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This page contains the recommended tools and resources that I have found useful in my business.
Grammarly – is a writing tool that helps you check for several types of grammar and spelling errors. It detects grammar and punctuation mistakes. It also provides real-time suggestions and guidelines on how to correct these mistakes. It’s also a robust spell-check tool that keeps your writing mistake-free. A MUST-HAVE!
Tweak Your Biz Title Generator – Generate hundreds of commanding titles for articles and blog posts, within seconds. I love this tool.
Fresh Title – I LOVE this tool! (advanced software) Great for blog posts, book titles, and more. Create Hundreds of Highly Responsive Titles & Headlines for ANY Content You Want! Fresh Title will automatically generate a proven title or headline for any content you want using 4 powerful built-in tools! Need Quick Edits for Fresh Unique Content? Fresh Title puts high-traffic, proven titles and headlines in your hands!
Hemingway App makes your writing bold and clear. It’s the closest thing you’ll find to a human editor. Includes a desktop version.
Free Marketing Resources – All of HubSpot’s marketing content in one place. A goldmine of videos, checklists, case studies, crash courses, and templates on marketing topics.
Your Gravatar is an image that follows you from site to site, appearing beside your name when you do things like comment or post on a blog. Avatars help identify your posts on blogs and web forums, so why not on any site? Create it once, and you’re done!
USNPL.com – You’ll find contact info for hundreds of newspapers, TV, and radio stations in the U.S. – a handy alternative to those expensive media directories.
ExpertClick – Connecting experts with the news media. “This is the Yearbook of Experts’ website, America’s Favorite Newsroom Resource in print, on the web, and via LexisNexis® since 1984.”
DOMAIN BUYING AND HOSTING
- I highly recommend Namecheap to buy your domains. I’ve used them for years, and by the way, they are a couple of dollars cheaper than Godaddy
HOSTING
- Siteground – Super, super easy website management!
- Bluehost – Very popular. I have heard nothing but amazing reviews about Bluehost.
AUTORESPONDER
- KIT aka Convertkit – The most basic plan is $29/month for up to 1,000 subscribers. What I love about ConvertKit is its subscriber base. That means that if you have one subscriber signed up to many different forms or sequences, they only count as one subscriber, unlike MailChimp. MailChimp charges you for the same subscriber multiple times depending on how many sequences that subscriber is in. I only recommend products that I use and trust.
Professional email, online storage, and more.
- G-Suite – This includes Google’s professional office suite – documents, spreadsheets, and presentations; multiple users can work in & add comments to the same file at the same time, & changes are saved automatically. G Suite includes shared calendars, video and voice conferencing, and team messaging.
SHOPPING CART
- Thrivecart – you can read my review on them here.
Checklists
I cannot begin to explain how fabulous these checklists are! Cindy went above and beyond putting these packages together! I agree wholeheartedly that… “Every single successful business – from billion-dollar corporations to the diner on the corner – use checklists to document their workflows. These are the very same checklists I developed for use in my company and that I’ve used with 6- and 7-figure clients for years. They’re what keep million-dollar companies running smoothly, and they’ll help you and your team, too.”
- Operations & Marketing Checklists Library for Online Businesses – includes 24 individual checklists along with 8 fill-in-the-blank worksheets to further document your crucial business processes.
- The Funnel Builder’s Checklists Pack – includes 20 individual checklists and worksheets, along with 4-page layout documents and 2 trackers to streamline all your funnel setups and list-building efforts.
COURSE
Checklist Profits is a no-fluff, quick-read curriculum that walks you through ten lessons for creating checklists about your favorite topic. This is a great course if you want to learn how to create checklists on any given subject.
FreelanceU – Access Over 80 Specialized Certifications And Courses Designed To Uplevel Your Skills And Maximize Your Income Potential. Freelance University (previously known as VAClassroom) is the premier learning platform for Freelancers around the world.
TOOLS
Zoom – I highly recommend Zoom. I love using it for discovery calls, onboarding, training, and weekly meetings. In my opinion, it’s the easiest video and web conferencing tool.
EasyPDF – From PDF to Easy – The Online PDF Converter Made for Everyone
Vocaroo – Online voice recorder. Send quick audio to clients, team members, and anyone you want to get a message to quickly.
Evernote – Take notes anywhere. Find information faster. Share ideas with anyone. Meeting notes, web pages, projects, to-do lists—with Evernote as your note-taking app, nothing falls through the cracks.
Harvest lets you track time painlessly from anywhere. Start a timer from the web, desktop, or mobile device. When it’s time to get paid, quickly turn your billable time into a detailed invoice in seconds. Start a FREE 30-day trial and receive a $10 credit towards your first month.
MyHours – Free Time Tracking for your projects and tasks. Set up your clients, projects, tasks and hourly rates with ease. Keep things simple and manageable! – click here
Toggl Track – Get your remote working, time tracking, project planning, and hiring best practices here! Straight from the experts at Toggl.
Calendly – Calendly helps you schedule meetings without the back-and-forth emails
Acuity Scheduler – Set appointments, Intake Form Questions for Coaches, Consultants, etc., Package & Gift Certificates, Coupons, Sync with other Calendars, Payment and Email Settings, & more! As low as $10 per month! I use and can highly recommend Acuity Online Scheduler. Acuity allows you to set your available times and share your calendar with others so that they can book a time to meet/call you. The software will then send you both a reminder email with all of the relevant details. If you’re on a paid plan, it also sends reminders ahead of time. Acuity does offer a free version with limited features. The paid version starts at $15/month (you can sign up for a free trial), and you can embed the scheduler into your website, integrate calendars, online meeting platforms, QuickBooks, Freshbooks, Xero, MailChimp, AWeber, Constant Contact, ConvertKit, or integrate with 500+ other apps through Zapier. You can also accept payments and deposits through PayPal, Square, and other payment gateways.
Appsumo – Deposit Photos – Deposit photos compiles the best of the best photos and vectors from professionals all around the world. GREAT Prices, too!
Email Verification Simplified – See the percentage of deliverable and undeliverable email addresses on your list. Verify email addresses in Real-time at the point of entry/signup.
Cards and Stationery
- Greetabl: https://greetabl.com/
- Box Fox: https://shopboxfox.com/
- Sweeter Cards: https://www.sweetercards.com/
APPS
Honey is a free service that makes it ridiculously easy to save time and money online. Honey is a browser extension that automatically finds and applies coupon codes on thousands of sites at checkout. Honey also instantly finds better prices on Amazon and offers cash bonuses in many stores. If you haven’t installed Honey already, the first step is to go to JoinHoney and do just that. Browsers are currently supported on Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Opera. – Join here for free.
Disclaimer: It is required by law that I let you know that sometimes I include promotional {affiliate} links that could generate income or commissions for my company (Computerize U2). I only recommend products and or services that I use and or have researched for clients.