Did you know that an entrepreneur’s productivity level is affected by the productivity tools they use?

One way or another, the right tools with the right planning will help you get more jobs done in a shorter time span. And when you have more time in your hands, you can achieve more tasks than what’s expected.

Juggling so many tasks can be daunting and lead to a lot of stress. If you’re an entrepreneur and you want to become more efficient, productive and successful, here’s a list of tools you need to use today.

 

1. Buffer

Social media marketing is the next big thing in marketing. Regardless the size of your business, you got to engage in social and this is where Buffer helps you to improve your productivity level. You can schedule social media updates and perform serious analytics with Buffer. This makes building up your brand and company on social media extremely easy.

 

2. Hootsuite

Hootsuite is a powerful alternatives to Buffer. However, Hootsuite works slightly different from its competitors. Aside from scheduling and analytics, Hootsuite helps to increase productvity but having the social listening feature. You can listen and engage with customers while understand the strategies taken by your competitors.

 

3. Trello

Working with a team and want to delegate tasks efficiently? Trello allows you to do so — and in style! The thing that makes Trello a powerful productivity tool is that it allows you to drag and drop between projects (or also known as boards). You can create checklists, images and texts to take productivity to the next level. It comes with a free account and you can subscribe for paid ones for more features.

 

4. Evernote

Evernote is probably one of the best (and popular) productivity tools for entrepreneurs. It allows you to upload images, voice memo, texts, reminders and chat with your colleagues for team collaboration. What makes it really useful is the offline feature where you can access the notes anytime of the day from any mobile devices. Just like Trello, there are both free and paid accounts with different features.

 

5. Clear

This is an iPhone app and it does one thing (and only one thing) superbly well. It helps you to get organized and ensure that tasks are completed in a timely matter. Clear allows you to add new tasks and reminders under a few seconds. Simple actions such as swiping the tasks left and right would open up more options such as delete the task or marking the task as complete.

 

 

6. Any.Do

Another powerful task management app on smartphones. It integrates perfectly on computers too and the one thing that makes it stand out from the rest would be the ‘ morning notifications’. For example, when you set your day start at 9am, Any.Do will send you a reminder on tasks that need to be completed on the same day. You can snooze, change date or even set the tasks as complete. And the best part, it is free to download (paid plans available).

 

7. Asana

Looking for productivity tools to help your team with task management? Asana is a free project-management tool that allows teams to communicate without email, in one central location. Trust me, you can’t ask for more than this!

 

8. Fiverr

Entrepreneurs are always chasing for more time and yes, 24 hours isn’t enough. Fiverr is a market place to find for nearly everything (which starts at $5 per gig). If you are on a shoestring budget, you may want to consider getting a few gigs from Fiverr.

 

9. Elance and Upwork

Outsourcing is the key for higher productivity — sure, there would be cost involve but you are literally guaranteed with better time management and getting more work done. Sites such as Elance and Upwork allow busy entrepreneurs to hire freelancers to get specific jobs or tasks done. For those who are working on a tight budget, you can opt for different payment methods such as hourly or per project basis.

You can search for thousands of freelancers with different capabilities and price range. Personally, I love using Elance to find for Virtual Assistants (VA’s). The concept is pretty simple; You act as an employer and you post a project. Freelancers from all around the world will bid for the project and you can select them based on experience, price range etc. Payment could be done by milestones or after completing the project.

 

10. Social media platforms

Believe it or not, social media platforms are great source of productivity hacks. For example, spending sometime on Twitter or Pinterest would give you a couple of ideas for your upcoming project. Plus, with social media being live 24-7, you know that you are going to get the latest trends — every single time.

 

11. Talkwalker

Consider Talkwalker as a newer, more advanced version of Google Alerts. It offers more comprehensive results and more options that allow you to check for mentions of your company online. This helps with public relations and the chance to interact with people who are discussing your brand online.

 

12. DropBox

DropBox allows you to share files with others, sync files across devices and ensuring your files are constantly accessible (while safe) in the cloud. As an entrepreneur, this is a great productivity tool as it allows you to share important files with your colleagues without needing to send an email attachment or using hard copies.

 

13. Google Drive

You already know about this tool, but the release of Chromebooks and the ability to convert and edit Microsoft Office documents make this productivity tool (and accompanying Docs and Sheets) a great way to collaborate and share documents with your clients, freelancers or employees. Do I really need to elaborate more on this?

 

14. Audible / Kindle Unlimited

Most entrepreneurs read a lot. For me, listening to audio version of the book is always an awesome way to save more time while increasing your productivity level. With both Amazon Kindle and Audible, you can listen to several audio books each month.

 

15. EventBrite

Are you looking for the latest networking event in town? Head over to EventBrite and discover tickets for small to medium size events at reasonable prices. EventBrite also allows you to create and host your own event in the case of need (which is awesome).

 

16. Meetup

Looking for bigger events to join and EventBrite isn’t capable to provide such resources? Meetup is the tool for you. It is a super effective way to find influencers, local events and networking groups in just a few clicks of the button.

 

17. Editorial calendar

Do you find yourself rushing to get posts published on your company blog? Using an editorial calendar like this one would help you to publish posts in a timely manner. It also allows you to be more productive and ensure your readers are constantly getting updates without fail.

 

18. Rainmaker Platform

Looking for an all-in-one marketing platform for your startup business? Introducing the Rainmaker Platform; A complete marketing platform that allows you to build your own marketing and sales platform build under one roof. From superior web hosting to marketing tool, Rainmaker Platform takes your marketing and productivity level from A to A+ in just a few clicks. You can also try it for 14-days free using this link.

 

19. AWeber

I bet you heard about email marketing before. Trust me, email marketing is a great productivity tool if done correctly. I use AWeber as my email marketing provider and with it, I create multiple follow up emails and broadcast emails to be delivered at the right time — every week. AWeber is set to send out welcome emails for new subscribers and specific emails for those who have completed several tasks; clicking on links, opening emails etc.

I know you want to try AWeber for free. All you need is to fill up the this form and you are all set!

 

20. IFTTT

IFTTT is the short form for IF This, Then That. Basically it allows you to create automated tasks to speed up your productivity level. One of my favorite (and most used) productivity hacks using IFTTT is when I tag ‘tasks’ to a post to Pocket app, it will automatically trigger and action which will add the the title and details of the post to my Evernote notebook entitled, Follow Up Tasks. Instead of manually saving the information on Evernote, IFTTT does it for me and it save up a lot of my time. At the moment, there are over 50 different actions and triggers to customize your automation.

 

21. Feedly

Reading is common among entrepreneurs and with the number of new posts found on the Internet daily, we are definitely not able to keep track of them. This is where Feedly comes into play.

Feedly allows you to add your favorite RSS feeds under one roof; thus allowing you to get the latest news without the need of heading over the the website. It has both desktop and mobile applications which makes it extremely user-friendly and favorable among entrepreneurs.

 

22. Boomerang

Boomerang is a great tool when you want to schedule email and providing you reminders when you don’t get a respond back. With Boomerang, you can compose an email and schedule it for later or even create follow up notifications for important sales email. If you are constantly looking for productivity tool for email marketing, this is one tool you need to use.

 

23. Grammarly

Writing a sales copy can be very time consuming and most of the time, we don’t check our writings. If you are looking for the best plagiarism checker, automated proofreader and grammar checker, look no further. Grammarly is used by thousands, both professionals and beginners in increasing their standards of writing.

 

24. Google Webmaster Tools

If you have a website, you will know how important it is to have Google indexing your website. Besides all the good stuffs Google can provide, Google Webmaster Tools would provide additional information on your website such as:

• Broken links
• Outrages
• Click through rates (CTR)
• Ranking and popularity of specific keywords

 

25. Bing Webmaster Tools

Bing Webmaster Tools is alike the one in Google. Adding your website to the system would allow Bing bots to scout your site. Sure, majority of us use Google search but do not underestimate the power of Bing as well.

 

26. Google Keyword Planner

Search engine optimization (SEO) is not dead. Well, at least not yet. You probably heard about using the paid keyword research tool like LongTailPro. But here’s the good part.

Google Keyword Planner is a free tool that allows you to search for popular (and potential) keywords to rank for. Since it is free to use and is owned by Google, rest assured that the results are (pretty much) accurate.

 

27. Google Analytics

I have yet to come across an entrepreneur who doesn’t use Google Analytics. Google Analytics allows you to track your website in different segments. For example:

• Number of visitors
• Source of traffic
• Geographical statistics

If you manages a website, register an account with Google Analytics and you will get a code to install on your website. Don’t worry, it only takes a few minutes to install it and it is pretty simple too!

 

28. Buzzsumo

Do you want to know what are the popular topics on social media? If yes, Buzzsumo is a must-have productivity tool for any serious entrepreneurs. Search for a specific keyword on Buzzsumo and it will provide a list of report (and ranking) on blog posts based on the number of social shares.

 

29. Ninja Outreach

Entrepreneurs are always looking for better connections and networking. Ninja Outreach allows you to reach out to influencers within your niche in just a few clicks. What I love about Ninja Outreach is the ability to search and discover information on specific influencers such as:

• Links to social media accounts
• Contact
• Website
• Popularity

In short, Ninja Outreach will cut down the time of searching for influencers from hours to just minutes.

 

30. WordPress CMS

WordPress CMS is the most popular blogging platform for entrepreneurs. WordPress allows you to schedule new post updates without hassle and it does more than just scheduling (for the record). You can literally build an online store or your business portfolio using WordPress.

Need more? WordPress comes with distraction-free writing where you can write as much as you want without being distracted by the sidebars and stuffs.

Make no mistake. WordPress is an extremely versatile productivity tool if you use it correctly.

 

31. Socialoomph

Social media marketing is challenging and we often wish to have the ‘set and forget’ tool. If that’s the case, you need to take a look at Socialoomph.

It is a paid social media tool that allows you to integrate to unlimited social accounts on major platforms. There are many features you can use such as:

• Queue
• Random post
• Post and repeat (unlimited times)
• Specific time scheduling

And that’s not about it. It also allows spinning of words to maximize the uniqueness of the post by using syntax. Here’s an example:

5 ways to be (more productive|increase productivity level} as en entrepreneur

Side from spinning, it also has the follow feature which is extremely powerful if you are planning to increase your Twitter followers. Socialoomph will provide a list of recommended Twitter profiles you could follow based on your requirement and settings.

 

32. Storify

Storify can be used for a few reasons; from getting high quality backlinks to curating articles and finding more popular topics. If you are in the creative marketing industry, involving heavily on Storify would boost your visibility as well as potentially ranking better on search engines.

Question: Should you consider Storify as a productivity tool for entrepreneurs?

 

33. Tumblr

If your target market is millennials, Tumblr is definitely an awesome platform to engage in. Tumblr is used as a micro-blogging site and could save you some money if you have no plans to own your own domain.

Why is Tumblr a productivity tool for entrepreneurs?

You can easily integrate pictures, blog posts, videos etc into Tumblr and share them with the world (or to your potential customers).

 

34. Quill Engage

This is a pretty decent productivity tool especially when you want specific information about your website analytics. Quill Engage integrates perfectly well with Google Analytics and instead of reading the raw data directly from Google Analytics (and analyzing them yourself), Quill Engage will compile the data into a simple report.

This allows you to understand the website stats quickly and effectively without pulling your hair. If you want ‘someone’ to inteprete Google Analytics data for you, you really need to check out Quill Engage!

 

35. Slack

You heard about Slack and probably use Slack to boost your productivity. For those who have not heard about Slack, this is what you need to know.

Slack is powerful and it puts productivity to a whole new level. For me, it is a game changer and here are some advantages using Slack:

• Group conversations
• File sharing
• Contextual search (super crazy search feature)
• Easily integrated to over 80 different apps

Instead of using the typical email for conversation, Slack allows you to go the extra miles by providing a platform for communication between team members. As everything is done over real-time, productivity level can be increased dramatically.

 

36. Strikingly

If you are new into the website business, you are lucky. Here’s what you need to know about Strikingly based on their tagline.

Gorgeous, mobile-friendly websites in minutes.

Yes, you read it right. You can build any website from scratch and without any coding skills in just minutes. Instead of spending thousands of dollars (and hours) hiring web designers and getting those website designs up, you can put those resources into good use — yes, in your business.

 

37. Unroll.me

Most entrepreneurs are constantly flooded with emails, right? I receive over 100 emails a day and I am sure you do too!

Unroll.me is a great tool to help you unsubscribe emails which are not important or no longer relevant for you. In just a few clicks, it can clear your inbox and I personally reduce over 80% of my email subscriptions which I had never opened or read.

Plus, the latest feature is ‘the rollup’ where you will receive emails will appear in your inbox every day at the time you choose. All your subscriptions will be beautifully merged into one email and that’s it!

 

38. Mention

Keeping track of mentions on Twitter is not an easy task especially when you have thousands of followers. Sure, you could keep try to do so but it will take a huge chunk of your time and your productivity level will go down.

This is where Mention comes into play. A simple tool that keep you updated with the mentions you get from Twitter and you can even respond directly from the app.

Want to save more time and improve productivity level on social media? Try using Mention and you can thank me later.

 

39. Zapier

This is relatively an alternative to IFTTT. In short, Zapier connects the apps you use constantly, automate tasks and getting more out of your 24 hours.

Zapier is a great tool and with custom automation tasks, you can literally get anything done using Zapier. It doesn’t burn a hole in your pocket either as it has the ‘forever free’ plan and paid plans that starts at $20 per month.

 

40. Flipboard

For entrepreneurs who love reading, Flipboard is a must to have. Flipboard allows you to create multiple magazines and ‘flipping’ articles you find interesting into them. The best part about Flipboard is that it makes reading real simple and it is extremely easy to follow (and share) posts that are interesting to you and your followers.

 

41. Pocket

Pocket is another great productivity tool for entrepreneurs. I use Pocket to save important articles and news for future reference. Pocket is integrated with nearly every platform out there and there is no better tool compared to Pocket when it comes to content curation.

 

42. Sidekick

Sidekick is a Chrome extension and it is created by Hubspot. Sidekick gives you a truck load of features such as:

• A notification when the email is send, open and read
• Location of the email receiver / sender
• Complete profile for your contacts
• Scheduling emails to be send at specific times

If you are in the sales or marketing industry, Sidekick is definitely a productivity tool you need to use. Period.

 

43. Smartphone planner

It doesn’t matter if you are an Android guy or Apple fan, your smartphone is probably your best productivity tool … ever. Have a task or specific project to complete?

How about leaving a note in your planner and turn on the notification?

While the step may be really simple, it is guaranteed to increase your productivity level by miles apart because you are constantly reminded on the tasks you need to complete.

Make sense?

 

44. XMind

Brain storming is pretty a much a must-do task for entrepreneurs and XMind is probably the best productivity tool for mind mapping. Free to download on Mac and Windows, it allows you to create multiple charts and turning them into a storage vault.

If you are constantly planning on the next big thing, XMind will take your brain storming process to a whole new level. Trust me on that.

 

45. WorkFlowly

I came across WorkFlowly thanks to AppSumo. This is a great alternative to XMind and one of its selling point is simply, lightweight.

You can fire up WorkFlowly through mobile or desktop as long as you have an Internet connection and start writing down your ideas. While it doesn’t really work well as a brain storming tool, it is a great tool for taking down notes.

 

46. Google Alerts

Some says that Google Alerts isn’t a productivity tool but for me, it is. Instead of spending hours searching for information, Google Alerts send search data (based on your keyw0rds) directly to your email. To avoid clustering your email, you can opt for different schedules such as daily or real-time email notifications.

 

47. Wunderlist

For those who decide Evernote, there is Wunderlist for the rescue. It is pretty much an alternative to Evernote and it provides all the essentials such as taking down notes and data.

What makes Wunderlist highly favorable is due to its bright colour and the features which are extremely user-friendly. Wunderlist is available on all major smartphone platforms as well as on desktops too.

 

48. Table top timer

Do you have a table top timer? Well if you don’t, you can get one from Amazon (this or this) under $10. While blocking out an hour or a specific time a day to complete a task sounds simple, do not underestimate the power of it.

There are a lot of things that can be done in just 60 minutes of uninterrupted time.

 

49. Death to the Stock Photo

You are into business and you know exactly how important images are. Gone were the days where you use those images found on Google search. Bigger businesses are paying big bucks just to get their hands on stock photos.

But you are different because you are a small business and in terms of budget, you would rather save them for better use. This is where Death to the Stock Photo comes into play.

For a free account, you get once a month email on the latest stock images you can use for blogging, marketing and anything under the sun. Imagine the amount of time (and money) you can save especially when you are searching for that one perfect image for your marketing — delivered into your inbox on a monthly basis.

 

50. Canva

Using the right images is just one equation of the puzzle. Creating mesmerizing images with beautiful fonts and effects is another. If you are a beginner (or have bad designing skills like me), you are going to love Canva.

Canva is a freemium productivity tool especially when you are planning to create your own images. Canva literally transforms a complete beginner into a professional photograph editor in just a few minutes (and clicks).

 

What are your favorite productivity tools?

There are hundreds if not thousands of productivity tools an entrepreneur can use and I certainly hope I didn’t miss out any tools you can utilize right now and become more productive.

Have a productivity tool that is not listed here? Leave a comment below or hit me up on social to tell me all about it.

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A good web hosting company ensures that your website is constantly up and running, while being strong enough to handle the traffic spikes when your posts get featured on Business Insider, Mashable or Huffington Post.

The problem? Most web hosting companies can’t and they suck.

That’s a tough fact to swallow and more importantly, it is a bold statement. If you are in the web hosting industry for long, you would know that I am not bull-sh*ting about this.

Allow me to share some quick stories with you below before we go into the real discussion, Shared Web Hosting versus Virtual Private Servers (VPS).

 

The common web hosting scenario

You signed up a cheap web hosting (that costs you under 5 dollars a month) and before you can sit down and say “argh, life is good …”, you received notifications from your good friends on social media that your website is slapping them with multiple errors.

Your website had just crashed thanks to the article you had shared and it just got viral. You scrambled, turn on your laptop and tried hard to reach out to the web hosting support only to be greeted with the “we are currently close” and “we will get back to you within the next working days”.

That sucks. Period!

Imagine the traffic, leads and revenue lost during the outrage. It is unbearable, I know.

The above scenario happened to every 3 out of 5 website owners and it is simply because web hosting companies are known for overselling.

Overselling is a process where each hosting server is jammed pack with users to maximize the company’s profit.

 

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What happens when your website goes down?

Bad thing happens when your website is out. It could be from a massive DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack to website outrages due to traffic spikes, you are bound to lose more than just patience.

When that happen, your action would probably be this:

For beginners, you are losing out the crucial great first impression for new visitors. You are also losing out the important traffic from various channels. And it just gets even worst when your sales posts are down.

You get zero income, yes – a big fat ZERO and even though it may just be a few dollars in ads revenue.

If you run a business, you are talking about a big loss. Not only you are losing potential revenue, you are losing the much awaited leads as well. And it gets even worst when your social ads are still running (and pointing back to your website).

 

Need a real life story? Here’s mine.

It was back in 2009 when I first started blogging. Just a few months into my blogging to be exact.

Like the thousands of blogs out there, I wanted to save money (and partially, I’m pretty stingy) and choosing the cheapest web hosting service just makes all the sense to me.

Without thinking, I signed up for a shared web hosting account and the website was up (and running) within hours. If you think that sounds good, wait until you hear the second part of the story.

Weekly later, I noticed my website is struggling to cope up even with a mere 300 visitors a day. Until one day, one of my articles was mentioned on Harvard University blog and Yahoo! Small Business. That was then all hell break lost.

MY WEBSITE WENT DOWN!

For over 8 hours to be exact.

My then web hosting support said they would look into the matter after I frantically try to reach out to them in any means I could; email, forum, social media and phone — the whole 9-yard.

After hours and hours of waiting, my website was still down.

Long story short, they managed to bring my website back to life but the damage was done. I lost thousands of visitors, potential email subscribers and not to mention, the affiliate sales I could have earned.

I move over to a managed web hosting service after that incident and I never … n-e-v-e-r, experience a downtime. Ever.

The moral of the story is simple. You really get what you pay. In this case, paying $3 to $5 a month is definitely not worth it especially when you compare to the sales or traffic you can earn from the traffic spikes.

So, how do solopreneuers, bloggers and businesses solve this issue?

They scout the web for better solutions and that is literally the “good bye” to shared web hosting.

Most of us are smart consumers and scouting for the best web hosting solution is common.

Sure, there are a few who will migrate to another shared web hosting but majority of them would opt for something better (and more powerful) such as virtual private servers (VPS) or managed hosting.

 

Side note: How To Start And Make Money With Reseller Web Hosting Business?

 

Why should you choose Virtual Private Servers (VPS) and managed hosting?

You get performance, stability, scalability and security – all under one roof.

Most importantly, you get a peace of mind that your managed hosting or VPS is constantly up and running.

Unlike shared web hosting service where you are literally sharing the same amount of hosting resources with thousands of others, you are getting specific resources to yourself and for yourself only.

VPS and managed hosting are usually more performance based and they allow you to scale easily based on your traffic. When your business grow, the threat in the online world should be taken even more seriously. This is where VPS and managed hosting come into play.

The way the web hosting servers are being setup would ensure that your website will not be compromised even when your (virtual) neighbours are being hit with virus or malware.

Apart from that, there are also the automatic daily backup done to your site compared to shared web hosting that runs approximately once a week at most.

Alright, now, you will be thinking, “Reginald, do I really need a better web hosting service provider?”

Maybe — take a look at the below to help you make the decision.

 

How to determine if you need a managed web hosting or a VPS service?

There are many reasons for subscribing to managed web hosting or a VPS, and the below are the common ones:

• You receive a lot of traffic spikes and your current web hosting provider is not able to cope up with that
• Your website is constantly down
• Web pages take forever to load (over 3 seconds is slow)
• You are worried about website security
• You constantly need professional help in web hosting configurations
• Scalability is an issue with the current web hosting company

Wait! Don’t decide yet. The next part provides additional information you need to understand before taking up VPS or managed web hosting services.

 

Additional information about VPS and managed web hosting services

1. Virtual Private Servers (VPS)

VPS simply means that you owns the server and it works just for you. You will have 100% of everything and this literally guarantee massive firepower.

The downside of having a VPS is that you need to have at least a little technical knowledge in servers. Virtual Private Server usually comes in a ‘box’ which is unpacked. You would require to install all the needed software and applications before it can run perfectly.

Also, most VPS doesn’t come inbuilt with cPanel or all those shared web hosting control panel. Therefore, you will be working your way (most of the time) through SSH and command lines.

VPS could cost you a few dollars a month to several thousand depending on the specs you need for the server. Here are two of the best VPS providers you can choose from:

Option 1: Digital Ocean (starts at $5 per month)

• The most popular unmanaged VPS service provider
• You can start a VPS under 5 minutes
• No live support but there is a huge knowledge base and super active forums where you can ask questions (or find for answers)
• It is extremely scalable where you can upgrade or downgrade at anytime

Option 2: Cloudways (starts at $10 per month)

• The most popular managed VPS service provider
• An alternative to many unmanaged VPS hosting because of it flexibilities
• No coding skills required (just click and install) and extremely easy / useful especially for those who do not want to get your hands dirty with codes
• It works hand in hand with Digital Ocean VPS
• If you need bigger performance, you can opt to create VPS on Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform Live

 

2. Managed web hosting

Make no mistake. Most managed web hosting are based on VPS, but with a twist. Yes, they come with all the goodness of a VPS and as well as several other powerful features such as:

• Security checks (virus checking, firewall protections and hacking prevention)
• Caching features (inbuilt cache feature allows your website to load faster)
• Automatic nightly backups
• The ability to scale
• Servers which are setup for the best performance (no tweaking needed on your end)
• Live support and services
• Staging area (provided by some companies for demo and development)
• Automatic patching and updates allow you to have peace of mind

Managed web hosting is a great choice for those who are serious about their website’s performance, having good security features and most importantly, having live support which is just a click (or call) away.

It is also important to understand that there are many managed web hosting providers which provide different features. The below are the recommended one:

Option 1: GetFlyWheel (starts at $15 per month)

• Inbuilt cache system
• Nightly backup
• Fast support
• Inbuilt billing features (if you are in the business of reseller web hosting)
• The fastest managed web hosting provider (self-tested) – website loads under 1 second

Option 2: WPEngine (starts at $29 per month)

• Inbuilt cache system
• Nightly backup
• Live support
• CDN (content delivery network)
• Free website restoration in the case of hacking
• Staging area (useful for developers)
• Known for managing websites of big brands such as SoundCloud

Option 3: SiteGround (starts at $2.95 per month with limited features or $13.95 for full features)

• Offers premium web hosting services at a fraction of the price
• Inbuilt cache system (you could use your own cache plugin as well)
• Top notch support with live chat, email and phone assistance
• Servers are built with strong foundations for WordPress,, Joomla and Magento
• Staging platform

 

Conclusion

Most shared web hosting services face issues on a daily basis and as a paying customer, I see no reason why we should bear the cost (at the expense of traffic, money and brand name).

If you are looking for a cheap VPS service (and have some coding knowledge), you won’t go wrong with Digital Ocean. And if you want to keep your hands cleans from codes, try Cloudways instead for some flexible managed VPS services on the cloud.

Serious about the uptime on your business website? Managed hosting such as WPEngine will keep you smiling all the time thanks to their customer service team. For website designers, marketers and resellers, you will find GetFlyWheel the best option with inbuilt cache feature and powerful billing system.

And if all the above doesn’t fit your needs, there’s Siteground that offers above average performance web hosting performance at the fraction of the cost.

At the end of the day, VPS and managed web hosting are always a better choice compared to shared web hosting services. By just paying a little more money, you get ample performance, stability, scalability and security that matters most in today’s online business world.

Questions about shared web hosting, managed hosting and VPS (virtual private servers)? Leave a comment below!

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Do you believe that a heavy smoker can quit smoking for good? It may be hard to believe but trust me, it is doable.

If you are ready to quit smoking for good, this post is for you. Before you scroll down, I want you to be 101% determined to quit smoking … because if you don’t, this method (or any other smoking remedies will not work). Period.

I want you to want to stop smoking badly. Most of you are just ‘kinda’ want to quit smoking and majority of you want to quit smoking because you ‘think’ you want to! Folks, you have to want to quit smoking (for good) in order to quit smoking!

This is because I tried to quit smoking multiple times over the years. It took me 9 tries before I was able to quit smoking for good. Until today, it has been years since I touch a cigarette. Seriously.

I bet you want to know how I get that done. Carry on reading below … and if you find this article useful, please … PLEASE share it around with your friends and help them out!

Step 1: The right mindset to QUIT SMOKING

It all starts with your mind. Yes, the thing in your skull.

Do you know why I stress about “seriously wanting to quit smoking”? Because if you are not determined, you ain’t going to quit smoking.

And if you are looking for reasons to quit smoking, here are some you may find useful:

• Secondary ‘smokers’ get twice (or more) smoking effects compared to smokers
• Smoking leads to lung cancer (along with a dozen others)
• Affects anxiety and irritability
• May result in poorer visions
• Smoking affects mood stimulation
• Constricted blood vessels
• Stained teeth
• Erectile dysfunction
• Infertility
• Problems with pregnancy
• Problems with newborns

For more information, you can refer to the 27 effects of smoking (credits to Healthline).

So, are you motivated enough to quit smoking for good?

 

Step 2: The one quit smoking strategy that even a heavy smoker will fall for it

No, I’m not kidding. Years back, I was smoking around 1.5 to 2 packs (20 cigarettes per pack) on a daily basis. I was in my late teenage life and I believe that I was unstoppable until one day … where I was required to use the stairs. It was just a mere 5 levels above me and it-was-difficult!

I was out of breath, panting and sweating way before reaching my destination. That was the moment where I realized that I need to quit smoking … or I would be in real trouble.

I tried quit-smoking gums, patches … the whole 9-yard. Nothing works and I was back to smoking again.

It was the end of the 8th try where I realized that “damn, these quit smoking tips aren’t working”. So I decided to go with my own technique.

This quick smoking technique doesn’t cost you a single cent, it only requires you to be determined.

The step is simple. Reduce by half a stick once every week.

And before you even think that I’m joking, continue reading the next part. Yes, I dare you!

 

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Step 3: Can this quick smoking method really work?

Yes, it does and I’m a living proof myself!

Once every week, you need to reduce the cigarette intake by half a stick. So, if you are smoking say 100 sticks a week, you should be taking in 99.5 stick the first week, 99 sticks in the second week, 98.5 sticks the following week and it continues.

The trick is simple. Reduce your cigarette intake by half a stick (or one stick if you are aggressive) once a week.

There are two important tips here:

• You MUST NOT stop once you start using this quit smoking strategy
• You may ought to reduce more than half a cigarette from time to time

The concept behind this quit smoking strategy is simple. You are reducing your cigarette smoking intake by a very minimal quantity and in most cases, our minds aren’t that attentive.

This makes quit smoking much easier and the reduction of cigarette smoking is much lesser.

And if you are wondering how the cigarette looks like when the flame is put out, here’s an image of it:

Alright, you get the point.

You don’t have to throw that cigarette and you can even keep it for the next day (or for the next round you smoke). While it may be fine for some people, the only downside is that heavy smokers will notice the ‘half-burned’ cigarette has lost its distinct taste due to the previous airflow.

 

Step 4: Keep a close watch (on yourself)

This is a crucial part when it comes to quit smoking. Do you think that 9 months is a long time?

Yes, it is and in order to quit smoking faster, you can convince yourself (and your mind) by giving a form of reward upon completing a specific task.

And not just any tasks. It has to be reducing the amount of cigarette smoked instead of just a reduction of half a stick every week.

Sure, you can opt to do this from time to time as it may be stressful for heavy smokers. Just bear in mind that each time you reduce the amount of cigarette smoked in a week, you are one step closer in quit smoking.

 

ALERT : Reseller Web Hosting Business (How To Start And Make Money)

 

Do you still need help in quit smoking?

If you followed the steps above to quit smoking (and determine at the same time), I am sure you’ll be able to achieve your ultimate goal. In this case, it is to reduce and stop smoking for good.

However, I know that you may need or looking for even more help in stop smoking. The below are some of the Amazon best sellers if you ever need some help in that sense:

• The Easy Way for Women to Stop Smoking – $11.78 (221 reviews)
• Quit Tea Natural Stop Smoking Aid – $11.18 (212 reviews)
• LifeSign QuitKey Smoking Cessation Computer – $53.99 (72 reviews)
• Kirkland Signature Quit Smoking Gum, 4 mg, 380 Count – $58.37 (59 reviews)
• The Kerry Gaynor Method – The Doctor Recommended way to QUIT SMOKING FOR LIFE – $89.85 (24 reviews)

Have you stopped smoking? If you have any extra tips to stop smoking fast, feel free to comment below!

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Have you thought of starting your own reseller web hosting business? More importantly, can you make money with reseller web hosting?

The short answer is “yes” and the longer answer is “yes but it takes a lot of hard work”.

In this article, we will go through the steps needed to start your own reseller web hosting business; from getting the right hosting provider to getting more clients.

Ready to dive in?

BONUS: Want to save more money during startup? Here are 10 tips to help you save more money during startups.

1. Understand your targeted customers

This is the most crucial part of any web hosting business. You need to know who your clients are and what will attract them to your business.

Sure, existing business owners may disagree with this but if you are just starting up, always aim for a niche market first before heading over to the bigger markets.

Why you would need to understand your targeted customers?

There are many advantages for this. Several data you can collect from understanding your customers are:

• Spending limit
• Requirements
• Support and services (that they are expecting)

Need more example? Here’s one you can digest.

Imagine your targeted customers are students within the age of 18 to 24. For starters, they would have a lower spending capabilities and you need to scale your business accordingly based on their needs.

You could even create smaller packages to fit their needs. And when you do that, make sure that you are providing enough room for them to scale up within the shortest time period.

 

2. Knowing your competitors in the hosting environment

The second part is pretty clear cut. Having a good grip (understanding) on who are your potential competitors will prove to be extremely useful.

Most of the time, you wouldn’t want to provide a web hosting service which is much cheaper or more expensive than your competitors as this will effect your revenue. Instead, you are always focusing on the best value-for-money and being competitive at the same time.

What you should look for when it comes to understanding your web hosting competitors?

Again, let’s make this as simple as possible using bullets form:

• Features offered
• Additional services (if applicable)
• Performance
• Pricing structures

Allow me to stress that it is extremely important not to undervalue or overvalue your web hosting services (by a bigger variance) as this will create a lot of strains in your revenue.

 

3. Finding the perfect reseller web hosting company

Make no mistakes. You can have your own servers if you have the budget but if you are just in the startup phrase, I would always prefer outsourcing the service. And in this case, it means that you subscribe to a reseller web hosting services. Also, outsourcing is a great way to reduce cost during startup.

I am well aware that there are many reseller web hosting services out there. Choosing the right reseller web hosting is definitely a tough job, right?

No, not really and here’s why.

How to choose the best reseller web hosting provider?

This is where the earlier stage of gathering data on your potential customers comes into play.

• Would it be the location of the data centers?
• Maybe, the amount of support you will be getting?
• How about the additional features such as WHM and billing features they would provide?

Trust me, the list goes on and on … and on.

The key factor for me would be:

• Simplicity of the web hosting management system
• The ability to scale up (or down) your business
• Customer support and services provided
• Pricing structures
• Uptime and SLA (even though we know most of them are unreliable information)

I am sure the above doesn’t sound that complicated after all. Yes, you would require some time to scout for the best value reseller web hosting but trust me, it will be worth while.

And if you are in a rush, have doubts in your decisions or just looking for some guidance, head over to the end of this post where I share a few reseller web hosting providers which I use personally.

 

4. Setting up the reseller web hosting business

The process of getting a reseller web hosting is slightly different from a normal web hosting but don’t worry. It is pretty clear and simple.

When you sign up for a reseller plan, you (usually) need to provide several information such as:

• Login and passwords
• Location of the data centers
• Any additional features which you require (which may cost additional money)

For the reseller web hosting providers which I personally use, they provide me with several guides which more information for geeky ones. If not, it is safe to keep them in your Dropbox or Evernote.

Once the setup is complete, they would provide you with NameServers and IP’s to use. Now these information are vital and keep them safe at all times. You would need to provide these information to your web hosting customers too.

Setting up a new account on a reseller web hosting account for new clients

Do you love the hear the sound of ‘cha-ching’? I sure do!

After your customer has paid you, you need to create their web hosting account and provide them with the needed information such as NameServers and IP’s. In some cases, you may also ought to provide them with migrations.

In a nutshell, here are the steps you need to do:

• Create an account in WHM for your customers
• Allocate the number of domains, bandwidth etc
• Send them details of their cPanel for them to start the web hosting services

Yes, that’s it folks! Pretty simple, right?

 

5. Must-do marketing efforts for reseller web hosting business

You want to succeed in the reseller web hosting business, don’t you?

After completing the creation of cPanel (and all the good stuffs), your job is yet to complete. Take a moment to collect the details of your customers and add them into your mailing list. Of course, get their approval in advance!

Why do you (seriously) need a mailing list?

For starters, you can use the list to promote your future products (upselling) and even keeping your web hosting customers in the loop.

There would be downtime and maintenance from time to time. With a mailing list, you can easily inform your customers in advance to avoid any lost of sale and unwanted inconvenience.

The value of a single email subscriber could be as low as $1 to over $10. So, always remember to grow your email list especially in the reseller web hosting business.

 

Question: Can you make money with reseller web hosting business?

Yes you could and that’s the fact.

However, it takes time … a lot of time to be exact. When you start a reseller web hosting business, you are literally building your business on shaky grounds. Starting up will definitely be a hard part, considering that you need to focus in performance, customer service and marketing — all at the same time.

You won’t really make much money during the early days of reseller web hosting business. You may even just be able to spit even when you have less than 5 customers.

When you build a mailing list and the number of customers increases, that’s when you will earn a bigger income from the business.

 

BONUS: The best reseller web hosting providers for beginners

It is important for you to understand that I have used (and currently using) these reseller web hosting providers. They are the best in various segments; value-for-money, performance and customer service.

Also, the links below are my affiliate links where I would get a small fees if you click and decide to buy for them. Rest assured that there is no additional cost will be charged to you in anyway.

Best value-for-money reseller web hosting provider: HostGator

All of us want cheap and reliable reseller web hosting, right? This is where HostGator comes into play.

For a starter plan, it comes with a huge 50 GB space, 500 GB worth of bandwidth and unlimited domains. 

Right now, you should be thinking “Why HostGator?” or “Is HostGator reseller web hosting plan suits me?”

Here’s what you’ll get when you sign up with HostGator:

• Unmetered domains, subdomains, emails and FTP accounts
• Easy to use control panel (cPanel and WHM)
• 99.9% uptime guarantee
• Private name servers based on your domain name (extremely important)
• Free WHMSC or WHM AutoPilot Client Management (billing software)
• Free website transfer up to 30 websites
• Automatic weekly data backup
• Phone, live chat and email support (24/7)

If you are thinking of making even more money, you can resell over 70+ gTLDs and ccTLDs as well to your customers.

HostGator starts at $19.96 per month and they offer 45-days money back guarantee too in the case if you are unhappy with their services (which I highly doubt so). Click here and get the latest HostGator discounts!

 

Best customer service support reseller web hosting provider: HostWithLove

If you are looking for a reseller web hosting provider that provides top notch customer service, look no further. HostWithLove is a mid-size web hosting company based in Singapore.

HostWithLove provide unlimited domains transfer, SSL certificates and best-efforts-basis (they could even fix your website if you are ‘kind’ enough to them — you get the point!).

Here are some of juicy features you will get when you have a reseller account with them:

• Cloudlinux and Litespeed features
• Unlimited transfers (extremely useful and cost efficient)
• Daily backup (again, this is godly)
• Unlimited SSL certificate
• Best-effort-basis customer service support to help you grow your reseller business
• Fully whitelable for branding purposes
• Ability to choose location of data centers

HostWithLove reseller web hosting package starts at $12.68 per month and it is extremely worthwhile for entrepreneurs who plan to start a hosting business from scratch.

Start your first reseller account with HostWithLove!

 

Best performance reseller web hosting provider: FlyWheel

They call themselves as “simple WordPress hosting and management”. And yes, they are managed WordPress hosting provider.

If your aim is to serve customers with high volume traffic with security in mind, FlyWheel is the only choice for you.

Here are some features when you sign up with FlyWheel’s reseller program:

• Easily manage multiple domain hosting with their custom dashboard
• Collaboration features which maximize work performance and productivity
• Transfer bills to your customers in just a few clicks
• Your customers only pay you when the site goes live (to avoid overbilling)
• Highly flexible staging area (important for web designers)
• Daily backup (super important)
• Pretty much guaranteed for blazing web loading speed
• Built-in caching system (so you don’t have to worry about those hair-pulling configurations)

If you are running an agency or a web development company, get FlyWheel as it provides performance, security, billing and collaboration under one roof. Trust me, no other web hosting company provides that.

The smallest reseller web hosting plan for FlyWheel starts at $100 per month and if you would require a custom plan, you could reach out to the sales team for further negotiation. Click here to try FlyWheel for FREE!

 

Are you ready to start your own reseller web hosting business?

Starting a reseller web hosting business isn’t (really) a walk in the park. It takes a little time to master the backend systems especially when you are newbie. However with the help of the above hosting companies, rest assured that you’ll be on a smooth sail all along.

Do you own a reseller web hosting business? Maybe planning to start one? Leave a comment below and tell me all about it.

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You heard that you can make money from blogging and you did your homework. Starting a blog is pretty cheap; to be exact, it takes only around $4 per month using BlueHost which gives you free domain. You read a dozen ‘how to make money on a blog‘ and you are skeptical.

Most bloggers recommend you not to think about making money from blogging the first few months of starting a blog. Why? They say you will be disappointed because you can’t make a lot of money with little traffic.

What if I tell you that most of them are lying to you? What if I tell you that you should be thinking of making money from day one of starting a blog? Or maybe, even before you start a blog?

My name is Reginald and I have been in this blogging industry since 2006. I’ve my ups and downs in blogging and what I am going to share with you … is never been shared before in any blog post of mine.

And I am going to tell you two things in this blog post:

1. Why you need to think about make money blogging before starting a blog?
2. How to make money on a blog?

No, I’m not joking. I’m well aware that I’m sharing information that most bloggers considered sacred and against the norm. But I love to be different and above everything, you deserve to know the truth about make money from blogging.

Related post: 5 Easy Businesses To Start (With Little Or No Money)

 

Why you need to think about make money blogging?

Starting a blog isn’t cheap. Serious bloggers use WordPress (no offence to Google’s Blogger / Blogspot platform) and you need a web hosting service to fire up your blog. As I mentioned earlier, web hosting isn’t expensive but you are certainly going to fork out a small amount of investment before you can start calling yourself a blogger.

Blogging is a business and in business, we talk about return of investment (ROI). So, you invested $100 dollars to start up your blog. When are you expecting to get back the funds?

In the next 3 or 6 months?

That’s the whole point. Blogging will forever be a business and it is never too early to think about monetizing a blog.

Sure, starting a blog from scratch would mean you have little or no traffic at all to make money. But have you considered that just by putting one banner on the sidebar could create at least a 0.1% chance of clicking? And that single click could earn you a few dollars on Google Adsense or a couple hundred dollars through affiliate sale.

The whole point is simple. You need to think about blog monetization even before you start a blog.

 

How to make money on a blog?

Months before I started Success Ground, I was devoted to make the blog work for me and it goes all the way from how to gain audience, generate blog traffic and ways to make money from blogging — the whole 9-yard.

I took the road less taken, the path that most bloggers consider it to be stressful, time consuming and most importantly, procrastination kicks in.

Step 1: List down potential ideas

When you start, there is absolutely no way to know which idea is the best and for most entrepreneurs, your mind would be exploding with tons of business ideas.

Regardless the size of the business, write them down (I use Evernote to keep track on my ideas).

Potential ideas could also be generated by asking and doing research. I asked over a dozen times on social media platforms and head over to sites like Quora to determine the most popular question asked by majority.

 

Step 2: Validating your business ideas

In my free entrepreneurship course ‘Startup to Success‘, I shared 3 powerful ways to validate my ideas to ensure that there is enough growth, popularity and on top of everything, existing markets that will buy or participate in my idea.

Validating business ideas is an important step to ensure success of your business.

The main goal is to streamline the top 5 business ideas that you know they will work through valid stats and information. So you aren’t jumping the gun here.

 

Related post: Get Noticed In A Noisy World (5 Simple Steps To Take You From Here To The Top)

 

Step 3: Determine your audience

Right — Let’s say you have determined you want to start a blog about ‘make money blogging’. The next step is to determine your target audience. And I mean very specific ones.

One of the biggest mistakes most bloggers do is by targeting a vast majority of audience. Unless you are managing a high traffic blog, you have better odds of success by targeting just a small market segment.

Target audience can be determined by using several tools. A list of my favorite tools would be:

• Talkwalker
• Facebook Insights

Talkwalker is basically an advanced Google Alerts that provides not only stats on keywords but as well as popularity of a specific keyword based on demographic. It even tell you the country, language and sex for that matter!

Facebook Insights is used by nearly everyone. All you need to do is to search for several related keywords and it will give you a set of data involving ages of people who might be interested.

Comparing Talkwalker and Facebook Insights, I rather use Talkwalker as it is basically on automation as it gives you details of everything while Facebook Insights requires you to input in relevant data before it can churn out stats for you.

When you have these data in hand, you’ll be able to determine:

• The type of content that will attract readers
• Ways of phrasing your content that fits the needs of the target audience
• Understand their ultimate challenge and provide the right solutions (because you are the problem solver for them)
• Have an idea of their buying persona’s or ability to spend

 

Step 4: Finding sources to make money on your blog

This part is fairly simple. Once you have determine the type of audience you are targeting and the problems they face, you can now decide on the solutions to provide to them.

For example, if my target audience are college students trying to find part time jobs, asking them to purchase equipment for podcasting may not be the best option. In fact, that could be a huge waste of time and effort.

However, what happens when you offer them a 1,000 words PDF tutorial which has over 50 part times job opportunities? I bet your email list is going to skyrocket overnight and you get tons of traction!

If you are thinking on how to make money on a blog, here are several sources to start with:

• Google Adsense
• Affiliate sales
• Banner advertising

Google Adsense is probably the easiest to start with. Register for an account on here and ensure that advertisements (or banner codes) are placed on strategic locations on the blog. Most popular sites would be in the middle of the post and sidebar.

Affiliate sales is basically the big ticket to earning more money on a blog. A single sale could mean several hundred dollars and it could go up to thousands. The trick here is to promote an affiliate product (preferably something you know or use) that you know will solve their problem.

Avoid promoting a product which you have no experience on as it may backfire you on down the road.

As of today, affiliate sales is one of the key revenue generator for most of my blogs. The only thing you have to remember is that you are required to have an affiliate disclaimer to ensure that you doesn’t face legal issues.

If you are looking for a list of recommended advertisement networks or affiliate programs to participate in, here are a few which I use on a daily basis (click to join for free):

• WP Engine Affiliate (Minimum $200 per sale)
• StudioPress Affiliate (35% commission per sale)

 

Step 5: Analyze your stats to make more money on your blog

The last step is all about making more money on your blog instead of the typical, “How to make money on a blog” type of thing.

Again, traffic will be low and slow when you just started a blog. So being realistic is going to ensure that you doesn’t jump the gun, lose hope and throw in the towel within a few months of blogging.

Analyzing your stats is important because you’ll know exactly what is working and generating you income.

I usually compare:

• Size of banners based on location
• Google Adsense vs Affiliate sales
• Clicks vs Conversions

The information above requires some time to collect. Depending on your blog traffic, it may take roughly 3 to 6 months to get highly accurate data. You must then decide how you want to leverage the statistics to make more money from your blog.

 

Related post: 15 Entrepreneurship Ideas For College Students

 

Want more “how to make money on a blog” type of tutorials?

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If you want to build a website from scratch, create a beautiful template but do not have the technical skills to do so, this post is for you. In this post, we are going to take a detailed look at the conversion focused Thrive Themes, powerful lead generation plugin, Thrive Leads, easy to use Thrive Content Builder and Thrive Landing Pages that turns your website into a marketing machine.

The Thrive Themes family is created by Shane Melaugh, the guy behind the once popular, Hybrid Connect plugin. For the record, I used Hybrid Connect since day one of the product launch and huge kudos to the team behind it. It is important to note that Hybrid Connect is no longer in production phrase and has been replaced with Thrive Leads.

This article is divided into four parts:

• Thrive Themes if you are looking for high converting and super-fast loading website themes
• Thrive Leads if your goal is to double or triple your email subscribers in the shortest time possible
• Thrive Content Builder if you want to create mesmerizing blog post with fluid drag and drop ability
• Thrive Landing Pages if you just want to have beautifully created landing pages to capture ever visitor who lands on that page (and in just a few clicks)

So regardless if you are a complete newbie in blogging, an experienced, serial blogger or expert in web designing, I am sure you’ll find them useful in your everyday life.

Ready to set the world on fire? LET’S GO!

Related article: Content Marketing Strategy You Can Steal From CopyBlogger

Thrive Themes Review

Thrive Themes is basically the all-in-one pack for all your web development needs. At this time of writing, Thrive Themes come with 9 (yes, the big fat nine) stylist designs ready for you to use.

If your ultimate goal is to create a good looking website, not using the standard Genesis themes and focus in building a huge blog following, then this is an awesome way to go.

Thrive Themes are dubbed as the conversion focused WordPress themes.

I come from a marketing background and trust me – the idea of using a conversion focused theme for your blog is welcomed. Building a beautiful website is usually just one part of the equation; turning readers into customers is the key for your blogging success.

And if you’re the type that is super choosy and picky (like me), you probably want to get the best out of your theme. With Thrive Themes, you can easily add or change the website layout with just a few clicks of the button. Plus, the drag and drop feature is a super time saver to say the least.

Here are the examples of the ready-made Thrive Themes:

CLICK HERE to visit the Thrive Themes demo page (don’t worry, it will open a new page so you easily navigate back to this page).

 

Thrive Leads Review

Thrive Leads is a WordPress list building plugin that was built from the ground up with conversion optimization in mind.

According to TechCrunch, majority of U.S. users are spending at least 52% of their time on mobile when compared to desktop. And when it comes to building an email list, having a mobile focused approach is vital.

Traditionally, you are required to know some coding knowledge in order to get those lead generation boxes pop up beautifully in any devices your readers are using. I’m sure that sounds challenging especially for bloggers like me who doesn’t know much about codes.

But with Thrive Leads, you don’t have to worry anything!

Email generation boxes (or lead boxes in this case) are created automatically to ensure that they fit beautifully in any devices.

Can you imagine what happens when a beautiful pop-up box appear in front of your readers without the need of zooming in (or out) to read the texts? You’ll skyrocket your email subscription numbers … almost instantaneously.

I love about Thrive Leads are:

• Easily integrated to over a dozen different email marketing providers
• Mobile responsive lead boxes
• Drag and drop features
• Ability to create custom lead boxes (as well as default ones)
• Custom lead boxes display based on specific timing and page

 

Thrive Content Builder Review

Do you feel that the blog posts created with WordPress is boring? I certainly think so!

The ability to bold, highlighted and using different fonts are just too common – you want something that give the huge “boom” and “pow” to readers who visit your article.

Introducing Thrive Content Builder, a WordPress plugin that revolutionize how you publish your blog posts using WordPress. You don’t have create a blog post using the standard WordPress draft and ‘create a post’ page; you create blog posts using the front end editor.

Yes, this means that you see exactly how the post will look like just like your readers do!

Thrive Content Builder is powerful because it helps you to insert tweetable sentences, create call-to-action boxes and even inserting images with just the drag-and-drop feature.

Trust me – this makes the old blog post creation much more fun and on top of everything, giving you the first hand experience of how your blog post will look like in front of your readers.

Thrive Content Builder is a plugin which works on any WordPress themes and it is also included when you purchase any of the Thrive Themes packages.

CLICK HERE to see Thrive Content Builder!

 

Thrive Landing Pages Review

Alright, I hear you. You have the best custom theme and lead generation magnet anyone could possibly get … but you need a plugin that allows you to create landing pages for lead generation.

Well, Thrive Themes got you covered with the Thrive Landing Page plugin.

Allow me to be really upfront. You probably heard about LeadPages – used by influencers like Pat Flynn and John Lee Dumas. So, is Thrive Landing Pages really that good compared to LeadPages?

When you talk about the “Thrive Landing Pages vs LeadPages“, one thing comes to mind – it is all about the price.

Thrive Landing Pages costs $59 pear year while LeadPages costs at least $204 per year. And Thrive is just a fraction of what LeadPages costs! Don’t get me wrong, LeadPages is probably one of the more popular option (even I used it before) but when I’m given the ability to choose between two plugins that does the same job, I’ll go with the one that has less effect on my wallet.

Makes sense, right?

To be honest, Thrive Landing Pages offers more features compared to most of its competitors. Creating custom templates, integration with multiple email marketing solutions and drag-and-drop features are more than enough to turn anyone.

CLICK HERE to head over to Thrive Landing Page demo.

 

Recap: Thrive Themes review

One of the most common questions I hear about Thrive Themes is “Is it worth it?” and “Is it really that good?”.

Allow me to share my thoughts on this. I’m one of the early adopters for Thrive Themes and even use them on various websites I own. Thrive Themes take website building to a whole new level and developing a new WordPress theme as easy as 1, 2 and 3.

And if you are wondering if Thrive Themes fit your web development needs, here are some of advantages to can leverage from:

• Creating unique WordPress themes without hassle (using drag-and-drop) feature
• Ready made website, landing page and lead boxes templates to choose from
• Each Thrive theme or product is created with speed in mind (no slow loading websites etc)
• Experienced support team to assist you with any woes or doubts

Compared to those website builder or landing page plugins that cost over $50 per month, the full Thrive Theme package only costs $149 per year (original price of $199). Trust me, there isn’t any better deal than this and Thrive Themes are one of the best in the market right now.

Do you use Thrive Themes or any of the Thrive products on your blog? Tell me what you think about it in the comments below. And if you have NOT get a copy of the specially discounted price, you can check out Thrive Themes packages here.

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