Resources
All the resources on this page I personally use and love. As a budding online entrepreneur, you will not need anything else using these tools. And, as your go-to financial professional, I must say that these have the most cost-effective plan options available + quality service! Oh, and let me NOT forget to mention the simplicity and ease of these applications.
The Online Business Basics
Think: Getting Started
1. Kartra – This is a true ALL IN ONE platform that will help you grow your audience, make money with your content, and scale confidently. With this platform you can captivate attention with websites and pages, use video and webinars to connect with your audience, offer memberships to help your clients, grow your list using lead captures, warm your leads up with campaigns and funnels, connect and make offers via email or SMS messages, get paid with customizable checkout pages, handle all affiliate collections & payments, and scale with behavior-based marketing, automations and advanced analytics. I basically run my entire business HERE. And, You get a 30 day free trail using my link below.
2. BlueHost – You can start for less than $3 a month to host your entire website AND get a free domain as well. #what! You get a secure site and a 1-click WordPress Install – for FREE. It is as easy as 1, 2, 3! You can even create business email accounts with your branded website.
5. Zoom – This is the platform I use to connect with clients and colleagues all over the world – face to face! You can have 1:1 or group meetings. You can even sync zoom to FB to stream LIVE and present slides by sharing your screen!
6. Calendly – As a calendar and appointment scheduler, I have been using Calendly from the very beginning of my business. It is simple and cost effective. You can gather payments for a specific type of appointment and you can have Calendly send out reminders on your behalf to your customers and clients about your upcoming meeting in advance – automatically.
Podcasting & Hosting
Think: Providing Value
1. Blubrry Hosting – As a Podcast Hosting Site, Blubrry allows you to easily host the audio for your Podcast without reduced website speed. Further, you are able to get statistics on your viewership downloads, how engaged they are with each episode, where they are coming from, and much more. Blubrry also makes it easy to sync your audio to your wordpress website and send it to all the podcast directories with a simple plugin OR create your podcast website all with blubrry hosting.
2. Audacity – This audio software is an easy to use, multi-track audio editor and recorder. You can record live audio or import, edit and combine sound files.
3. Blue Yeti Mic – This is the Best USB Microphone. It has four different pattern settings which offer incredible flexibility so you can record vocals, music, podcasts, audio for video, interviews, and more. All you need is your computer and your Yeti. 😊
4. Dragonpad Mic Pop Filter – This is a simple filter that will make the sound quality better when you are using words that start with ‘p’ or ‘b’ – for example.
Evergreen Digital Course Creation
Think: Passive Income
1. Kartra – This is a true ALL IN ONE platform that will help you grow your audience, make money with your content, and scale confidently. With this platform you can captivate attention with websites and pages, use video and webinars to connect with your audience, offer memberships to help your clients, grow your list using lead captures, warm your leads up with campaigns and funnels, connect and make offers via email or SMS messages, get paid with customizable checkout pages, handle all affiliate collections & payments, and scale with behavior-based marketing, automations and advanced analytics. I basically run my entire business HERE. And, You get a 30 day free trail using my link below.
2. ThriveCart – As the one of the easiest and most powerful cart platform, ThriveCart allows you to increase your income with HIGH converting carts and simple (but effective) bump and upsell offers. You can also collaborate with your business besties and allow ThriveCart to totally handle all the affiliate collections and payments. With ThriveCart, you can do one-time payments OR subscriptions and so much more! One cool thing: they offer several payment options for you buyers like Klarna & Afterpay.
Suggested Financial Platforms
Think: Payment Processors
1. Stripe – As the top software platform used by 3rd party shopping carts, Stripe makes running your business online easier by allowing you to collect payments and have them sent directly to your bank account.
2. PayPal – Very well know and definitely a household name. Everyone seems to know about PayPal, right?! Although not a requirement, by adding PayPal to your payment processors many customers will feel more inclined to buy as PayPal is so easily and widely used. You can increase your percentage of buyers by having this option.
3. Authorize.net – As a payment processor, Authorize.net has made processing payments easy peasy! You can do online, in-person and phone payments. You can do one-time payments and recurring payments that you set up in advance. You have the advantage of simple check outs and fraud protection. Authorize.net syncs with your Merchant Account (which Authorize.net will also set up for you if you don’t already have one).
Make Life Quick & Healthy
Think: Quick & Easy
1. Freshly – A food delivery service that provides precooked and fully packaged meals so all you have to do is throw your meal in the microwave for 2-3 minutes and you’re done! Easy as 1,2,3.
2. Hello Fresh – Makes cooking easy! No going to the grocery store and spending hours finding all the things on your shopping list to then come home unpack your groceries and be too exhausted to even cook! 😉 I know, I have been there. Now, with Hello Fresh, I get all the ingredients I need to prep a meal right to my front door and in 30-40 mins I am done cooking my meal.
Thrive Market – An Online Super Market that caters to the Health Conscious Person. I love filling my pantry with all the staples for cooking, baking and snacks. I love knowing that I am taking care of my health as well as getting everything conveniently delivered right to my front door.
** This resource page contains ALL products that I personally use and LOVE. Some are affiliate links and others are not, as I choose to share only what I am confident you will love too regardless of benefit to me (because it’s not about me 😉). If you have any questions about a product, please feel free to email me at brandy@brandymiddleton.com. I am happy to share more.
