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50+ Online Resources We Trust and Use

Are you looking for online tools that make your life easier? Here's 50 of the best we could find, most of which we use.

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Over the years, I’ve gathered a mountain of online resources, tools, and blogs I constantly use and reference. I’m hopeful the list below will help shorten your research efforts when looking for something similar.

You have my absolute, solemn promise. We would recommend nothing if we were not not 100% confident in doing so. There’s not one item on this list that we haven’t used personally. And for many we know the creators and have had conversations with them.

We’re all in this together. So, remember, “Together there isn’t much we can’t accomplish.”

Domain Name Search

  • Lean Domain Search🔥 – This is how we find all our domains… it literally takes seconds. Just type in a word or two and get 100s of results.
  • Domains.com🔥 – Domain registrar and search tool.

Logo Creation

  • Placeit.net🔥 – Our favorite site to create logos, images, videos, etc. You can even create videos with your new logo! No need for Fiverr anymore. First-year subscription will cost you $6.66/mo (annual plan). It’s an Impressive deal. You will not be disappointed!

Colors & Palettes

  • Coolors🔥 – Created by Fabrizio Bianchi, this is hands down my favorite site for generating color schemes and palettes for my websites.

Images & Vectors Online Tools

  • Envato Elements🔥 – Incredible resource for images, fonts, graphics, tools. It’ll cost you $16.50/mo, but there is nothing you can’t find (i.e. graphics, videos, images, infographics, etc.) A subscription includes access to Twenty20.com (now owned by Envato) and their 50M photos!
  • Pixabay – Stunning free images & royalty-free stock. Some attribution required.
  • Vecteezy – Find & download free vector art. Some attribution required.
  • Pexels – The best free stock photos & videos. Some attribution required.
  • Bannersnack – Online banner maker. Free up to 10-designs.
  • Affinity Designer🔥 and Affinity Photo🔥 – Imaging software that rivals Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator at a fraction of the price. This is the only imaging software we use.
  • Remove bg🔥 – The simplest and easiest way to remove the background from an image.

Web Hosting

  • SiteGround🔥 – Our go to host when we first launch a new online property.
  • Cloudways🔥 – Preferred host when we need a large web server with custom applications and heavy CPU usage.

Themes & Plugins

  • WP Astra🔥 – Our favorite WP theme. Upgrade to unlock more options.
  • Elementor🔥 – Our favorite page builder. Upgrade for unlimited possibilities.
  • Ninja Forms🔥 – Best form builder on the market.
  • WP Coupons – Great plugin for creating resource pages and coupons.

Online Courses

Blogs (worthy of your time)

Post Ideas

Headline Help

Podcasts We Love

YouTube Channels

Video

  • Open Broadcaster Software🔥 – This is what I use to record all screencasts. It’s open source and FREE.
  • HitFilm Express🔥 – What I use to edit all videos on Windows. The free version is more than enough. You can buy add-on packs for professional effects starting at $24.99.

SEO & Keyword Research

  • Ubersuggest🔥 (Neil Patel) – This is the one we most of the time.
  • Ahrefs🔥 – This is a tool for serious in-depth research.
  • BuzzSumo🔥 – Great for researching social media keywords.
  • SEMRush🔥 – This is a tool for serious in-depth research.

Assistants & Ghost Writers

  • Text Goods – Writers trained on the Project 24 method. So, they produce solid SEO quality content.
  • iWriter – Enormous pool of writers at all levels. Costs range from $1.40 for a standard 150 word post up to $435 for an elite plus 6,000 word post.
  • OnlineJobs.ph – Incredible resource for finding online virtual assistants.

Marketing

  • ActiveCampaign🔥 – This is the platform we use at Topic Flip. Amazing email flow management.
  • Later🔥 – Visually plan, schedule, and analyze posts for Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter.
  • RightMessage – For those serious about exit pop-ups and delivering custom UX on your website.
  • Bonjoro🔥 – Create personalized videos for your audience and members. Super cool!

Website Speed

  • Google Page Speed – It’s Google, need I say more?
  • GTmetrix – Actually, this page speed tool is better than Google! It offers more suggestions on things that need fixing.
  • Pingdom – Another solid website speed tool.

Legal, Policies & Terms

  • Termly🔥 – Create all your privacy policies, terms, and affiliate disclaimers for your site. You get one policy for free. Unlimited policies will cost you $10/month for one domain.
  • United States Patent and Trademark Office – If you’re located in the U.S. it’s always an excellent idea to search the trademark office before locking down your business name.

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