Resources
Every business owner, marketer or just someone who works online needs great resources. I have used and recommended every resource on this page. Many of the resources listed I still use today to run my business.
Before reviewing resources an important disclosure:
Some of the resources below are free and some are not. Some are affiliate products and resources that I get paid a commission for at no extra charge to you. I only recommend tools and services that I have experience with.
WHIR•LOCAL
“We’re Local & Proud Of It” ™
WHIR•LOCAL is an automated, easy-to-use, all-in-one neighborhood marketing platform that helps you get more ideal customers.
NameCheap
“Buy a domain and create your pro web presence.”
A customer-first approach to domain management. NameCheap has helped me provide a better experience to my customers than any of the other domain providers. If you are looking to build your online presence or looking to transfer an existing domain, I wouldn’t go anywhere else.
OpenPhone
“Your business phone reimagined”
OpenPhone adds work phone numbers to your existing devices. No new hardware required; all you need is an app.
Convertkit
“Email marketing software the way it should be.”
Emails don’t work, unless they get opened. ConvertKit allows you to send relevant information to your audience by recording information that they share with you. Start engaging with your audience through email!
LastPass
“Effortless Security From Anywhere”
Life is happening online. Work. Play. Family and friends.
LastPass puts your digital life at your fingertips, simply and securely.
Circle
“The all-in-one community platform for creators & brands”
Bring together engaging discussions, members, live streams, chat, events, and memberships — all in one place, all under your own brand.
Coschedule
“It’s time to fire makeshift marketing.”
When you need to organize your website content, email campaigns and social media marketing there is no better place than CoSchedule.
Bonjoro
“Personalize your customer onboarding”
Are you selling a product online and want to share a special thank you? Try sending a personalized video minutes after the order comes in.
Harpoon
“Track time, bill clients, forecast your revenue, and stay profitable.”
After using free invoice templates and managing my accounts manually through Excel, I finally made the switch to Harpoon. Let me know if you are interested in me showing you how I use Harpoon.
Google Workspace
“Collaboration & Productivity Apps for Business”
Hosted emails are not the only thing that Gmail offers your business. Connect your calendar, documents and files.
Slack
“Where Work Happens”
Are you tired of email? Always looking for the right information for a project that you are working on? Slack has helped cut down on the constant emails back and forth between me and my team. One of my favorite productivity apps that I use every day.
Shipstation
“Shipping Software for Ecommerce Fulfillment”
Manage and ship all of your orders in one place with ShipStation. Designed to save you money and time on all your orders.
Teachable
“Create and Sell Beautiful Online Courses”
Teachable allows you to turn your audience into a classroom. If you are teaching someone how to knit or how to repair a small engine, you can use Teachable to educate your audience online.
Check out their “7 Steps to Launch Live Webinar“
Appsumo
Find your next deal here!
I have found a bunch of great tools and resources on AppSumo. It is great to be able to test something out for a long period of time and know that it is going to be the right tool for me.
Shift
“The Best Desktop Email Client for Gmail and Outlook.com”
If you are like me, you have several Gmail accounts that you constantly switch back and forth between. After trying every free option available I realized that the only way I would be productive, would be to purchase shift and manage all of my email addresses in one place.