Below you will find my recommendations for resources that will help you to start and grow your business. I cover everything to get your website up and running, put systems in place, create amazing content and market your business like a pro.
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ALL-IN-ONE ONLINE BUSINESS SOLUTION (EMAIL, SALES FUNNELS, CHECKOUT, ONLINE COURSES)
Kartra is a one-stop-shop solution for running your entire online business. In Kartra, you can host your courses, run your membership sites, send emails, create landing and sales page, and sell via a seamless checkout. Perfect for those who aren’t tech-savvy. Click here to sign up for 14-day FREE trial.
WEBSITE HOSTING
Wordpress is my preferred website builder, but Squarespace is an amazing alternative that allows you to quickly build good-looking, mobile-responsive and SEO friendly website. Pricing starts from £10 per month. Click here to find out more and get a 14-day free trial.
Wordpress is my preferred website builder and it requires you to have a separate web host. Siteground is a great web-hosting option when you are first starting out. Hosting starts from £2.75+VAT per month for one website, and £3.95+VAT per month for multiple website. For this price you get features such as SSL certificate and daily backup. For full details and to sign up click here.
Mailerlite is a great email service provider for when you first starting out as you don’t have to pay anything until you reach 1,000 subscribers. Even at their basic level, they have great features for you to build your list pop up forms, landing pages, automation and integrates with lots of popular online services. For more information and to sign up click here.
DESIGN
Canva is quickly going to become your design best friend. Before running my own business I used Photoshop for designing. When someone introduced me to Canva I couldn’t believe that the tool was free (you can upgrade). It allows you to easily design all of your marketing and content assets. Even if you are new to design Canva is easy to use and will help you to look like a professional. Try Canva today by clicking here.
SOCIAL MEDIA AND CONTENT
When it comes to scheduling Instagram content Later is my go-to scheduler. You can upload pictures from your desktop, write captions, quickly add saved hashtag lists and schedule for the perfect time. If you have a business account you can also auto-post. There is a free option that allows to schedule 10 Instagram posts a month and if you sign up via my affiliate link you’ll get another 10 free posts per month. For more information and to sign up click here.
When it comes to scheduling Pinterest pins Tailwind is the number 1 scheduler. Tailwind is an official Pinterest partner. With features such as Tailwind Tribes and Smartloop, you’ll quickly be able to maximise the reach of your own pins and find great pins by others too. You can start a free trial with Tailwind today. For more information and to sign up click here.
Repurpose.io allows you to automate the repurposing of your audio and video content across multiple platforms. If you are creating great Instagram Reels or TikTok videos then why not get the maximum reach and impact out of those videos. Repurpose.io once set up will allow the videos to be published on other platforms without you doing anything. Prices start at $15 per month. For more information and to access your free 14-day trial click here.
Descript is a great tool if you are creating videos or podcast episodes. The tool can do A LOT to make your life easier, but here are a few highlights. You can edit by removing words from a transcript (magic), you can easily get transcripts so it makes repurposing your videos and podcast episodes super easy and it allows you to create social media assets to promote your videos and podcast episodes. And the best bit is you can start for free. For more information and see it for yourself visit Descript by clicking here.
If you are creating live videos for social media then you need to check out StreamYard. StreamYard will enable you to go live on multiple social media platforms at the same time. Not only that but you can have multiple people join your live videos, have the recordings saved and so much more. For more information and try it for yourself visit StreamYard by clicking here.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Trello is a project management tool that will allow you to keep track of everything you need to do in the future, as well as capture all of your creative ideas. You can access via their website or an app, which means it is perfect for you whether you are working from a home office or living the digital nomad live. For more information and to sign up click here.
CONTENT CREATION - EQUIPMENT
Neewer Dimmable 18″ Ring Light
The right lighting will drastically improve the quality of your videos. The ring light has risen to fame via Beauty vloggers, however, it is great for anyone who is doing close up filming. The ultimate ring light is the Diva Ring Light, however, for those based in the UK it can be pretty difficult to get hold of so check out the Neewer Dimmable 18″ version.
Blue Yeti USB Microphone
If you are looking for a picture perfect microphone for podcasts and audio trainings that does the job and will also look amazing on your Instagram then check out the Blue Yeti USB Microphone. This microphone connects to your computer via USB, which means you will have an audio file separate to your video, so make sure you clap at the beginning of your filming so you can synch the video and sound back up. Check out the full features and buy here.
PENSION PROVIDER
PensionBee is a great pension provider for self-employed people in the UK. Designed for the 21st century PensionBee has a great app and allows you to make contributions as and when you can. To find out more and join PensionBee click here.
BOOKS
I’m a massive bookworm who runs PropelHer’s Book Club, has a book blog and co-hosts the book club segment on the Making Good Podcast. You can check out all the business and entrepreneurship books I’ve reviewed by clicking here.