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Mariah Beverly Jo's avatar

The way you explain the pros and cons of WordPress versus other platforms really hits home. I especially liked how you showed that different creators have different needs. Thanks for sharing such valuable insights! 💜

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Johanna Voss's avatar

I'm not a food blogger, nor did I ever consider myself a blogger/content creator but I switched from squarespace to Wordpress a couple years ago when I leaned into more blogs on my site. SS just didn't even come close to the SEO functionality of wordpress. Do you know anyone who has monetized their site on squarespace?

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Sandie Markle's avatar

Deep sigh. No. But also why is that the case? (Internal scream) I'm on SS now and I just don't want it to be true haha. But I may switch myself to WP. I’m just on SS because the setup was easy but that’s about it. I'm trying to give SS a chance to turn it around. But I'm skeptical. 😅

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Johanna Voss's avatar

I was so hopeful on SS as well!

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Chef Carla Contreras's avatar

I was on Wordpress for about 10 years before switching to Squarespace for the ease of design. What's significant for my traffic is writing for publications + backlinks. I also regularly publish here on Substack and find that I 4x'd my website traffic since.

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Sandie Markle's avatar

The ease of design bright me to squarespace too. It's interesting your strategy for driving traffic. Thanks so much for sharing.

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Chef Carla Contreras's avatar

Thank you, it’s all about finding what works. For me, I would rather write and pitch then fiddle with Wordpress 😆

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Sandie Markle's avatar

Me too … me too 😅

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