Resources
There is so much services and products out there that it can be overwhelming to decide what is best to use for your needs in your business
From Starting small to growing multiple businesses with dozens of staff, we have come to rely on key software’s and tools which we list below. This list will be updated as we use and discover new tools and resources to either help us grow or be more efficient so bookmark this page (hit Ctrl+D now!) and refer to it in the future.
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Featured Resources
Building an Online Platform
BLUEHOST
Our Recommended hosting provider for startups, bloggers and entrepreneurs.
They are also a WordPress recommended hosting, which is a big deal!
For as little as $3.95 you get free domain name. Quick ‘One-Click’ Install of WordPress using their wizard.
Click the Button below for a Step-By-Step Guide on How to set up a blog using Bluehost and start making money
DIVI THEME
One of if not the best WordPress Theme framework with amazing features to allow you to build your website.
We love DIVI, and use it a lot!
Key features:
- Frontend Inline Drag & Drop editing
- Premium theme with intuitive backend
- Premium support
- Plugin friendly
- SEO optimised
- Constantly updated
- In-depth guides
- Large community for support
INMOTION HOSTING
The perfect starting point for every new blogger / business / online entrepreneur.
Affordable, and outstanding support, super easy user dashboard on cPanel and a free domain name, too! Install WordPress in ‘one-click’, you’ll be up and running in no time at all.
Click Here for a free video tutorial Risink has created how to set-up your site in less than 10-minutes!
Every business these days needs a website. Begin your brand correctly and purchase a website domain now before someone takes it.
Before starting any branding or naming exercise first check if your domain is available.
When you select the domain we found Namecheap.com to be the best place to easily purchase and manage your domains in one place. Professional service without gimmicks.
Simple search the domains, register and buy.
Simple the Best user friendly, and SEO focused website platform around.
More than 28% the worlds websites use WordPress, including famous websites such as:
Find more WordPress tutorials on Riseink Media website
SHOPIFY | #1 ECOMMERCE WEBSITE PLATFORM
Built from the ground up to be a simple, user friendly yet powerful eCommerce platform. Suitable for both new and advanced users.
- Some of the worlds largest brands use this software.
- Fully hosted with 3 paid plans
- Unlimited products and bandwidth
- Secure hosting with Free SSL and Free domain
- Integrates well with Social Media: Facebook and Instagram
- Variety of Free and Paid plugins to help you as you grow
- Excellent Analytics
- 24/7 Support (most important of all)
SAMCART
YOu sure have heard of SalesFunnels. An essential part of increasing conversion.
There are few, but SamCart has quickly become one of the best. Especially for New businessess.
It has some crazy amount of optimised features, and simple darg & Drop builder
Plus it has:
- Easy navigation and clean user interface.
- Flexible models for payment including trials, plans, and subscriptions.
- Inbuilt A/B testing.
- Discount and coupon control.
- One-click upsell, and bump offers support.
- Built-in affiliate management that is rich in features.
- Superb reporting dashboard.
- Integration with most used services and tools including Zapier support.
- Thorough documentation, including a Facebook group and Live Chat.
Email Marketing
CONVERT KIT
Probably the best Email Automation Marketing Platform for Startups to Medium-sized businesses.
It has a lot of features and a visual campaign flow setup.
Designed to be intuitive and User-friendly, made by professionals who specialize in UX design.
Affordable. Starting at Free $0.00
Gives the simplicity of MailChimp but the power of ClickFunnels.
ACTIVE CAMPAIGN
Active Campaign is a nice middle ground between a standard email service provider (ESP) and a robust customer relationship management (CRM) tool. Basically, it’s powerful AND easy to use (a rare combo!). You can use it for integrated email marketing, marketing automation, and small business CRM.
Project Management & Organisation
A complete solution for Project and Task Management for teams.
Run in-house or remote teams using Asana. They have a free plans and paid plans so you can scale as you need.
It has helped us successfully structure our schedule team tasks so we work efficiently and communicate on one platform. Saving us tons of time and thousands of emails.
Centralize your teams daily, weekly and monthly Tasks and projects and grow your business without pulling out your hair !
MORE TO COME
I will continue to update this page as I review services and tools that are usefull which I believe will bring an edge to you, or make your lives easier and save time.
Anything we also use in our businesses that are useful I will let you know.
Bookmark this section and come back to it now and then.