Resources To Automate & Improve
Your Business.
Want to know what we use to manage our businesss?
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WEBSITE
What we use on our website…
Namecheap
Buy Your
Domain
WordPress
Website Builder and Hosting
SiteGround
Web Hosting
Platform
ThriveCart
Shopping Cart Platform
PLUGINS
Unless there is a link provided, the plugin is available through a plugin search on the dashboard.
Top Gopher
make all of your posts a lead magnet, grow your list, and add affiliate income with clickable links
WooCommerce
our built in sales platform. Sales are processed by Stripe and PayPal.
Ad Inserter
to place an automatic affiliate disclosure in posts
Elementor Pro
makes it possible to make seriously impressive websites from basic themes
Site Kit for Google
get ranked on Google
UpDraft Plus
makes backup of the website
Yoast SEO
help your site get discovered
BRANDING
While we use designers for covers and some graphics, we decided to try an alternative for this venture…
$27 for Canva templates with branding boards, elements, and suggestions. I’ve already used it to brand TWO sites. (This is one of them.)
Email List Building
/Servers
MailerLite
great jumping off point with sign up forms, landing pages, and economical price
Flodesk
gorgeous templates, sign up forms, $38/month unlimited
Hardware
Blue Yeti Nano Microphone
Yeti Nano features two custom mic capsules tuned to give your voice exceptional presence and detail
Phone Tripod
Portable tripod for phones. Also a selfie stick. Can be 62” tall.
Ring Light
Shine the light on yourself for videos and lives with a 10” ring and 59” extendable stand
Document Sharing
DropBox
Great place to save and share all files. Why is this important? Have a computer crash and a hard drive fry. I save everything everywhere now.
Google Drive
Save everything. See above. And access from any device by logging in with your free gmail account.
Productivity
Google Calendar
Available to anyone with a Gmail account. We have a shared calendar for the team. We also use our personal calendars and share meetings. We color code everything to simplify our lives.
Trello
Manage and track your workflows with Trello. Keep everything organized as you work through
Social Sharing
SocialBee
Automate your social media posting. Set it and forget it. Create graphics inside the social media app.
Sociamonials
Our white glove service uses this so that we can post and have all the posts default to the page owner, not us. (This wasn’t possible with Promo Republic.) Lots of cool features, like giveaways and contests for growth.
Promo Republic
Started on Promo Republic through an AppSumo deal. Love that I can create images and post from one site. They have awesome suggestions on their content calendar. Can use theirs, add my logo, change colors and fonts.
Taxes/Accounting
QuickBooks
We use QuickBooks self-employed to keep track of all income and expenses.
Integration Tools
Integrately
A super easy and affordable alternative to Zapier.
Zoho Flow
Another easy and affordable alternative to Zapier. (Used by Love Kissed Books.)
CRM/Funnel Tools
FG Funnels
Unlimited Funnels, Email, Texts, Courses, Memberships and CRM – All In One Gorgeous Place.
Scheduling Apps/Tools
Appointlet
The current scheduling tool for concepts, consults, coaching, and plot doctoring.
Book Like A Boss
Can embed on your website. Can be branded. Love Kissed Books (and all the sister sites) use this to automate newsletter sign ups.
Video: Live & Recording
Be.Live
Schedule, go live, and repurpose all in one place. Automatically records all sessions. Download your recording and upload to a website or YouTube. Grow another social media platform effortlessly.
Zoom
There’s a free plan to try it out. If you need longer meetings, there are paid plans. Can use this to go live on Facebook. Record meetings.
