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Searchie Help Solutions Resources

FIRST CLASS RESOURCES THAT WE USE & RECOMMEND 

When you’re promoting your business online it can get overwhelming to keep up with the latest tools while building your business.

Then there’s shiny object syndrome…  Oh look Squirrels!

As your Virtual Partner, I keep up with the latest solutions & resources so you don’t have to.

Tried and tested over time, here is a library of tools I’ve evaluated, use and recommend day-to-day from productivity, and conversions to website management.

Virtual Partner makes managing your online business that much better, combining experience and strategy with the right tools to deliver great results!

*Need assistance with choosing the best platform that is suited for you and your business?

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Searchie Help Solutions Resources

  • Domain Registration & Website Hosting

  • Website / Site Design / Site Support
  • EPS / CRM email automation
    • ActiveCampaign (CRM & Email marketing automation solution)
    • Zoho (CRM & Email marketing automation solution)
    • ConvertKit (Email marketing automation solution)
  • Shopping Carts
    • ThriveCart Digital Product eCommerce Platform – Lifetime (no monthly fees)
    • SamCart Digital Product eCommerce Platform
  • LMS eLearning Platforms
    • Searchie (Hosted Course/Membership Platform WordPress)
    • LearnDash (Self-hosted Course/Membership Platform WordPress)
    • BuddyBoss (to go with LearnDash)
    • Kajabi (Hosted Course/Membership Platform)
    • Teachable (Hosted Course/Membership Platform)
    • Thinkifit (Hosted Course/Membership Platform)
    • AccessAlly (Hosted Course/Membership Platform)
  • Design Tools
    • Canva Learn: Building a Design Kit (Training resource)
    • Canva (Graphic creation tool)
    • Creative Market (Resource for design assets from graphics to fonts)
    • Vistaprint (Business cards and marketing material including postcards, brochures, T-shirts, totes, and more)
    • Moo (Business cards, postcards, flyers, brochures, letterhead, and more)
  • Invoicing
    • Freshbooks (Small business accounting tool)
    • Harvest‎ (Timekeeping, invoicing, and reporting tool)
    • Xero (Small business accounting tool)
    • Quickbooks (Online accounting tool)
    • Outright (Online small business bookkeeping and tax tool)
  • Calendar Scheduler Apps
    • Acuity Scheduling (Scheduling and booking tool allowing real-time availability, online payments, schedule/modify appointments)
    • TimeTrade (Cloud-based scheduling tool that integrates with popular CRM solutions)
    • Book Like a Boss (Scheduling tool designed to effectively sell digital and physical products)
    • Calendly (Scheduling tool that integrates with third-party calendars including Google Calendar, Outlook, iCloud and more)
  • SEO Apps/tools
    • Yoast (Powerful resource offering tools and training to optimize WordPress site for SEO)
    • Moz (SEO tools including Keyword Explorer, social and page metrics, and local business list tracking)
    • Ryte (Formerly OnPage.org, monitors website health, search engine, and performance ranking, content analysis, and performance)
    • SEM Rush (Tools include technical SEO and backlink audit, social engagement, and more)
  • CRM / Emails – Active Campaign
    • ActiveCampaign (CRM & Email marketing automation solution)
    • Zoho (CRM & Email marketing automation solution)
    • ConvertKit (Email marketing automation solution)
  • Carts
    • ThriveCartDigital Product eCommerce Platform – Lifetime (no monthly fees)
    • SamCart Digital Product eCommerce Platform
    • WordPress eCommerce Plugin (Sell any type of digital products and services from your WordPress-powered site securely with complete automation)
    • WooCommerce (Highly customizable eCommerce platform for online stores powered by WordPress)
  • Payment Options
    • Stripe (Online payment solution allowing customers to make payments online and manage subscriptions)
    • Square (Point of sale and retail payment solution offering real time inventory tracking and vendor management)
    • Sitepoint (8 PayPal Alternatives for Your Online Business, details breakdown of alternatives to PayPal)
  • Evergreen Automation
    • Deadline Funnel
  • Webinars
    • Demio
    • Go To Meeting (Offering online video, audio conferencing, and collaboration tools)
    • Zoom (Offering online video, audio conferencing, and collaboration tools)
  • List Building
  • Integrations
  • Viral Sharing
    • Upviral
    • IFTT

Management Tools / Project Management

  • Manifestly (Checklist app)
  • Airtable (Use it to manage projects, organize customer relationships, catalog your inventory, or make reusable checklists)
  • Trello (Organization)
  • EverNote (Bookmarking)

Project Management Tools

Cloud Storage

Processes

Proposal Tool

Communication

Recording

  • Droplr (Screen capture & video recording)
  • Loom (Screen capture & video recording)
  • Content Snare (Getting content from clients)
  • LastPass (Password manager, create a master password to manage all your passwords)

Calendar Scheduler Apps

  • Acuity Scheduling (Scheduling and booking tool allowing real-time availability, online payments, schedule/modify appointments)
  • TimeTrade (Cloud-based scheduling tool that integrates with popular CRM solutions)
  • Book Like a Boss (Scheduling tool designed to effectively sell digital and physical products)
  • Calendly (Scheduling tool that integrates with third-party calendars including Google Calendar, Outlook, iCloud and more

Chat Apps (on your WordPress website)

Tech

Podcasting

SEO apps/tools

  • Yoast (Powerful resource offering tools and training to optimize WordPress sites for SEO)
  • Moz (SEO tools including Keyword Explorer, social and page metrics, and local business list tracking)
  • Ryte (Formerly OnPage.org, monitors website health, search engine, and performance ranking, content analysis, and performance)
  • SEM Rush (Tools include technical SEO and backlink audit, social engagement, and more)

AccessAlly https://www.virtual-partner.com/AccessAlly
ActiveCampaign https://www.virtual-partner.com/Active-Campaign
Acuity Calendar https://www.virtual-partner.com/acuity-scheduling
Airtable https://www.virtual-partner.com/airtable
AppSumo https://www.virtual-partner.com/AppSumo
Better Proposals https://www.virtual-partner.com/better-proposals
Book Like a Boss https://www.virtual-partner.com/book-like-a-boss
BookaFy https://www.virtual-partner.com/Bookafy
BuzzSprout Podcast https://www.virtual-partner.com/BuzzSprout
Calendly https://www.virtual-partner.com/Calendly
Click Minded
ClickUp https://www.virtual-partner.com/ClickUp
Content Creator Planner https://www.virtual-partner.com/Content-Creator-Planner
ContentSnare https://www.virtual-partner.com/ContentSnare
ConvertBox https://www.virtual-partner.com/ConvertBox
ConvertFlow https://www.virtual-partner.com/Convert%20Flow
ConvertKit https://www.virtual-partner.com/convertkit
Cylance Consumer Shop https://www.virtual-partner.com/Cylance-Consumer-Shop
Demino
Depositphotos https://www.virtual-partner.com/stock-photos
Descript Editing Tool https://www.virtual-partner.com/Descript
Design Pickle https://www.virtual-partner.com/designpickle
Droplr https://www.virtual-partner.com/droplr
EnvatoElements https://www.virtual-partner.com/envato-market
FlyWheel https://www.virtual-partner.com/flywheel
FreshBooks https://www.virtual-partner.com/freshbooks
GDPR Tracker https://www.virtual-partner.com/GDPR-tracker
GoWP https://www.virtual-partner.com/GoWP
GravityForms https://www.virtual-partner.com/Gravity-Forms
GrooveFunnels https://www.virtual-partner.com/free-groove
HelloAudio Podcast https://www.virtual-partner.com/helloaudio
HelloBar https://www.virtual-partner.com/Hello-Bar
Interact https://www.virtual-partner.com/quiz-tool
InVideo https://www.virtual-partner.com/InVideo
iThemes https://www.virtual-partner.com/iThemes
iThemes Security https://www.virtual-partner.com/ithemes-security
Jarvis AI https://www.virtual-partner.com/Jarvis-AI
Jennifer Bourn https://www.virtual-partner.com/Jennifer-Bourn
LearnDash https://www.virtual-partner.com/LearnDash
LifterLMS https://www.virtual-partner.com/Lifter-LMS
LiquidWeb https://www.virtual-partner.com/Liquid-Web
LogoMyWay https://www.virtual-partner.com/Logo-My-Way
LOOM https://www.virtual-partner.com/loom
MissingLTR https://www.virtual-partner.com/missingletter
MyWebAudit https://www.virtual-partner.com/mwa-campaigns
NameCheap https://www.virtual-partner.com/NameCheap
Page Builder https://www.virtual-partner.com/Page-Builder
Pretty Links https://www.virtual-partner.com/pretty-links
ProcessStreet https://www.virtual-partner.com/Process-Street
Repurpose Podcast https://www.virtual-partner.com/repurpose
Rocketium https://www.virtual-partner.com/Rocketium
SamCart https://www.virtual-partner.com/samcart-courses
SaneBox https://www.virtual-partner.com/SaneBox
Searchie https://www.virtual-partner.com/searchie
ShareSale https://www.virtual-partner.com/Share-a-Sale
Shipt https://www.virtual-partner.com/shipt
SiteGround https://www.virtual-partner.com/SiteGround
SpeedLancer https://www.virtual-partner.com/Speeclancer
Stencil https://www.virtual-partner.com/stencil
Teachable https://www.virtual-partner.com/teachable
TeamWork https://www.virtual-partner.com/teamwork
The Events Calendar (WP Plugin)
ThinkIfIt https://www.virtual-partner.com/thinkifit
ThriveCart https://www.virtual-partner.com/thrive-cart
TryInteract https://www.virtual-partner.com/quiz-tool
Vimeo https://www.virtual-partner.com/vimeo
Webinar Kit
WooCommerce https://www.virtual-partner.com/woocommerce
WP Fix It https://www.virtual-partner.com/WP-Fix-It
WPEngine https://www.virtual-partner.com/WPEngine

 

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