One-on-One Coaching

Isabel Bay Design offers one-on-one personalized coaching on many topics:

  • Squarespace Website Building & Maintenance

  • Small Business Establishment & Marketing

  • Website Domain Registration

  • Website Hosting

  • Email Setup & Use

  • Graphic Design Principles

  • PrePress, PrePrinting File Production

  • Typography

  • Digital Photo Processing & Concepts

  • Digital Camera Photo Downloading

  • Mobile Phone Use

  • Adobe Photoshop

  • Adobe InDesign

  • Microsoft Word

  • Microsoft Excel (For Beginners)

  • Constant Contact

  • MailChimp

  • Survey Monkey

  • Basic Computer & Internet Use & Concepts

  • Online Accounts Password Organization

  • Arts & Crafts

Coaching is subject to minimal prescreening. Both Mac and Windows users welcome, though my knowledge base is primarily Mac-centric.

Affordable Group Workshops

Isabel Bay Design also offers small workshops at a discounted rate on several topics:

  • Squarespace Website Building & Maintenance

  • Basic Computer & Internet Use & Concepts

  • Adobe InDesign

  • Adobe Photoshop

By participating in these workshops, you get the personalized coaching, information and attention you need, but at a lower cost per person than one-on-one coaching.

Learn Squarespace

Build & maintain your own Squarespace.com website.
What is Squarespace? Read all about it.
View my Squarespace portfolio.

New Squarespace Website

  • Register a new URL or use an existing one

  • Use 14-day free trial or pay for 1-month or 1-year subscription

  • Select a template

  • Customize your template, fonts, colors, layout, etc.

  • Add pages and folders

  • Add text, images, events, buttons, etc.

  • Add your logo, favicon

  • Launch your new website!

  • Announce/advertise your updated website

Existing Squarespace Website Upgrade

  • Upgrade your older Squarespace account/website to the new Squarespace 7!

  • Select a new template

  • Customize your template, fonts, colors, layout, etc.

  • Update your text, photos, events, etc.

  • Launch your new website!

  • Announce/advertise your updated website

EXISTING SQUARESPACE WEBSITE MAINTENANCE

  • Update your text, photos, events, etc.

  • Add pages and folders

  • Customize your template, fonts, colors, layout, etc.

Learn Computer & Internet Basics

I'll help you to better understand and use the technology you have right now at your fingertips.

  • How does my computer work?

  • What is an operating system?

  • What and where is my desktop?

  • What is a hard drive?

  • How do I use key commands?

  • How do I type special characters?

  • How does the Internet work?

  • What is a server? What is a browser?

  • How do I clear the cache in my browser and why?

  • What is an app? An application?

  • What is a domain name? Web address? URL?

  • What is hosting? What is registration?

  • And... what's the difference between hosting and registration?

  • How do I keep track of and organize my passwords?

  • How do I organize My files? My emails? My desktop?

  • How do I take a screen shot? And why?

  • How do I use my photos on the web, email, for print etc.?

  • What's the difference between JPEG, GIF, PNG and TIFF image file types? When do I use them?

  • What is RGB and CMYK and the difference between the two?

  • What is DPI? PPI?

  • What is a vector graphic? What is a raster graphic?

  • And... when do I use a vector vs a raster image?

  • How do I prep my photos for printing?

  • How do I share my files?

  • And more!!!

"The workshop was informative, relaxed, and fun. I particularly like that I was able to move at my own (snail's) pace. I now feel that I have some shiny new tools for my nearly empty computer skill tool box. Looking forward to another series. Thank you so much!"