resources
Over the years I have discovered many different websites and tools that have been very helpful to me, so I've organized them and am sharing them with you!
Design/Development
- Bittbox - Graphic resources & tutorials, and check out their Freebie Gallery!
- JotForm - the easiest form builder I've found!
- FontSquirrel - great fonts to use in your designs, plus the @FontFace generator to really soup up your webpages!
- Brusheezy - Great Photoshop stuff.
- Smashing Magazine - the place to be for design freelancers.
- Google Translator - Translate your website into any language you want!
- Free Range Stock – A great site for both FREE and royalty-free stock images to use for all your designs.
- 123RF.com – Another great stock image site, I use this one almost exclusively because their inventory is so large.
- XML-Sitemaps – A very easy way to generate XML sitemaps to submit to Google. Once submitted, Google is instructed to crawl your site. You can set them up to crawl for as often as you update your website, which is why it’s a good idea to update your website frequently!
Small Business
- Chris Makell: America's Courage to "Think Bigger" Business Coach - Chris' motto is "Think Big - Play Bigger" and she can help you do just that. Her 6-Figure Marketing Makeover Strategy Session is worth every penny, and she really helped me launch my business this year!
- The Write Associate - Tammi Metzler will teach you how to rework your website copy so that it will work for you and bring you paying customers.
- Small Business Loans - Find business loans quickly with no application fee that can be processed in as little as 72 hours.
- HubSpot Website Grader - Good information that every website owner should know about your site's performance. Gives you ideas and tips for how to improve that performance.
- StartupNation - By Entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs, a great source for small business advice.
- Docstoc - Need a form of some kind? This is a great place to find and share professional documents of ALL kinds.
- MailChimp.com - Free Email Marketing Service - the only one I'll use!
- SBA Assessment Tool - This free tool helps you assess your readiness to start a small business.
- Google Docs - Word processing, spreadsheets, calendars, etc., at your fingertips and ready to share with the world. Makes compatability issues obsolete, since you can allow others to access the files. Calendars can also be embedded on your website.
- OpenOffice.org - Great open source office suite that you can download and install to your computer.
Search Engine Optimization
- SEO Made Easy: 4 Painless Weeks to Better Search Results - My killer SEO program that will teach you how to do your own SEO...and maintain it....and get better search results in only 4 weeks!
- Google Alerts - email updates of the latest relevant Google results (web, news, etc.) based on your choice of query or topic. You can ask Google to keep an eye out for your name, business, or whatever keywords you choose, and Google will send you an email showing you where these search terms came up.
- Google Webmaster Tools - From keyword help to website analytics to click-through advertising, Google provides too many services to list here that can help you market and improve your website presence.
- SubmitYourArticle - Article Distribution Service
- SEO Book - I love the SEOBook Toolbar and use it all the time. It's "The number 1 competitive research tool in the SEO market".
For Equestrian Professionals
- EquestrianProfessional.com
- Equestrian Life - Social networking for equestrians
Miscellaneous
- Web Design Degree - A comprehensive listing of physical & online web design degree schools.
- Zamzar.com - free file conversion tool to convert PDF files into Word docs, JPG's, and a whole lot more!
- PhotoFiltre - free image editing software
- PhotoScape - another free image editor that offers some different features
- OnlyWire.com - automated content & bookmark distribution.
- Ping List - http://www.dailyblogtips.com/ping-list. Automatically notify the world about your blog updates.
- Digital Marketing - ONID is a forward looking digital marketing and technology company, providing social media services, facebook fan pages, SEO back links , E-commerce, social commerce, Mobile Commerce - onid.co.uk
Check back soon, as I'll be updating this list regularly as I come across new and usefull resources! If you notice a broken link, please email me and let me know so that I can repair or remove it.