Online Business Tools to Supercharge and Run your Business on Autopilot
Your online business needs you and you need the right tools that are helping make every entrepreneur today a success in their own game.
Curious what they are?
The resources below are time-tested and true for ease of use, affordability, industry-rich and current. They are the same tools I have been using for years and therefore recommend to my clients to help them run their #bossbusiness properly.
Don’t waste any more precious time and save yourself the stress will ya!?
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The Essentials
Bluehost
Probably the most recommended hosting company on the web. After dabbling with other domain and hosting sites, I stuck with Bluehost and never looked back. For an insanely low $5.17 a month you get a free domain and SSL included in your package.
Shopify
Starting a business can be tough. When it comes to building an e-shop, it isn’t any different. Whether you’re ready to create a simple concept store or an e-com empire, you might want to put Shopify at the top of the list. Their support team and content management system makes it super simple for anyone to add and manage products in any industry. Sign up here and get a 14-day free trial to see just how easy it is.
Acuity
All your business booking needs in one place. Acuity adapts to any business. You can organize your schedule, control your availability and integrate with almost any other tool for seamless client onboarding. Acuity is the only user-friendly scheduling tool that I’ve stuck with for my business and their plans are uhhh-mazing!
Transferwise
If you’re like me and you’re always on the move, as a traveling entrepreneur you might be wondering about how to deal with all your finances. When your location independent, it can be tricky to accept payment, exchange, send or store your money so it’s easily accessible. That’s where Transferwise comes in. Giving you the mid-market exchange rate, you get paid a borderless account with minimal fees, you can hold multiple currencies, send or receive money wherever you are. Perfect for an expat freelancer and digital nomad.
Get your account started in less than 5 minutes here.
ClickFunnels
Build landing pages, squeeze pages, tripwires, upsells, to generate leads, sales or create a membership course. Clickfunnels makes the funnel marketing process a breeze and has taken the online marketing space by storm. Russel Brunson is a marketing machine and has created a funnel system that will allow you to set up a framework for your business that’s been tested and proven to convert. Once you start to see that funnels are the best way to run a business and market it, Clickfunnels will be the only thing you need.
See how entrepreneurs today are making millions. Test drive it today with a FREE 14-day trial.
Grammarly
This will most likely be your number one sidekick tool as a copywriter. I use Grammarly for everything I write. When I’m too tired, from working, traveling or writing too much, Grammarly is my trusted resource to make sure that I proofread, properly and up to standard. You simply won’t be taken seriously as an entrepreneur or business owner if you’ve got spelling and grammar mistakes, this I know. You can select from different plans for your needs and the best part is they have extensions for Safari and Google Chrome.
Fiverr
The world’s largest online marketplace for any service or job imaginable. If you’re an entrepreneur running an online business, chances are you’re going to run into the problem of requiring something you don’t have the skill for. Enter Fiverr. Need a logo, content, how about voice over for your videos? You can find just about any service you need and at a price that fit for a small venture.
Design
Creative Market
A true source for inspiration and a gem for any and all your web design needs and my primary destination for ideas and easy to use templates for my resume, WordPress blog or business card. You name it, you’ll find it already designed beautifully on Creative Market.
Sign up for a FREE account here and get loads of goodies each week. That’ll get you started!
Station Seven
My go-to designer on Creative Market is Station Seven. I’ve used their social media templates and the time I saved by making stunning Pinterest images with their templates was totally invaluable. If you’re looking to create a site, check out their gorgeous multi-purpose WordPress theme below.
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For a more robust marketplace, Themeforest gives you the web’s best WordPress and Shopify templates around. Themeforest is also a part of Envato market with over 35,000 creative assets to help you build any project beautifully.
Canva
If you haven’t a clue about design, you can still use Canva. The most used design tool next to Adobe Illustrator that requires zero design skill. All you need is a vision for what you need and their drag and drop platform will have you designing like a pro in a snap.
99 Designs
If you don’t have the time or need a simple logo or full-on branding for your new business, 99 Designs makes finding the right designer a fun process. Submit a brief telling designers what you need, find a designer you love or open your brief to a community of designers and get collaborating.
Marketing
Get Response
GetResponse is your complete online marketing solution. Providing turnkey newsletter publishing, hosting features, unlimited follow-up autoresponders, landing pages, webinars, marketing automation, and CRM to deliver information to your contacts and convert them into paying customers. Through responsible and fully automated list hygiene, anti-spam practices, and established relationships, GetResponse even works with affiliate marketers. Sign here to get your first 30 days FREE!
Tailwind
Save time by bulking your Pinterest and Instagram images and gain targeted website traffic with efficient content scheduling. Maximize your reach and measure your Pinterest growth. Most successful bloggers including myself will attribute their blog’s increased success to Tailwind’s easy-to-use marketing platform. For smarter Instagram linking, Tailwind created Smart.bio to help drive traffic from your Instagram with a free custom bio link. People have been raving.
Training & Courses
If you’re not learning or growing, you’re dying. At least that’s what they say. In business, I don’t think it’s any different. These courses will keep you at the top of your entrepreneurial game, staying sharp, current and creative.
Consulting Accelerator
A program that has created 21 millionaires, 451 six-figure earners and 2,838 people have been able to quit their 9-5 including myself started with this course. When I decided that consulting was my passion, this was the course that catapulted me with next-level training.
If you’re serious about getting started as a consultant or coach in your chosen industry get in touch with me.
With an exclusive invitation, you’ll be able to get a free trial with $500 off the purchase of your course through me. You won’t find this offer anywhere else on the web.
ClickFunnels Affiliate Bootcamp
If you’re looking to become an affiliate and not sure where to begin, Clickfunnels Affiliate Bootcamp is the best affiliate training program out there. Valued at $997, you get the training FREE with a series on how to use Facebook Ads and other insightful strategies you can implement right away.
A Beautiful Mess
Thought about starting a Youtube channel or a podcast? What about writing and pitching a book proposal or even starting a blog? Get a crash course on the fundamental basics to get started properly and professionally, so you don’t look like A Beautiful Mess. Their courses are excellent for the eager beginner.
Masterclass
Experts unravel the secrets to the industry or niche you want to be in. We’re not talking just any expert either. Think of a Masterclass as going to an exclusive private seminar where you get to listen to today’s greatest minds speak directly to you. If you’re an entrepreneur looking to start your own restaurant, become a film producer, writer or build a fashion brand, get inside tips to getting started the right way by someone you already admire.
Investing
Capital Exploits
Ever wonder how the best investments are never within your reach? If you have been wanting to get into the stock market for some time and have no idea how or are risk-averse, you might want to educate yourself fully before you invest a penny. Because the riskier investments are the ones that were not completely sure of. That’s where asymmetric investing comes in. When you become an insider, you start to get serious insider information on “done-for-you” investments that no one except big hedge fund companies gets access to.