It's been a while. And while I'm not one of those "gooroos" who like to sell you stuff just because it's a holiday, I do like to point out good great deals when I see them.
It's Cyber Monday, in case you haven't
heard. LOL.
I've got a few things I want to share with you. These are products and services I use myself, in and OUT of my business.
In no particular order...
(That's a lie. If you really want to get down to bidness in 2024, you need a website. That means you need a domain first. Then hosting. Then a good theme. Then the plugins...and you need a great email service provider like Aweber.)
Domains - Namecheap. Duh. I've used 'em for decades. No need to change now. Big sale (up to 99 percent off domains).
Web hosting - A2 Hosting. You can lock in up to 3 years of super cheap yet excellent webhosting right now. DO IT. Up to 85 percent off.
WordPress
Theme - Thrive Themes. They're under new ownership, it seems, and prices and terms kinda went bonkers, but I will keep using them until they get grumpy on me and tell me I can't use them on 50 or 100 sites. Then I'll tell 'em to piss off. For now, I'm happy with 'em.
Sale prices are up to 65 percent off. One good thing about new ownership is this sale. Before, they NEVER put any of their stuff on sale. EVER.
Note that getting the above "suite" gets you all of their themes AND plugins, which are incredible for lead capture and page
building.
Plugins - Besides the just-mentioned Thrive Suite, you should have a backup. UpdraftPlus is probably my most-trusted WordPress plugin. It backs up your
whole installation and stores it in the cloud (Google Drive and Dropbox, among others).
Sale discount isn't awesome. But at 20 percent off, it's solid. Money is money. A penny saved and all that jazz.
Those are the "essentials."
Everything below this line is optional.
Plugins - RankMath (up to 30 percent off) is a nearly perfect SEO plugin for WordPress. Rock solid. Does a lot of
cool stuff like redirects and opens external links in new browsers/tabs if you want it to.
Pretty Links Pro (up to 70 percent off, make sure you scroll to get the discount) makes your affiliate links, uh,
pretty. You also don't have to use TinyURL or Bitly. Both kinda suck.
In another email today (yes, today), I'll send out my favorite "tools" like Publer, Aweber, and Keywords Everywhere. Stay tuned.
With love,
Bill