Welcome to my Recommendations! This page was designed to display an organized list of my top recommended blogging services and tools that I use every day and highly advocate for. I hope this list will help save time and money when it comes to picking the right blogging services to suit your needs! 🙂
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Recommended Blogging Courses
Side Note: I’ve taken many blogging courses now (more than 5 now) and all provided great value for me! However, If you’re just starting a blog, I’m going to recommend my favorite courses that should cover your needs in the beginning!
Here are my favorite recommendations for blogging courses:
- Create And Go: Launch Your Blog Biz
- Create And Go: Pinterest Traffic Avalanche
- Content Is King
- Perfecting Pinterest
1. Create And Go: Launch Your Blog Biz
This course is AMAZING! Created by Create And Go, this beginner blogger course is PERFECT for anyone who wants to start a blog and learn all of the ins and outs of how the blogging world works.
Alex and Lauren, the creators of Create and Go make Six Figures on not one, but TWO different blogs!
They know the journey of blogging just as well as anyone and they share a ton of detailed knowledge of how to get started. They’ve been through the mistakes and missteps and share their tips and recommendations so that YOU can get it right the FIRST time.
They go super in-depth on a variety of topics including basic setup such as Webhosting and WordPress setup. They also go over branding, email marketing strategies, affiliate marketing, and tons of other in-depth content! This course could easily be worth $400 or more! This is the second blogging course I have ever taken and I highly recommend any new bloggers to check out Create and Go.
2. Create And Go: Pinterest Traffic Avalanche
Pinterest Traffic Avalanche is a perfect introductory/advanced Pinterest course that gives you tons of value and info related to growing your Pinterest account to drive tons of traffic to your blog or website!
Key Features:
- Build a successful Pinterest SEO Strategy
- Create Viral Content that Stands Out
- Maximize Clicks to Your Content
- Schedule Content and Automate Traffic
- Use Collaboration Tools for Faster Growth
- Track Progress and Analytics
- Grow Your Email List
3. Content Is King Ebook
Content Is King is a fantastic ebook that teaches everything you need to about writing good content on your blog! Once you’re ready to start your blogging journey, you need to know what good content is and what constitutes a good blog post.
This ebook will teach you all you need to know about writing quality blog posts, what guidelines to follow, and many more details necessary for blogging success.
4. Perfecting Pinterest
Aside from Pinterest Traffic Avalanche, Perfecting Pinterest is the best Pinterest course I’ve taken. You’ll learn all the basics of setting up your Pinterest account, how to pin, and how to schedule your pins, you’ll even learn some SEO tips as well which is a huge plus!
Recommended Blogging Tools
Here are my favorite blogging tools:
SiteGround
SiteGround is my service of choice for Webhosting. This Webhosting was recommended in the “Blogging Masterclass” course mentioned above. One may choose whatever Webhosting they desire, however some hosting services are better than others.
With that in mind, Bluehost is really hot right now among bloggers for its low cost but SiteGround is right there in terms of functionality and performance! SiteGround offers a variety of plans to meet your needs.
I personally use the “StartUp” plan. (Use my affiliate link here to gain access to the special discount prices you see above!)
After I picked my plan, hosting was super easy to set up and took me less than 15 minutes to finish. SiteGround also hosts your domain and installs WordPress in minutes! This makes it incredibly SIMPLE and EASY to get your website all set up and running!
If you are still unsure what to decide on when choosing hosting services, check out this article comparing two of the best: Bluehost vs Siteground – What To Expect From These Popular Providers
Canva (Pro)
Canva is an ABSOLUTE MUST when it comes to blogging! This tool allows me to create custom images and graphics for my blog posts and pages with ease!
Every single graphic including the image at the top of this page was created with Canva and specifically the “Pro” version. The pro version has various features that allow you endless customization for your images.
Canva is also perfect for creating images for Pinterest! Check them out!
Legal Pages
These legal pages are PERFECT! When I was starting my blog, I didn’t really know that having legal pages was absolutely necessary. I had seen videos saying that they were something you should have, but I was still skeptical.
After watching a few videos and taking Create and Go’s course, I realized that not only were these legal pages needed but they were also incredibly easy to get and put on my blog!
Enter Amira Irfan and her blog A Self Guru. She is a six-figure blogger and has been practicing law for over 9 years! She created these legal pages with bloggers and online entrepreneurs in mind. This is because online businesses can be compromised if one is in violation of laws or gets sued for whatever reason. Imagine all of that hard work…gone. Poof!
So how to avoid this? Consider Amira’s legal pages.
I personally chose the “Starter Legal Bundle” which has everything you need to get started!
Imagine spending thousands of dollars (plus the headache) of having a consultation with a lawyer to set up these legal pages when you can pay $197 for everything you need to get started and set up in about 15 minutes!
As stated above Amira and her legal bundles are highly advocated by the team at Create and Go! Check out one of Amira’s guest posts on Create and Go here.
ConvertKit
ConvertKit is a great email marketing and list-building tool that is recommended by Create and Go. The team at Create and Go says that they have used just about every email marketing service out there. ConvertKit is their current service of choice and hasn’t changed services since joining!
ConvertKit has helped me create easy email opt-in forms with images and nice descriptive text. These forms are customizable and can help gain more subscribers to your email list.
Tailwind
Tailwind is an awesome scheduling tool for Pinterest that allows you to automate your pinning process which can automate your blog traffic in the future!
Grammarly
The Google Chrome extension Grammarly is a great tool for blogs and writers! It only took me a few minutes to set up but saves me tons of time with grammar and editing during my writing process.
There is a free version and a paid version. I currently use the free version and recommend any new bloggers to also install the free Chrome extension.