Blogging Resources
Recommended courses, services and resources.
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Our Preferred Blogging Tools
Below are products, services, and tools we actually use!
Theme
Page Builder
Website Hosting
Email (ESP)
Cart
Video Hosting
LMS Plugin (courses)
Content Locking
Social Share Plugin (Pro)
Image Optimization
(Free) Link Management
Site Speed Plugin
Image Editing & Lead Magnets
Task Management
Email & Google Apps
Favorite Tool Deals
Check out our recommended physical tools (video equipment, lighting, etc) here.
Blogging Courses
A course taking you from nothing to launch with a self-hosted WordPress blog with only 3 recommended investments.
Please note that if you already have a Kit Blog, this course is only to set-up your WordPress blog (which you have already done) and your Master Your Kit Blog course is more in-depth.
Recommended Courses
I have taken so many courses, but I’m only calling out the courses that provided me the most value:
(I have taken many others, but these are my top picks)
Start A Blog
- Blog By Numbers (Suzi Whitworth)
- Becoming A Blogger (Cate Rosales)
- Niche Site Academy (Mike Pearson)
SEO
- Stupid Simple SEO (Mike Pearson, see review)
- Easy On Page SEO (Debbie Gartner, for beginners)
- Pinteresting Strategies (Carly Campbell)
Making Money Blogging
- Affiliate Marketing, Simplified! (Cate Rosales)
- Affiliate Marketing for Bloggers (Carly Campbell)
Email Marketing
- Email Marketing Course: Monetize Your List Blueprint (Chelsea Clarke)
- Email Marketing Fairy (Kate Doster)
WordPress
- Understanding WordPress (FREE – Grayson Bell)
- Understanding Site Speed (Grayson Bell)
- Blog Analytics (Tracie Fobes)
Recommended Facebook Groups
Blogging Groups (free to join):
- Becoming a Blogger (with Cate Rosales)
- Blogging Like We Mean It (with Carly Campbell)
- Blogger Education Network – Learn How To Blog (with Tracie Fobes)
- Getting It All Done: Business Building and Productivity for Moms
Astra and/or Elementor:
Legal help/support:
Hire Help
Below we list all of our suggested contacts for further help with your blog or website. These are all people we have worked with or who come highly recommended.
Developer
iMark Interactive
Grayson Bell has over 15 years of blogging and WordPress development experience. He has services from helping with troubleshooting (“quick fixes”) to speeding up your site to monthly support plans (and so much more).
He is continually helping and supporting WordPress bloggers and website owners through iMark Interactive and by interacting with many Facebook groups to help with all the questions that come up on the technical side of blogging.
Writer
Gill Hill Writing Services
Gillian Hill is a copywriter and editor who loves to dig in and find out about what people do, then showcase that to the world.
She specializes in helping small businesses and bloggers by providing templates to allow them to write their own first drafts, then provides help with editing and polishing so it’s ready to present to the world.
She is available on an hourly or retainer basis to provide a number of blogging services, including strategy and editing. If you would like to know more, please contact her at gillhill@ gillhillwritingservices.com
