Here you will find all the blogger and business resources you need to keep rockin your WordPress Business and site.
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Business Must Haves
Businessese -The forms, agreements, contracts and statements you need to protect #1: yourself and #2: your business.
Namecheap -Looking for Whois protection for your domain? Get your WhoisGuard for FREE with any domain registration or transfer.
Necessary Reading
Louder Than Words – Harness The Power of Your Authentic Voice – Discover success & creativity. Learn to use your authenticity in everything you do. A MUST read.
Photoshop for Photographers (box set for kindle) – Master Photoshop in 24 hours or less.
Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop CC for Photographers Classroom in a Book – Pre Order – shows photographers and photography students how to use Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop CC together to get results and efficiencies they could never achieve with either product alone.
Styled Stock Images
SC Stock Shop – Shay Cochrane has THE most gorgeous stock images ever for building marketing materials and more for your site, the ULTIMATE resource.
Wonderfelle Media – Styled Stock Society – Pretty little images just right for instagram, pinterest and more
Rosemary Watson Productions – Styled Stock Library – Chock full of her best work and all in one place with easy downloads
Inspiration
Colour Lovers – Find your perfect color scheme or create your own. Be prepared to fall into the color “rabbit hole” , millions of palettes and colors to be start your inspiration.
Design Seeds – More palettes and inspiration that I can tell you. Spend the day and search by color, palette and more.
Creative Market – If you haven’t discovered it already, its the best place ever for fonts, images and more.
Newsletter & Marketing
Convert Kit – THE easiest (and prettiest) email marketing for pro bloggers and business
Mad Mimi – Simple Rss feed emails and more (Free up to 100 subscribers)
Mail Chimp – If you have 2,000 or fewer subscribers, you can send up to 12,000 emails per month absolutely free. No expiring trial, contract, or credit card required.
Hosting
Fast Comet Hosting – My #1 Choice for bloggers, speed, security and all the goodies! (read my review here) At an affordable price.
Flywheel – Managed WordPress Hosting Done Right (Ideal for New Bloggers & Creatives)
Servously Premium Hosting – No Cheap Shared Type Plans-Enhanced Security -Backups and more (Ideal for those who just don’t dig the technical side)
Optimize your site speed and increase conversions with Page Performance from WP Engine. (Fully Managed WordPress Hosting)
Framework
Genesis Framework – Genesis empowers you to quickly and easily build incredible websites with WordPress. Whether you’re a novice or advanced developer, Genesis provides the secure and search-engine-optimized foundation that takes WordPress to places you never thought it could go. It’s that simple!
Child Themes
Hello You Designs – Fresh Designer Quality Contemporary, Ecommerce, Food, Lifestyle and Business Themes – For The Genesis Framework
Pretty Darn Cute Design – Fresh Feminine WordPress Themes- For The Genesis Framework
Feast Design Co. Themes – For food and lifestyle bloggers ready to up their game- For The Genesis Framework
Restored 316– Feminine Wordpress and Ecommerce Themes- For The Genesis Framework
Tools
Tailwind -Pinterest scheduling, analytics, content marketing and more
Canva – Create your own social media images to just the right proportions, and its free!
Photoshop & Lightroom -Grab a great deal on the photographers bundle. All the apps you need for desktop and mobile use. Perfect!
SoliloquyWP – The BEST Responsive Slider for WordPress. PERIOD.
Social Warfare – Simple Easy Social Sharing, PLUS RECOVER THOSE SHARE #’S
SEO
Google Analytics
