This resource page has many of my favorite products, apps and websites. Some that I use personally for my blog and to save money. I wanted to create a list of affordable resources available all in one place for anyone who’s watching their spending and maintaining a budget. But, who still wants good quality products and services.
Disclosure: Many of these products do have affiliate links. Meaning I receive a small commission for purchases made with no additional cost to you. This page contains products and services that I have verified and/or personally used.
MONEY SAVING RESOURCES
Ebates: Use Ebates to receive cash back when you’re shopping online. Get paid to shop! It’s for anyone who loves to save when shopping and enjoys incoming free money through the mail. You can shop from a long list of popular retailers.
Ibotta: A cash back app for shopping. Simply take a picture of your receipt and they upload the rebate funds directly into your account within 48 hours. It’s easy to use and helps you save on everyday grocery shopping and other shopping at popular retailers like Target, Walmart, Pier 1 and plenty more. Receive a $20 welcome bonus when you sign up and a $5 referral when you sign up your friends and family.
Raise: Use this website to buy discounted gift cards worth the full price. For example, if the card has a value of $20 you will be able to purchase it for $15. Every card value and price varies however. They offer a wide selection of cards from well-known retailers and restaurants from across the nation. Use this site to buy gift cards for graduations, holidays, and birthdays or even for yourself if you like to get a discount when shopping. Get $5 when you sign up using my referral code!
BLOGGING RESOURCES
Bluehost: This is a website host. One of the top hosting companies in 2018 at just $2.95 for new users and they help you to set up your website through wordpress.org (the one to use if you plan to monetize your blog). You don’t have to worry about being tech savvy when using Bluehost. I use it and have been happy and satisfied with the service and product from day one.
Mailchimp: Is an email marketing service provider. Used to help anyone looking to grow their subscription list by having their readers subscribe to newsletters and blog post. It’s free for the first 2000 subscribers. Use with Ready Set Mailchimp for Bloggers course by Elna, to help navigate and better use Mailchimp as it can be very confusing to set up and run smoothly.
Aweber: Another email marketing service provider. It’s been voted best for beginners. The service is free for the first 30 days. After the trail period it’s $19 a month up to 500 subscribers. It’s much easier to use than Mailchimp according to recent reviews. So if you’re looking for simplicity and can afford it, this may be a much better choice for you.
Beautiful Dawn Designs: Tiffany provides tailored created WordPress designs for your blog starting at only $35. It can be difficult to design your own blog using the themes in WordPress. You have to customize each theme and if you’re not a designer by trade or a coder this can become a struggle. I was one who struggled with my design and I hear other bloggers complain about the struggle all the time. View Tiffany’s custom made WordPress theme designs for bloggers here.
Canva: I love Canva! It’s very easy and fun to use. It’s a website that allows you to create your own graphic design images. Even if you aren’t the creative type you can still simply create some amazing eye catching images with Canva. I mainly use it for Pinterest and Instagram. But, you can use it for any social media platform, your lead pages or images for your blog.
COURSES AND EBOOKS FOR BLOGGERS
All under $50 to fit your budget!
Make Your First Affiliate Sale in 24 Hours by Elise: This is an ebook. If you’re looking for success with Pinterest combined with affiliate marketing, this book is for you. Elise Medowell owner of House of Brazen, discovered how to skillfully create pins and get sales directly without ever having to use a blog. Read the reviews and testimonies for yourself here. Plus, I wrote a review on this book that you can read here. The book is an investment of $25.
Ready Set Mailchimp for Bloggers course by Elna: Elna, owner of Twins Mommy blog, created this in-depth step by step instructional course for help with navigating and getting the best out of using Mailchimp. This email marketing service is free up to 2000 subscribers but it can be very tricky and confusing to use if you’re not a tech guru. This course cost $35.
Affiliate Action Plan by Gemma: This ebook is written by Gemma of Seaside S undays blog. It’s about monetizing your blog quickly, even if you don’t have a whole lot of traffic. Gemma writes the book for mompreneurs and bloggers. This book is updated for 2018 and covers a wide scope and well-detailed information regarding affiliate marketing. This is the plan she used to monetize her own blog in only 4 months from the first day she launched her blog and made over $2,000 in sales. When I ordered the book I was happy to see that it was 59 pages of very helpful information–no fluff. If you’re looking to make more sales and are suffering, get this book. Priced at only $19.
Sweet Sales Systems by Elise: “Proven Strategies to Sell Your Digital and Affiliate Products” is an ebook by Elise Medowell, blogger and business mentor, owner of House of Brazen blog. If you are working on setting up your first digital product this book is for you. Elise states that she claims to, take you behind the scenes of her highest converting posts, pages, emails and funnels and dissect how they work and why they’re effective. Grab the book for a cost of $49.
