Domain Names
GoDaddy
Get your domain name here. They are NOT the best for hosting but are the best for domain name registration services.
WordPress Friendly Website Hosting
Bluehost
Host your site with Bluehost You can have a WordPress website up and running within 5 minutes of checkout, and you get a free domain name with registration. This hosting service is dependable, secure, and one of the best values I’ve found in all of my years on the web. As low as $5/month.
Recommended WordPress Theme
The7
A highly flexible WordPress Theme. The7 comes bundled with Visual Composer page builder, Ultimate Addons, Slider Revolution, Layer Slider, Go Pricing Tables and ConvertPlug. It is also fully compatible with most popular plugins. $39
Recommended Plugins
- Contact Form 7 – Add an easy contact us form to your site
- ALL in ONE SEO – Helps your posts be SEO ready for Google Searches
Website Resources
Google Analytics
Having Google Analytics installed on your WordPress site means you’ll know who is coming to your website, how long they stay, where they came from, and whether they joined your list and bought or not. This is all priceless information!
Marketing Copywriting
General Internet Marketing
WordPress Plugins Resources
- Backupbuddy: If you have a WordPress website, and it’s not hosted on a platform like WP Engine, then you need this plugin. You could rely on your host to make sure they have backups on hand in case anything happens, but having your backups on a local computer means you can be back up and running faster if you need it!
- LeadPages: If you want to create simple and beautiful opt-in pages and sales pages, this is the system to do it just 5-10 minutes. I’ve been using LeadPages to create webinar invitations, opt-in pages, and thank you pages in my business and I can’t recommend it enough. It’s great especially if you’re not techy but you like things to look professional!
Online Business Resources For Email Marketing & Shopping Carts
- Aweber: Aweber is the first email marketing service I ever signed up for, and I stayed with them for many years before making the switch to an “all in one” system. It’s dependable and delivers your emails, plus it’s pretty straight forward to set up. I feel like it’s the system that grows with you.
- Mailchimp: This is a great service to get started with for free, when your list is less than 2000 subscribers. But it does have some downfalls, like list segmentation, and designing opt-in forms that are easy to use and that match your site’s designs.
- Ontraport: (formerly Office Autopilot) This is the alternative to Infusionsoft, which doesn’t have as many of the bells and whistles in regards to automation, but it does have other perks. One of them is the built-in membership plugin that comes with their packages.
Other Useful Tools
- Asana: Oh, if I could write a song about one tool that has made my days more productive and fun to collaborate with my team, it would be all about Asana! You can read my full Asana review and watch a preview of how it works, but the best thing is for you to try it because it’s totally free.
- LastPass: In our hyper-connected world, there can be way too many passwords to remember… and each service you use online should have its own password. If one of the websites you login to gets hacked, your other accounts might also be compromised. With LastPass you’re able to keep all your passwords secure, come up with new ones for each service, and just have to remember the main password.
- Screenflow: If you’re on a Mac, this is one simple piece of software that can help you record training videos for your own online courses. I use it for all of my screencast videos, and it has served me well over the years! It’s also a super simple video editor, where you can add titles and animations, too.
- Dropbox: If you collaborate with others online, Dropbox is a great way to share documents. We use this platform to upload all of our videos before they’re ready to go onto YouTube, and we also use it for documents of all types. It integrates beautifully with Asana, and connects to all your devices, too!