WordPress Tools
1. Best Website Suite
Thrive Themes
If you’re trying to generate emails, leads, and sales using your WordPress website, this is a 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, 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 Internal Linking Plugin
Link Whisper
Why I love it
Linking between all your blog posts takes FOREVER. This tool not only tells you how many times each page is linked to, it generates suggestions of how you can link from one page to another post is linked to, it generates a TON of suggestions. If you like the suggestion, you can add the link in the click of a button.
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4. 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.
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5. 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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6. 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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7. 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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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 For Software Discounts
App Sumo
App Sumo has lifetime deals to a wide variety of software deals. A number of these are brand new companies and others are long established companies. I’ve nabbed some AMAZING software and deals at 1/10 of what it would have cost otherwise. There are a few duds, but overall amazing deals, software, and opportunities.
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10. Best Blogging Course
Project 24 by Income School
I love the way Project 24 is structured. The goal is to make a full time income blogging in 24 months. They have a plan, a roadmap, and their first 60 steps to success. It also includes a weekly podcast, group member forums. They’ve expanded to helping people grow both a blog and YouTube channel. There’s 10+ courses, and they meticulously track how many people are making $1,000, $2,000, or full time income from their blog. They have hundreds of student making great money and keep improving and updating the course.
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11. Best Image Processing App
Glorify
I was using Canva to create images, but this one is much better. First, you get access to ALL their templates with the plan for all the different file sizes. But, by far the biggest selling point is the background remover. It’s SO easy to cut out a person from the background. I’ve used Photoshop and a variety of tools and none come close at removing background. I still use Photoshop for advanced photo editing, but this is a crucial part of my toolkit.
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12. 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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13. Best Cheap Hosting
A2 Hosting
A2 hosting has fantastic support and it’s great hosting for the price. It’s one of the best choices for shared hosting. While my favorite is Cloudflare, A2 is a fantastic deal at under $5 per month.
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14. 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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15. 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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16. 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.