu that pops up click the gear icon and then select “File”. To do that, Go to the Pages menu and click a plus sign to add a new page to the Not Linked section. Set the following settings of the newsletter block: Layout – Float Alignment – Leftĭon’t add too much copy to the Newsletter block description field – make it short and concise.Ĭreate a link to your freebie in Squarespace. Don’t add a headline to the newsletter block. How to set up your PDF freebie with a Newsletter block and a Thank you pageĬreate a page and add a headline, subheadings, a freebie mockup image, and a newsletter block, like in the illustration above. Let me share some tips and tricks I learned while working with Squarespace and two of my favorite email marketing platforms – Flodesk and Mailchimp. Good news – building an email list is actually easier than growing a social media following.Įvery time I launch something new – update my Squarespace course or roll out a new Squarespace template – I get an influx of sales. I’ve got a few thousand people on my list now. I started my email list in 2019 by promoting my first free guide with a handful of Facebook ads. And it’s true! Social media platforms come and go but email is still the best way to keep in touch with your audience. ![]() ![]() A freebie is an “irresistible bait” – a piece of content so valuable that it could be very easily turned into a paid product. Freebie, lead magnet, content upgrade – all these names mean a free piece of content that you give away in exchange for an email address and permission to communicate with your potential lead. ![]() You might have heard that it’s impossible to build a thriving online or coaching business without an email list.
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