Domains and Hosting Links
Bluehost (Used for Ivorymix.com)
Monetization & Affiliate Links
Google AdSense (for any kind of ad campaign to be added to your sidebars and headers)
Amazon Associates (for links to amazon products and categories)
Sverve (Affiliate programs and campaigns)
Avant Link (Affiliate programs and campaigns)
CJ Affiliate (Affiliate programs and campaigns)
Graphic Design Tools (Some Free)
Adobe Photoshop / Lightroom (Only $10)
Canva.com (free graphic creator – I use this web app all the time and love it!)
PhotoScape (free photo editing software)
InkScape (free graphic art design software to create vector images, logos and more)
Stock Photos (Free and Paid)
- Ivorymix
- Creative Market
- DesignersPics.com
- Pixabay
- StokPic
- Freeimages
- StockVault
- FreeRangeStock
- DeathToStock
- Gratisography
- Photopin
- PicJumbo
- SplitShitre
- TextureVault
- StockSnap
- Unsplash
Newsletter Management Tools
Blog Post Idea Generators
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Tools
- Google Analytics
- Google Keyword planning tool
- Yoast SEO (The first true all-in-one SEO solution for WordPress, including on-page content analysis, XML sitemaps and much more)
- Yoest SEO guide
Color schemes and Concept Generation
- Peletton (Create color scheme #’s and codes for your website or graphics)
- Pictaculous
- PalletFX
- Adobe Color
Logo Creation
- Logo Garden
- Fiverr (Pay someone $5 to create your logo)
- Design Crowd (Pay the $ you want and get 100’s of logo ideas from designers across the globe)
Organization Tools
- Evernote (write, clip articles, save documents and more)
- box.com (free cloud storage service)
- dropbox.com (free cloud storage service)
Learning / Education
- Make a Website (Free 3 Hour Class from Codecademy)
- HTML, CSS and Java Free Class
- Beginners Guide to image editing in photoshop
- Adobe InDesign made easy Free class from Udemy
- Social Media quickstarter Free learning from Constant Contact
- How to make money online Free course from Udemy
Widgets & Plugin Must Haves
- SumoMe (Free Tools to grow your email list from SumoMe.com)
- Super Socializer (A complete 360 degree solution to provide all the social features like Social Login, Social Commenting, Social Sharing and more)
- MailMunch (For newsletter opt-in pop ups and sign up forms)
- Catablog (For creating grids of images and organizing catalogs)
- WP Instagram widget (A WordPress widget for showing your latest Instagram photos.)
- Yoast SEO (The first true all-in-one SEO solution for WordPress, including on-page content analysis, XML sitemaps and much more)
- Sexy Author Bio (A WordPress author bio plugin that adds a sexy, custom about the author box below your posts for single and multiple authors.)
Social Media Management / Scheduling Tools
- Hootsuite (Facebook and Twitter)
- Viralwoot (Pinterest)
- Crowdfire (Twitter & Instagram)
- Traffic Wonker (Pinterest)
- Board Booster (Pinterest)
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