guided, small-Group Website Build
Build a site you finally trust – with a guide at your side.
Website Wayfinder takes your site from proof you exist to proof you're worth choosing.
Your url has become your dirty little secret
Get your site sorted
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Get your site sorted 😮💨
And you've been carrying it around a lot longer than you'd like to admit 🫣
Someone asks for your website and your chest tightens. You share the link with a quick disclaimer – "it's being updated!" – or skip it entirely and keep the conversation in DMs.
Because you've been building around your site instead of with it.
The about page still sounds like past-you.
Your podcast is a bitty little blip on the contact page.
You email a list of ways to work with you because the services page is soooo outdated.
And every time you sit down to deal with it, the whole weekend disappears. Six tabs deep, nothing to show for it.
You're stuck in a loop where every try costs a weekend & leaves it half-done.
Get the map and the guide
Website Wayfinder is the path to the other side
A done-with-you group program where you build and launch a site that actually reflects who you are now.
You're not handing your site off to a designer or doing it totally on your own.
You’re building it yourself (because no one gets your business like you). BUT! You're doing it with someone who knows which decisions to make, in which order, and why, and a small crew of other business owners just like you.
By the time we wrap, you'll have a gorgeous, strategic Squarespace site you’re actually eager to share – plus the know-how to update it when something changes.
Your site, done right – together.
12 Weeks | Spring ‘27 Cohort Enrolls Dec 3-16 / Kicks off Jan 12, 2027
This is not one of those programs where you sign up and then WHAM! Info dump.
Instead, we go step-by-step, in order, with my guidance the whole way. You’ll know exactly what to do next in your build the whole way through.
The program has three phases:
1. Strategy
We figure out who you're talking to, what your site needs to do, and how it should flow – before we touch anything visual. We start with your site goals and needs, then layer in your brand design. Brand strategy, Squarespace basics, visual messaging, and keyword research at the outset make the rest of the build smoother..
2. Content + Design
Copy, images, and pages built with dedicated time on your calendar every week and live feedback. Copy coaching, SEO settings, legal docs, navigation, mobile optimization, and your blog and portfolio all happen here.
3. Launch Essentials
Integrations, redirects, link updates, button and form checks, Google Analytics, and Search Console. The stuff that needs to happen before you hit publish (and that nobody warns you about)
What’s included:
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Squarespace Base Site
Choose from the base sites I've built for service providers, consultants, and coaches – the same ones I've refined across dozens of client sites for clarity, user journey, and conversion.
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1:1 Strategy Kickoff Call
Start your journey by getting a professional website strategy, tailored to your business and your needs.
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Step-by-step course
Short, actionable video walkthroughs in week-by-week modules to keep you on track and building pixel by pixel.
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Maypop Creative Studio Toolkit
Trail Mix
My content gathering and prep system. You get over a month of prep time to gather everything before we start, and the earlier you enroll, the longer you have.
Brand Roots Blueprint
My tool to set your brand strategy foundation. We'll dig into messaging, visuals, and positioning before you ever touch a design block, so your site looks good and makes sense.
Asset Libraries
Visual assets libraries I use for clients (color palettes, font pairings, images, patterns, and icons), a skeleton copywriting outline, plus optional AI tools and purpose-built tools to cut your work time in half.
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Weekly Calls
Coworking
Our weekly coworking calls (Tuesdays 12 – 1 ET, optional) are designed to minimize homework.
You get feedback, support, and accountability on your actual site, plus dedicated time on your calendar every week to actually get it done.
Workshops
Expert-led workshops right when you need them: Calm productivity with Louise Miller, keyword research with Brittany Herzberg, and copy coaching with Erin Ollila.
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Support when you need it
Our private Slack is a community to ask questions, get feedback, celebrate your wins, and find community support – with me in your site's back end when you need it.
And Slack never closes while you stay in. After week 12, keep coworking and Slack for $87/month, for as short or as long as you'd like. Whether you need more time to get ‘er done, or you’ve launched but want to keep a website pro in your back pocket, the support doesn’t go away.
What to expect week-by-week
done-with-you • group program • Expert-led
Bonus workshop –
We start with calm productivity mentor Louise Miller to get our bearings and chart our path.
Week 1– 2 –
Define your Brand Roots: voice, vibes, archetype, & visual style
Week 3 –
Squarespace Foundations - key platform basics & settings
Week 4 –
Visual Messaging: images, graphics, icons & more
Week 5 –
Keyword Research workshop with guest expert Brittany Herzberg
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Messaging & Copywriting workshop with guest expert Erin Ollila
Week 7 –
Sitewide AI/Search Engine Optimization
WeekS 8 & 9 –
Site Content: updating layout with your unique content
Week 10 –
Reach & Growth: blogging & portfolios
Week 11 –
Marketing & Integrations: redirect pages, pop-ups, announcement bar
Week 12 –
Final Prep & Tech - site migration, analytics, testing, & future-proofing
& launch!
She almost quit her business over her website.
“Now, it feels bulletproof”
You're about to loooove your site (for the first time in a while)
What happens when strategy comes first:
The websites built in this program aren't built on vibes and YouTube.
We build from strategy – user journey, keywords, positioning, copy, design – done in order, with someone who can explain the why behind each decision.
That's the piece most DIY-ers are missing. Knowing how to use Squarespace is actually not the hardest part. The strategy layer – what to build, in what order, and why – is what the tutorials skip.
Let’s talk numbers
"My business has had a very shocking uptick since February... I credit this program."
– Katrina, four weeks into the program, before her site was live
Investment Options
$1980 or 3 payments of $660
Only 15 spots.
Cozy by design.
Get ongoing Slack & coworking calls after 12 weeks for $87/month – no commitment required.
Bonus: In-Site Insight
🎁 Waitlist Bonus ($79 value)
Enroll from the waitlist and I’ll create a Loom review of your current site: what’s working, what’s confusing, and where you’re likely losing clicks before you start on your new site.
Bonus: Design Implementation Day
🎁 Pay in Full Bonus ($1075 value)
Sometimes you do just need it done for you, amiright?
Whether you get busy, overwhelmed, or just annoyed: here’s 6 hours of me in your site doing the work.
You hand me the list; I get it done.
Spring ‘27 Cohort
Dec 16: Doors close
Jan 6: Bonus Productivity Session with guest expert Louise Miller
Jan 12-Mar 30: optional 1-hr weekly coworking or workshops Tuesdays at 12pm ET / 9am PT / 5pm BST
from stuck to launched
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from stuck to launched 🛶
“Website Wayfinder gave me the space to really learn WHY and HOW things like nailing a brand identity site wide, landing on strategic SEO keywords, and creating less friction for my clients (and potential ones!) can make all the difference.
Carolyn is kind, hilarious, patient, and a genius. I can't recommend working with her enough.”
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Meet your guide
Hey hey! It’s me, Carolyn, your Website Redesign Expert.
I'm a Squarespace Gold Tier Circle Member who has rebuilt dozens of sites for service providers, coaches, and consultants. Before web design, I ran a brick-and-mortar cheese shop and wine bar – which, oddly, is where I learned everything I know about what a good client experience actually feels like. (And what it costs a business when it isn't working.)
I don’t come from a tech background. I come from the frustrated-business-owner side of the desk, which means I know what it's like to have a site that's lagging light years behind your actual business. My whole approach is built around teaching the why, not just the steps – because I'm not trying to become your web person for life. I'm trying to make that unnecessary.
When I'm not building sites, you can find me playing Himalayan sound bowls for a quick meditation shortcut, or floating down the Rivanna River with my husband and two kids.
This isn't for everyone.
(But it might be exactly for you.)
for you:
You've been in business for a few years and you’ve outgrown your website
You want to build and understand your own site – with someone in your corner who knows what they're doing
You've tried YouTube tutorials and ended up more confused than when you started
You’re itching to scrap your current site and start with a clean base site
You can prioritize 1-2 hrs/week Jan-March
You're on Squarespace or ready to make the switch
maybe not:
You run an ecommerce business
You need pages that don’t exist in the base sites
You're still figuring out your offers or audience
You just need a one-page site or you want to zhuzh up your current site
January – March is a rough season for your schedule (join the Fall cohort!)
You want someone else to just handle it (my Northstar Site Build will be a better fit)
FAQ
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Ooo. My favorite question!
DIY = you're alone with tutorials and blog posts, guessing if you're doing it right, and probably abandoning it by week 3. Wobbly brand foundations, getting lost in text blocks, and missing must-haves like accessibility and legal basics.
Could you do it this way? Sure! But you'd also be missing the strategy behind every decision; expert eyes on your design, copy, and SEO; and the group support + accountability that actually gets it done.
Done-with-you = you're building your site with a guide for every decision. On your own, you’ll watch my walkthroughs on strategy AND the how-to. Then we meet every week for dedicated coworking time so you can apply what you’ve just learned while getting my advice and feedback.
Throughout the program, I can pop in and look at the backend of your site at any time you need my help with minor tweaks and challenges. Plus, if you get stuck, Slack is open like a 24/7 diner, serving up hot & tasty help from me and your compatriots.
You're doing the work (it's YOUR site, after all), but you're never guessing.
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Both! Everyone starts on one of my 5 base sites, built for service providers, consultants, and coaches with strategy already baked in.
Some will be building your very first site. Others have a Frankenstein’s monster of quick fixes and add-ons that needs a more solid foundation.
If you already have a site: it stays up while you build. I cover URL redirects and the domain swap in the launch phase, so there’s no downtime and no dead links.
And yes, it’s Squarespace only. If you’re on WordPress, Showit, or Wix, you’ll build your new site on Squarespace. The technical instruction doesn’t translate across platforms, so if you want to stay where you are, this isn’t the right fit.
After 7 years building for service providers, consultants, and coaches who manage their own sites, I’ve found Squarespace hits the right balance: real design control without needing a developer every time you want to update a page. You won’t be afraid of breaking the whole thing.
Not sure it’s right for you? Let’s suss it out:
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That’s exactly what the program is for!
“Ready” means you have established offers and some clients, and you want a site that reflects where you are now. You don’t need polished copy, brand photos, or a clear visual identity before we start. We begin with strategy and brand foundations BEFORE touching design, so you won’t need a single photo or headline until later. Erin Ollila leads a copy coaching workshop to help you write your site copy, and you don’t need to show up with polished words.
Plus, my Trail Mix prep system comes with your enrollment. It’s my content gathering and prep system, and you get over a month of prep time before we begin. The earlier you enroll, the longer you have to gather your stuff.
If you’re waiting until everything’s figured out, you’ll be waiting indefinitely.
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Plan on about 1 – 2 hours a week, including the optional weekly coworking call (60 minutes, Tuesdays 12 – 1 ET). The call is dedicated time to work alongside me with my feedback and support, and the rest is the short course videos and building. It’s built to work alongside a full client load.
Listen, life happens. Calls are recorded and sent after, and the step-by-step course is there to catch up on. With a group this small, I notice when someone goes quiet, and I’ll check in.
If you need more time, you can stay in Slack + coworking for $87/month. And of course, you have forever-access to the course and your dashboard.
That said, the people who carve out the time and show up get the best results. After all, if you had 40 hours to spend on your site at once, wouldn’t it be done by now?
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The timeline was built this way because I've seen what happens when people try to rush a website build: they cut corners, skip strategy, and end up with a site they're redoing in a year.
12 weeks gives you time to think, run your business, AND build something strategic. We’re covering brand foundations, keywords, copywriting, design, SEO, and launch prep. That’s a lot, and it deserves breathing room.
By the end, you’ll have a complete, live site – not a half-finished draft you keep meaning to finish.
Want to go faster? Sure! When you enroll, you get everything immediately. I recommend doing the modules week-by-week, but if you want to dive in, go for it.
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Yup, you probably could.
The problem isn't capability – it's that every time you try, the whole weekend disappears and the site is still half-finished.
Website Wayfinder is for people who want to do this themselves, with a guide, a structure, and a group who actually shows up and works on it with you.
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Heard, and fair.
Most site investments fall short because nobody did the strategy work first, so the site looked better but didn’t function any differently.
Website Wayfinder is strategy-first. Before you touch a design block, you’ve mapped your user journey, clarified your brand direction, and identified what your site needs to do. The build follows the strategy. That’s not how most site projects work, and it’s the difference.
With 15 people max, you’re not lost in a sea of 200. You get a TON of my attention. The weekly coworking call includes a breakout room where I answer your questions and give live feedback on your actual site, and I’m in Slack between calls and can get into your back end.
The call is also real dedicated time on your calendar. If you want even more one-on-one help, you get. a preferred rate on additional strategy calls ($225) and Design Days ($975 full / $500 half) . A Design Implementation Day comes with paying in full!
If you’re still thinking “nah, this is too much work for me”: I recommend checking out my done-for-you Northstar Site Build.
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Not much!
You’ll need a Squarespace Business plan (I get you 20% off your first year 🥳), the free versions of Notion, Slack, and Zoom, and a login for the course.
You don’t need to be an expert at any of them. Squarespace is beginner-friendly, especially with a guide. I’ll show you exactly what to click and why, and how to find every setting you’ll need. If tech takes you a bit longer, you may need to set aside a bit more time than others.
By the end, you’ll understand WHY your site is set up the way it is, and HOW to keep it up to date – and that’s the difference between feeling lost and feeling confident.
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The program is $1,980, paid in full or in 3 monthly payments of $660, with the first due at enrollment. If you pay in full, you get a bonus VIP Design Day with me.
Because you receive all materials immediately after purchase and the program is limited in participants, refunds are not available. If your circumstances change after signing up, email me and I’ll see what other options we have.
But if you're unsure whether this is right for you, book a free 20-min chat before you commit – I'd rather you be certain than regret it.
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Nope! You have a live website and the skills to maintain it, plus course access and your Notion Dashboard.
If you want me in your corner a while longer, you can stay in on a monthly basis for $87/month (weekly coworking + Slack), for as short or as long as you’d like.
And sure, it’s great for those who need more time to finish – but also ideal if you want a website pro in your back pocket as your business keeps growing.
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A complete, live Squarespace website with a homepage, about, services, and contact page, plus other pages based on your business needs.
It’s built on a conversion-focused base site, written in your voice, optimized for search and mobile, accessible, and set up with legal pages and analytics.
You’ll have forever-access to my course (which means you’ll get updates!) and your Notion Dashboard.
Most importantly, you’ll leave knowing how to update your site yourself without hiring anyone, because you’ll understand the how and the why.
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And I’d love to answer them for you.
You can reach me three ways:
Still unsure? I get it. Book a fit-check call, and see we’ll what’s what.
Perfect for Getting Unstuck
“Website Wayfinder is perfect for getting unstuck, and Carolyn's knowledge is deep and wide.
Working with her means having access to a coach that really knows her stuff and who will help you execute along the way.
If you've got the time to invest in learning and want to work through it with an expert in live time, it's the perfect step.”
– Kristin Campbell / Organizational Development Consultant
The right clients are looking for you right now.
Show them you're the obvious choice.
By the time we wrap, you'll have a professional-level website you actually want people to see – built by you, understood by you, maintained by you.
One you're damn proud of. (And the know-how to keep it that way.)