RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
Welcome to the Resources list of Easy on the Tongue. Listed here are all the products I used and still use to build and maintain my blog.
All of the products are personally recommended.
Some of the products have affiliate links, which may result in me earning a small commission if you happen to make your purchase through my link. If you do, thank you so much for the support. A full Disclosure can be viewed here.
HOSTING AND WEB DESIGN
Bluehost
Easy on the Tongue is hosted on Bluehost and I have never had an unresolved issue. Getting started was easy and I managed on my own with their one-click WordPress Blog installation.
Bluehost offers a money-back guarantee and with a motto “Try us and love us or get a refund any time”, you can not go wrong.
Start your website today! (Specials may apply – this Bluehost link will take you to their best option available!)
Web hosting starts at $3.95 if you purchase a 3 year service.
Angie Makes
Angie Makes offers feminine WordPress themes and have video tutorials available to walk you through most of the changes you may want to make on your site.
Again, Easy on the Tongue’s first theme was The Lucy Lou theme by Angie Makes.
Thrive Themes
Thrive Themes offers:
Thrive Themes – conversion focused WordPress themes
*Thrive Content Builder – allowing you to create your own customized posts without any coding
*Thrive Landing Pages – with custom templates for different options
*Thrive Clever Widgets – edit widgets for certain pages, posts, tags or keywords
*Thrive Leads – providing pop-ups, ribbons, slide-ins – all customizable
*Thrive Leads – SmartLinks Feature – Get ready to take list building to the next level!
Thrive Ultimatum – the Scarcity marketing tool for WordPress
*used by this site
COURSE THAT WILL HELP CLEAR THE CLUTTER
Elite Blog Academy by Ruth Soukup
Have you ever felt like you are spinning your wheels when it comes to your blog? Like no matter what you try, you can’t seem to get more readers or generate more income?
I totally get it. I felt exactly the same way! It changed when I signed up for the Elite Blog Academy course. I learned tons, gained so much more confidence and more importantly, I now have a plan.
Elite Blog Academy is closed until February 2018. Get on the waiting list and in the meantime receive free training HERE.
MAKE SURE YOUR WRITING IS FLAWLESS
Grammarly
The best grammar check/proofreader available.
Make sure you have this app open whenever you are busy writing a new post.
Read my post on ‘Feeling ashamed – use grammarly grammar checks’ on how it helps me.
SOCIAL MEDIA SCHEDULING
Tailwind
The complete Pinterest marketing toolkit for bloggers and small businesses.
Schedule Pins – on desktop or mobile with app
Discover Content to repin
Monitor Pinterest and track best performing boards and pins
Measure Results with daily analytics
All in One Platform.
Postplanner
Post Planner makes it easy to FIND, PLAN and POST content that is scientifically proven to increase social media engagement on Facebook, Twitter & Pinterest.
The app helps you FIND
scientifically proven content
that skyrockets engagement, boosts reach, and drives more traffic to your website from Facebook, Twitter & Pinterest.
IMAGE CREATION
PicMonkey
Photo editing tool with text, effects and overlays
Portrait retouching with Teeth Whitening, Wrinkle Remover and Airbrush
Design from scrath and
Collage Maker
Available for Android and iOs
Canva
- Photo editing tool with text, effects and overlays
Use custom dimensions
Create various images and documents
Save and edit functionality
Ore-designed templates
Available for Android and iOs
E-MAIL LIST
Mailchimp
Design your own newsletter or campaigns with drag and drop designer
Automated mails
Target specific lists to market to
Advanced analytics
Bobile friendly
Mobile app available
Integrations with hundreds of different tools and apps
PLUG-INS
Social Warfare
Attractive, mobile-ready share buttons
Add social media title and description in one place
Create in-post tweetable quotes that make it super easy for people to share (Also known as a Click-to-Tweet)
Display rich, large image summary cards in your tweets with option to include “via @[username]” automatically
Display social share counts prominently (even Twitter tweet counts)
Add a custom widget that will display your most popular blog posts by the number of social shares it has received
And lots more
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