RESOURCES
TOOLS I USE IN MY BLOG
Thank you for taking the time to check out our resource page. A warm welcome. This is a curated page of all the tools that I use to build my websites.
I strongly recommend these tools if you want to build your website from scratch. I’ve tested all the recommendations on this page and I’m using all of them o this site also.
All of them play a crucial role in my business and is an integral part of my success.
Before checking the resources that I love and trust, here is an important disclosure.
Some of the links below are affiliate links. If you choose to make a purchase using these links, I will earn a commission.
This commission comes at no additional cost to you. I’ve worked with each and individual company on this list and I know that these products are helpful and useful.
This is the main reason I’m recommending these products and not because of the small commission that I’ll earn.
Don’t feel obligated to buy any of these products. You should only spend money on them if you believe that they will help you to achieve your goals and not because of the relationship that you have with me.
BUILD YOUR BLOG OR WEBSITE
You can start with as little as $3.95/month and comes with
- Free Domain
- Free SSL (Included)
- 1-Click Word Press Install
- 24/7 Customer Support
You can use the same hosting account to host multiple websites. You need not buy another hosting account.
Their customer service is impeccable. All my queries generally get answered within 10-15 min (non technical), within 60 min (if technical). I prefer their online chat and the support representatives are knowledgeable.
This is where the premium themes can help. All my websites have premium themes. to be precise, I use Divi on all of them.
You can literally create a very complicated and stunning websites in matter of hours with Divi. Also, once you have purchased you can use them on unlimited sites.
When I started using Divi, they used to come with a onetime fee. However, they have recently changed this to $89.00/Year
This includes:
- Divi Theme (Perfect for any kind of websites)
- Extra Theme (Perfect for Blogs)
- Divi Bulider (Build Stunning Pages with drag-and-drop)
- Monarch Social Media Sharing
- Bloom Email Opt-Ins
Also, you can try this risk free for 30 days and if unsatisfied, get your money back.
Money is in the list. And to build a list you need something to store the emails. This is where list builders like Aweber come into the picture.
If you have already bought elegant themes, then probably you won’t need it. But you will need this in the future and they are not that expensive. The starting plan is from $19.00/month for up to 500 subscribers
Apart from storing your emails, it is capable of:
- Automatically creating emails from your latest blog post
- Creating professional emails with drag and drop
- Email automation
- Tagging
- Automatic followups
- Sign-up forms
- Getting integrated with a host of applications including Sumo, Opt-in Monster, etc.
- Subscriber management
- Email Tracking
- Subscriber segmentation and more…
Once you have a couple of paying subscribers, invest in a tool like this. Personally, I’m using the $19.00 plan as my subscribers count is low.
To opt-in to your email list, your subscribers need to fill in the opt-in form.
Optin monster provides you with just that.
You can create different form or campaigns as they call it and can strategically place them on your blog.
If the user wishes to sign up for your email list, then they can fill these up and enroll
Also, one of the best features of this product is the exit intent popup.
If the user wants to exit your website, it will show a popup requesting them to sign up.
This has shown to boosts the conversions significantly.
These are the type of sign up forms you can create:
- Popups
- Full Screen
- Slide-In
- Floating Bar
- Inline
They come with a variety of plan starting from $9.00/month and is sufficient if you are just starting out.
Try it 7 days with their free trial. If you are not happy, get a refund. You can check this site for examples of signup forms.
I use it on all my sites and have started integrating this into this site also.
Once your site is set up, you will be starting to write posts and will want your audience to share it with their network.
This is where Social Warfare will help. They come from the house of Warfare Plugins and in the #1 social sharing plugins in the market with more than 500,000 websites using it
Their plans start from $29.00/yr for a single site and come with a host of features.
- 16 social sharing options
- Hover over pin button for Pinterest
- Share Customization
- Custom design and placement
- Share Recovery for lost share counts
- Social Authorship, Twitter Cards, Rich Pins, and More
- Link shortening
- Analytics Campaign Tracking
- Button Click Tracking
Some of the features above are from Pro version. However, you don’t need to purchase anything to use this product.
It comes with a free version and is sufficient for most of the websites and blogs. PRO features will be needed if you want to take your social sharing optimization to the next level
