Tools And Resources For Small Business and Bloggers
People often ask me what tools and resources I use for my websites and blogs, so I’ve put together the main tools and resources on this page
Disclosure – Some of these are affiliate links. However, I only recommended those services I trust. I hope you will find them useful.
Domain registration and hosting
For starter, I recommend getting inexpensive, but reliable hosting provider. I highly recommend BlueHost and Namecheap. They are a reliable service with great customer service. I am using both service providers on my various websites. See the latest offers below:
Both firms offer low-cost registration and hosting.
Website Themes
You can get free themes at WordPress but I prefer to pay for SEO optimised themes that are frequently updated for security and SEO issues. For that, I started with the low-cost Themeforest.
The current theme of this site is MH Magazine developed by MH Theme. They provide good customer service and frequent updates.
Email List and Newsletter
Building and growing a list of fans is probably one of the mistakes most small businesses and first-time bloggers make. However, for a long-term relationship, you need to collect the email address of your readers and customers and send them newsletters with valuable content.
Mailchimp: I’ve been using Mailchimp for years and it’s been consistently good. Mailchimp provides free services for email list less than 2,000 subscribers and there are a number of plugins to integrate it your website.
Sumome: It helps you to collect emails, welcome page and beautiful social sharing buttons. Sumome has both free and paid version
Buffer: Schedule all of my social media posts.
Check my Grammars
Grammarly – So the best tool for editing my grammar is through the use of Grammarly.com
Images Attract Readers
Good images can attract more readers and bring you traffic from social media. I get my images from pixbay.com or use Canva to create my own images. They offer free templates blog post, infographics and social media banners etc.