THE TOOLBOX: LINKS AND RESOURCES TO BUILD YOUR BUSINESS
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As a wedding venue owner I use lots of on-line tools in my business. Below are a few that I use and/or would recommend. My hope is that these resources will be a help to you in your business adventure. Always do your due diligence, make a wise choice for your business needs.
IMAGES AND PHOTO EDITING:
PicMonkey
I purchased the Premium $47.88 billed annually. Check out the tutorials page to see all the cool stuff you can do with photo editing. New users are free to try all features, but need to start a free trial in order to save designs to Hub, create custom effects, and share and export work.
Canva.
This has a learning curve. I know some of you college students can figure it out quickly, lol. It has very beautiful templates you can use and projects will look very professional.
TRAINING:
Building A Framework:
The Ultimate Blogging Handbook – Abby Lawson at Just a Girl and Her Blog has the best courses and eBooks. I can recommend her products without hesitation. Everything is steller and her expertise in the subjects that she covers is genuine. Easy to follow instructions with help if you need it.
BookBoss:
Write + Launch a Profitable eBook in 90 Days or Less – Abby Lawson at Just a Girl and Her Blog has the best courses and eBooks. I can recommend her products without hesitation.
BLOGGING:
WordPress
BLOG HOSTING:
SiteGround
Fast reliable hosting
- The StartUp plan is perfect for people with one website that are starting now
- The GrowBig plan is a great value for money offer, including the option for multiple websites and the SuperCacher that greatly improves a WordPress and Joomla website speed
- The GoGeek plan is perfect for people with e-commerce and larger sites, or more geeky development needs like staging and GIT integration
WORDPRESS THEMES:
Twenty Seventeen
From WordPress: Twenty Seventeen brings your site to life with header video and immersive featured images. With a focus on business sites, it features multiple sections on the front page as well as widgets, navigation and social menus, a logo, and more. Personalize its asymmetrical grid with a custom color scheme and showcase your multimedia content with post formats. Our default theme for 2017 works great in many languages, for any abilities, and on any device.
Restored 316 Premium Feminine WordPress Themes
I use the Market Theme for the Denison Ridge website and love it. This is a great company and I highly recommend them. Beautiful product, and comes with tutorials to help you set up your theme. They also have a paid set-up if you do not want to do it yourself. Be sure and take the Which theme is best for your website? Quiz All the Restored 316 Themes require the Genesis Framework. It explains this well on the site.
Genesis Framework – The Genesis Framework empowers you to quickly and easily build incredible websites with WordPress. Genesis provides the secure and search-engine-optimized foundation that takes WordPress to places you never thought it could go. Used with all Restored 316 Premium Feminine WordPress Themes.
PRODUCTIVITY:
Living Well Planner
From organizing your schedule and planning your days to managing your finances and crushing your goals, the Living Well Planner™ is the sanity saver you’ve been waiting for.
My Home Binder and Planner Tour
Home Binder + Planner – Abby Lawson at Just a Girl and Her Blog has the best courses, eBooks and planners. I can recommend her products without hesitation. Everything is steller and her expertise in the subjects that she covers is genuine.
Paperless Home
Ultimate Guide – Abby Lawson at Just a Girl and Her Blog has the best courses and eBooks. I can recommend her products without hesitation.
EMAIL MARKETING:
MailChimp
PAYMENT PROCESSING AND PRODUCT DELIVERY:
WooCommerce
VIDEO AND AUDIO:
Vimeo
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