Please Note: Provirtua earns an affiliate commission on SOME of these resources (if purchases are made from my link or recommendation and at no additional cost to you) and that is why you will only find resources that we can actually vouch for from our own experiences. While I am not official representatives for any of the companies you see here, I would be happy to answer questions as to how their use has impacted this business.
Website & Content Development
Besides being official recommended by WordPress.org this hosting company boasts a security first mindset and 24/7 customer support, and 99.9% uptime, which are all major pluses here at Provirtua. In fact, they are the company I use to host this website and the hosting company I recommend most often to our clients.
COST: $3.99/mo +
WPEngine does WordPress specific hosting and has partnered with StudioPress themes, which is one of my preferred theme companies. If you’re looking for easy to install, fast website loading, automated core WordPress updates and backups, and 24/7/365 support then this is for you!
COST: $21.00/mo +
WishList Member™ is a powerful, yet easy to use membership software solution that can turn any WordPress site into a full-blown membership site. I’ve been using it for client websites for years and it’s still one of the best membership solutions on the market!
COST: $149/yr +
Conversion focused website, landing pages, lead generation quizzes, online courses, evergreen scarcity campaigns… With Thrive Suite you can easily turn your WordPress website into a full-blown online business. I LOVE this product!!
COST: $90/qtr
If you are ever in need of a copywriter whether its website content, sales pages, product descriptions or blog posts, these guys have got you covered!
COST: $17.00/500 words +
Get corrections from Grammarly while you write on Gmail, Twitter, LinkedIn, and all your other favorite sites. There is even a version for MS Office
COST: FREE +
High quality images for personal and commercial use. These photographers are not only generous but talented as well!
COST: FREE
As they state on the site.. images, video and music that you can download and use anywhere. They do have beautiful images so be sure to check it out if you are looking for images to use on your website.
COST: FREE
Looking for color scheme inspiration? Here’s a great resource for you! Beautiful color schemes you can search by color or theme. I dare you not to stay there for hours!
COST: FREE
Digital Marketing
When your business is growing or you need a more sophisticated email marketing solution that includes segmentation, automation, CRM w/sales automation, lead scoring, multiple user capability, SMS marketing, etc.
COST: $15.00/mo +
Excellent email marketing service for startup and small businesses! I used them for over 10 years and know them to be a company that grows with the market and has excellent customer service.
COST: FREE +
For those businesses just starting out or who want to create a contact list but don’t need a sophisticated solution, MailChimp is a good place to start. The free account has certain limitations but it’s a good product.
COST: FREE +
Create beautiful opt-in forms without a developer. Includes lightbox popups, floating bars, slide-ins, sidebar forms with a/b testing and built-in analytics.
COST: $9.00/mo +
Capture leads with opt-in forms and landing pages that you can either host through Leadpages or add to your current website.
COST: $27.00/mo +
Conduct market research online with surveys and quizzes with the ability to customize the look and add branding elements. Super easy to set up, share and collect data.
COST: $30/mo +
A great way to manage all of your social media accounts in one place. Great for sharing new content across social platforms and scheduling reposts of important content to recycle it.
COST: FREE +
Online Business Training
Learn how to build your blog, website, or social media page in a way that attracts readers, fans, followers, and customers! Michael Hyatt and his team always serve up so much great content to help keep you on track along with excellent productivity courses.
COST: $47/mo
Become a smarter content marketer with the authority experts over at Copyblogger! You can peruse the main site/blog for all kinds of free super helpful content, or sign up for the advance training, which I’m linking to below. Either way they are a fantastic blogging resource!
COST: $495/yr
Productivity
Large file transfer – no account necessary. Super easy and you get email notifications when the file has been downloaded by the recipient.
COST: FREE +
Super easy online file sharing and storage for personal and business use. Really excellent when you need to share multiple images and documents quickly. Share and unshare folders, change folder ownership, etc.
COST: FREE +
Real time backups and syncing of only the files you want. This has given me such piece of mind for a small amount of money and the ability to access my files even when I’m away from the office is invaluable.
COST: $7.49/mo +
This is an amazing collaborative or single user productivity tool. Create projects with task lists and assign deadlines with comments and so much more than I can tell you here. Great if you have a team!
COST: FREE +
Collaborative mind mapping tool that helps you capture your thoughts visually for brainstorming and project planning with clients and colleagues. Other related services available.
COST: $4.99 +
This is the best way to to do video conferencing – so much more reliable than Skype. Can record separate audio and video files. You can even run webinars!
COST: FREE +
If you’re like me and work internationally you lose track of what time it is where. Great resource to keep in your bookmarks! Look for the comparison tool, select your time zone vs the other party and the date of your meeting and you’re set.
COST: FREE
Verify live exchange rates. I’m sure you can actually make currency exchanges here as well if you need a resource for that. The free cost refers to the exchange rate reference tool.
COST: FREE
