My Go-To Online Marketing Tools
Sharing the valuable tools and resources I personally use as an digital marketer and website designer.
This post contains affiliate links. Disclosure here. This means I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you.
Setting Up A Blog | Domain and Website Hosts
First, buy a domain name (website address) and then set up a website hosting plan (servers that will make your site live).
Hover | Domain Names
A reputable company with competitive pricing. You simply enter the name you wish, i.e. ‘myblogisawesome’ and it will show you what’s available. Price range: $12.99 – $15.99 to own the domain name for 1 year.
Siteground | Website Hosting
For new bloggers or website owners. The customer service is excellent and the price is affordable for those starting out.
Pricing: Starts at $3.95 US a month for one website.
Lyrical Host | Website Hosting
I use Lyrical Host for my websites as well as my client’s websites. If you have multiple websites their ‘Mighty’ or ‘Boss’ plan is excellent. (Use code FCD10 to get 10% off your first hosting plan payment.)
WordPress Themes
A theme is your website design. It’s responsible for the overall look and feel of your site from the layout of the pages to your fonts and colors.
Kadence Starter Templates
Beautiful, page builder with starter templates to launch your website fast. Templates for all niches – business, eCommerce, events, blogging, membership sites & more.
Price range: Starts at $59
Restored 316 | Kadence Themes
Stunning feminine WordPress themes that are super easy to customize. Many themes for all blogging niches including food, travel, service-based businesses, and more.
Pricing: Starts at $129
Bluchic | Elementor Themes
Bluchic feminine WordPress themes are stunning, mobile responsive and straightforward to set up.
Pricing: Themes start at $149 + get 10% off when you sign up for their newsletter.
Stock Photography
Here are my 3 favorite stock photography resources. They not only provide beautiful feminine stock photos that are added to monthly but also Canva templates and other creative resources to make your life so much easier.
Check out their current deals and choose a plan that’s best for you.
Styled Stock Society
I am an annual subscriber to Styled Stock Society due to the diverse range of photography and Canva templates available. Stunning photos showing people from all walks of life – perfect for all niches.
Price: $40/month
Pixistock
Another beautiful option for feminine stock photos perfect for bloggers and small businesses. Also includes social media & content planners, Canva templates, video, Adobe Lightroom Presetnts & more.
Pricing: Starts at $47/month
Haute Stock
Thousands of photos, Canva templates, vertical video (perfect for social), graphic elements, content calendars and so much more!
Pricing: Annual membership: $499 (15% off with my link below)
SEO Resources
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the most important skill to learn to become a successful pro blogger. Here are the resources I personally use.
Rank IQ | SEO Tool
SEO toolset built just for bloggers & businesses that run a blog. It tells you what to put in your post and title, so you can write perfectly optimized content that ranks in Google.
Includes a hand-picked library of the lowest competition high-traffic keywords for every niche.
Price: $49
Easy Onpage SEO | eBook
If you want more traffic from search there are certain things you need to do ‘on-page’ (in your blog post) for search engines. This SEO book teaches you step by step what to include and where to include it. There is a lot that goes into on-page SEO and this eBook makes the process easy!
Pricing: $47
Stupid Simple SEO | Course
The best program for growing traffic & income with SEO. Trusted by 4,000+ bloggers.
Pricing: Starts at $397
Pinterest Resources
Outside of Google, Pinterest is the 2nd largest traffic driver for blogs and niche content sites. Here are the resources I use and highly recommend. Find more Pinterest tools HERE.
Pin Inspector
Uncover data and trends that you can’t get anywhere else online (not even Pinterest itself).
Use this data to find the best keywords for your pin titles and descriptions so you can drive a ton more traffic to your blog.
Price: One time price of $47
WP Tasty Pins
Easily add the Pin description within your blog post when uploading an image, instead of having to use HTML code. Also disable certain images from being pinned in your blog post. A handy tool that saves a ton of time!
Read my review of Tasty Pins with info on how to use it.
Pricing: $49
Milo Tree
A smart popup and an extremely helpful tool that converts your blog visitors into social media followers and email subscribers.
Pricing: $9/month and Free For Your First 30 Days
PinClicks
New Pinterest SEO tool and my personal preference. The tool helps with pin design ideas, keyword research, competitor info, content ideation, and much more.
Think of PinClicks as an indepth SEO tool – but for Pinterest.
Read my review of PinClicks for more info.
Price: starts at $29/month. Start for free with a 7 day trial.
More Blogging Tools
Legal templates, logos and email marketing solutions…
The Blog Fixer
They fix stuff on your blog and reduce headaches! Amazon broken images, NoFollow fixes, site cleanup packages, link target fixes and so much more.
Legal Templates
Easy templates to set up PROPER legal documents on your website to protect your work and any interactions you have with your readers.
Bundle Price: Starts at $197
Logo Design
Affordable professional ‘premade’ customized logos. Professional service with ‘premade’ designs that they customize for your website.
Pricing: Starts at $36
Email Marketing
This is the email marketing program I use. Cost-effective, easy to use email tools with excellent customer service.
Pricing: Free for first 500 subscribers
Affiliate Marketing
AAWP Plugin | Amazon
The best plugin to advertise Amazon products and earn commissions by using customized product boxes, bestseller lists, comparison tables and more!
Price: Starts at 49€/year
Affiliate Marketing for Bloggers | Course
Learn strategies that help you write blog posts in a way that encourages way more clicks on your affiliate links., plus learn how important email marketing is with generating affiliate sales. I highly recommend everything in this course!
Pricing: $79
Journey To The Center of Amazon | eBook
If you want to make serious money as an Amazon affiliate I highly recommend this course by Debbie (The Flooring Girl). She makes $4000 to $5000 a month on Amazon Associates alone and teaches everything you how to do the same.
Pricing: $97