Sales Funnel Tools and Apps
1. Best Website Suite
Thrive Themes
If you’re trying to generate emails, leads, and sales using your WordPress website, this is an absolute must have. It has everything for creating pages, split testing (testing different variations of a page to see what performs better. You can run quizzes, create courses, and have a variety of email opt-ins. It’s really the full package and it fits together beautifully.
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2. Best WordPress Page Builder
Thrive Architect
I made the switch from Elementor to Thrive Architect and I’ll never go back.
Architect is easy to use, it has fast page load speeds, and a robust set of tools. With their smart pages, you can REALLY quickly use templates to create beautiful pages.
If you don’t want the full Thrive Themes membership, you can pick up Thrive Architect for a 1 time fee (although the suite is worth it, I use every single tool)
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3. Best Free Page Builder
Elementor
While I prefer Thrive Architect (especially with selling), Elementor is still a easy to use and powerful piece of software and a decent free option.
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4. Best WordPress Funnel Builder
Cartflows Pro
Cartflows is a powerful WordPress funnel builder with a TON of advanced features. Upsells, downsells, one click upsells, different project numbers. It’s insanely easy to setup and customize using your existing page builders and WordPress tools.
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5. Best Free WordPress Checkout
Cartflows Free
You need the pro version of Cartflows to do all of the most advanced funnels: upsells, downsells, order bumps, etc. But, Cartflows is still a great tool to have a custom checkout and thank you page on your WordPress website. It’s much better than the default checkout you get with a tool like Woocommerce.
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6. Best Abandoned Cart Email
Recover Abandoned Cart
Active campaign is the most advanced email marketing tool I’ve come across…at a price. Their deep data API lets you tag and track a variety of actions and behaviors in your email. It’s the industry leader in advanced email tagging and tracking.
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7. Best Free Abandoned Cart Email
Cartflows WooCommerce Cart Abandonment Recovery
If you’re looking for a basic cart abandonment email, Cartflows has a simple and easy to use tool for doing just that. It works well and it’s easy to use. The main downside is you’re just able to send out 1 email to everyone. If you have multiple products, you cannot create product specific abandoned cart emails.
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8. Best Booking Software
BOOK LIKE A BOSS
Why I love it
Appointment Booking software is a HUGE time saver.
I used to spend so much time finding appointments, scheduling Zoom Links, sending reminders and questionnaires. Now, the entire thing is automated.,
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9. Best Free Calendar Scheduling Tool
Calendly
You need the pro version of Cartflows to do all of the most advanced funnels: upsells, downsells, order bumps, etc. But, Cartflows is still a great tool to have a custom checkout and thank you page on your WordPress website. It’s much better than the default checkout you get with a tool like Woocommerce.
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10. Best Email Marketing
Mailerlite
Calendly is a great free option for booking basic appointments. You can connect 1 calendar with one type of event. You need to have Calendly branding and miss out on a number of key features, but it’s a great free option for people looking to do basic scheduling.
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11. Best WordPress Membership
Wishlist Member
Fantastic plugin for giving access to different areas of your WordPress website. It’s insanely well integrated with shopping carts and email. Whether you’re doing courses, members areas, or just have private content, it’s super easy to use and great for users.
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12. Advanced Email Marketing
Active Campaign
Active campaign is the most advanced email marketing tool I’ve come across…at a price. Their deep data API lets you tag and track a variety of actions and behaviors in your email. It’s the industry leader in advanced email tagging and tracking.
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13. Best Page Metrics Tools
Hotjar
This tool will help you see where people are scrolling and where people are clicking. This is incredibly important for any paid traffic. It will help you make a adjustments to the page layout, you’ll see where you’re losing people, and can adjust where you place your buttons or call-to-actions.
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14. Best Affiliate Plugin
Affiliate WP
I’ve used a lot of affiliate websites. Most are really hard to navigate and frustrating for your affiliates and managing them. Affiliate WP is so simple and easy to use both for you and your affiliates. The layout and features are top notch, it’s the best I’ve found.
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15. Best Hosting
Cloudways
Most cheap hosting is slow and you need to use C Panel. Managed hosting is much faster but you quickly jump to $30+ per month. Cloudways is managed hosting, but much more affordable, with really good support and the best price. I’ve been very happy with the speed and uptime (it has very few times when the site is down)
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16. Best Facebook Course
Paid Traffic Training
The best paid course I have ever taken. It not only has tons of advanced Facebook ad strategies, Max is an absolute expert. But, there’s also a weekly 90 minute Q and A. I show up every week to have a question answered. You can also watch 100+ hours of past trainings and Q and A. It teaches Facebook ads, but also has a ton of info on running a company or agency, building a brand, etc.
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17. Best Image Optimizer
Short Pixel
I’ve ran test of a number of image optimizer. Shortpixel is easy to use, it’s fast, and it’s free or affordable (you get free credits each month). Site speed is important and Shortpixel was by far the top performer.