Here is a list of resources and tools for your website building and online business needs. I get asked to provide recommendations in the following resources all the time: Web hosting, email marketing, shopping cart companies. These are all reputable companies, and I have personally used many of them with great results. However, please do your own due diligence by checking out their websites, etc. as we all have different requirements for resources that we use.
Here are some resources we like.
Hosting with SiteGround
http://www.christinasresources.com/siteground/
Hosting with GreenGeeks
https://www.christinasresources.com/greengeeks
Note: We no longer recommend Hostgator hosting as we have run into issues with them having outdated software (like PHPMyAdmin and MySQL database)
Books:
Here is the book we recommend for beginners to learn the fundamentals. Purchasing this book is optional, but will greatly aid you in building your website, and understanding how to use WordPress. The edition of this book is a bit older than other books, however I still recommend this as the author has the best way to explain WordPress
The Backup plugins we like best:
UpdraftPlus
https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/
ManageWP
https://www.christinasresources.com/managewp
BackWPUp
https://wordpress.org/plugins/backwpup/
Shopping Cart Systems / Payment Processors
ThriveCart
https://www.christinasresources.com/thrivecart
Stripe
https://stripe.com/
PayPal
https://www.paypal.com/
Email Marketing Resources
The AWeber Email Marketing System
http://christinahills.AWeber.com
Mail Chimp
http://www.ChristinasResources.com/mailchimp
ActiveCampaign for Email Marketing
https://www.christinasresources.com/activecampaign
Constant Contact for Email Marketing
www.christinasresources.com/constantcontact
iContact for Email Marketing
http://www.christinasresources.com/icontact/
Ontraport for Email Marketing
www.christinasresources.com/ontraport/
Membership Plugin
Wishlist Member
https://christinasresources.com/wishlist
Other Resources We Use:
Instant Teleseminar (the easy way to record Teleseminars and have playback pages)
http://www.InstantTeleseminarEvent.com
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Disclosure: Some of these links listed on this site are affiliate links. And if clicked and purchased, we may receive a small compensation for the recommendation.