TOOLS OF THE TRADE
RECOMMENDATIONS: TOOLS AND RESOURCES
I created this page to share with you the tools and resources that I feel are best for establishing your online presence and growing your business. They are websites and products that I use and recommend.
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Useful Tools To Grow Your Online Presence
BlueHost
Bluehost is one of the least expensive webhosting options for new bloggers. Hosting with Bluehost comes with a free SSL certificate and a free domain name for your first year.
Start for $3.95
SHOPIFY
If You’re Selling a Physical Product, this is a great platform to set up your website quickly and easily. It Offers Fraud Prevention, Unlimited 24/7 Support, SEO Optimization, Secure Shopping Cart, and 100+ Professional Themes.
ELEGANT THEMES
Elegant Themes is most popular for their Divi theme. It's very easy to use with a drag and drop editor. Its ease makes it perfect for beginners!
Start Your Email List
CONVERTKIT
ConvertKit is an email service provider that allows you to have multiple lists, landing pages and email sequences all making it easier to send targeted emails to your lists.
Their plans start at $29 but you can get a free trial here.
MAILCHIMP
Mailchimp is great if you're just beginning your email list.
It's free for the first 2000 subscribers.
Graphic Design
PICMONKEY
Picmonkey is great for editing your photos, but I use it all the time for creating grahics, collages, printables… for my social media posts, websites, etc.
They have different plans. I go with the Pro Plan because it stores my works and I can return to re-edit.
CANVA
Canva is another great tool for editing photos and designing a wide variety projects for your business.
They offer a free version and Canva for Work at approx $12.95
CREATIVE MARKET
Creative market offers so many design elements for you to easily work with. From stock photos and fonts, to graphics and templates, they offer just about everything you need for the design aspect of your business.
They also send freebies to their subscribers every Monday!!!
ADOBE CREATIVE CLOUD
If you have the experience, you're looking for a more advanced and personal look for your business, try Adobe Creative Cloud to gain access to Photoshop, InDesign and more.
STOCK PHOTOS
CREATIVE MARKET
Creative market offers over one million stock photos for you to choose from!
They also send freebies to their subscribers every Monday!!!
HAUTE STOCK
Haute Stock is a Styled Stock membership photography site for women business owners, bloggers and creative entrepreneurs.
Beautiful and affordable stock photos .
PEXELS
Pexels provides high quality and completely free stock photos licensed under the Pexels license
TOOLS FOR CREATING COURSES, eBOOKS AND PRINTABLES
TEACHABLE
SCREENCAST-O-MATIC
Screencast-o-matic is a screen recording software that is very affordable.
They also offer a free version if you are are making smaller recordings.
DESIGNRR
Designrr enables you to import content from your blog/website, social media…and have it transcribed into a PDF eBook that you can sell or use as a lead magnet.
SENDOWL
SendOwl makes it easy for you to sell digital products direct to your audience from your blog, social media or anywhere you can paste a link.
DEADLINE FUNNEL
Deadline Funnel makes your evergreen marketing funnels more effective by using real deadlines. … Each prospect will automatically receive a personalized deadline based on when they enter your funnel. It creates a sense of urgency.