This is my personal bookmarks page that I’ve made public. It’s a handpicked collection of valuable resources that’ll help you be more effective and work more efficiently. Some of these links are affiliate links (see my affiliate disclosure page to learn more).
Admin
- accessiBe — website accessibility compliance audits and solutions
- Amazon — huge selection of great books for entrepreneurs, growth marketing managers, and local business owners
- FreshCaller — outsourced callcenter
- Ruby Receptionists — outsourced receptions
- Dashlane — password storage and protection
- GoDaddy — domain names (i.e., .com, .org, etc.)
Advertising Platforms
- Google Ads (was: Google AdWords) — come up on Google searches for keywords you choose and pay only for clicks to your website
- Google Local Service Ads (LSA) — come up on Google when people search for the local services you provide and pay for actual leads
- Madgicx — spend less time managing ads while increasing ad ROI
Data / Analytics
- Google Analytics — collect data from your website to create reports that provide insights into your business
- AgencyAnalytics — all-in-one reporting dashboard (use coupon AA_PARTNER_127983 for 50% off)
- Diib — analytics-based AI coaching
- CallRail — track and analyze calls in one solution
- Hotjar — heat map insights and behavioral analytics
Email Marketing
- Aweber — powerfully-simple email marketing
- Constant Contact — 97% deliverability rates
- Mailchimp— lots of features but not the easiest to navigate; poor UX design compared to the others
Marketing Widgets & Plugins
- accessiBe — website accessibility compliance audits and solutions
- Elfsight — no-code widgets
- POWR — no-code widgets
- FreshMarketer — all-in-one marketing automation
- Hello Bar — website toolbar
- Curator.io — social media aggregator
- FreshChat — live chat and AI bots
- Many Chat — chat marketing
- FreshSales — CRM
- Instapage — landing page builder
- Octane AI — quiz and survey builder
- Outgrow — sales quizzes, calculators, and form builders
- Proof — live and automated sales feeds
- QR Code Chimp — customizable QR code services
- QR Code Monkey — free QR code services
- REPLY.io — AI email automation
- SimpleTexting — all-in-one SMS / text messaging service
Payment Processing
- 2 Checkout — allows you to sell worldwide
- PayPal — widely trusted, fast payments, and customers can put off paying for 6 months interest-free
- Stripe — professional, easy, and seamless
SEO
- Keyword Finder — find low competition long tail SEO keywords
- Link Miner — find powerful backlinks you can replicate
- Mangools — all-in-one SEO platform
- SERP Watcher — rank tracking
- SERPchecker — local rank tracking for multiple locations
- Site Profiler — check the SEO authority of any website