These are vendors and articles that may be a good resource for small businesses.
We only recommend business services that we have used and liked.
Copywriting
SEO Copywriting, the Ultimate Guide, by Marieke van de Rakt
30 Quick Editing Tips Every Content Writer Needs to Know by Stefanie Flaxman: http://www.copyblogger.com/30-editing-tips
Hemingway Editor
Grammarly – Proofreading and editing tool
Email Marketing Services
MailChimp (Free version available)
Vertical Response (Free version available)
Constant Contact
Google My Business
Google My Business: Do you have a listing?
Graphic Design-Photo Editing (Free to use)
BeFunky- Resize, enhance and save for web (batch resize)
Canva
PicMonkey
Irfanview – (Requires desktop download)
Paint.NET
Pixlr
Gimp
Fotor.com – edit images, remove background
tinypng (Compress images to web-friendly size)
compressor.io/ (compress images to web-friendly size)
Coolers Color Palette Maker
Color-hex Color Palettes
Photos for your Blog
Burst – Free photos – editorial and commercial
Unsplash – Free photos – editorial and commercial
Pikwizard – Free photos – editorial and commercial
Wiki Commons
Pexels – Royalty free images
Pixabay _ Royalty free images
Freepik – Free photos and vectors
123rf.com
Fotolia
Proper Attribution for Creative Commons Photos
Optimizing Photos for the Web
Photos for your Online Store
How to Take Gorgeous Product Photos
Shopify – The Ultimate DIY Guide to Beautiful Product Photography
Take Product Images with Iphone
DIY Product Photography
Online Course Resource – Tools
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Search Engine Land: What is SEO
Moz On-Page SEO 2019
How to Determine if Page is Low Quality
Google Image Publishing Guidelines
Social Media
Moz Beginners Guide to Social Media
Video
Wistia.com – Video Software and hosting, great how-to articles
Lumen5 – Create custom videos
Website Checkers
Google Mobile Friendly Checker
Google Page Speed Insights– Smaller sites may not see page speed
Pingdom Website Speed Test
GTmetrix – Website Load Times and Optimization Issues
Web Hosting
Bluehost
Inmotionhosting.com
Green Geeks
Website Promotion
Facebook Ads – Facebook Ad Guidelines by WordStream
Google Adwords Express –
Website Themes
Genesis by StudioPress
Divi Theme by Elegant Themes (This is a referral link)
Divi Theme Booster (Make your life easier with the inexpensive plugin, this is an affiliate link)
Website Security
Sucuri – Free online malware scanner
WordFence – Recommended security plugin
UpdraftPlus Guide to WordPress Security
WordPress Website Services
New Theme Installed
Create Landing Page
On-Page SEO
Technical SEO
Improve Website Speed
Install Analytics
Website Updates and Maintenance
Business Directory Listing Service
Need to Know
The FTC disclosure guidelines: An in-depth exploration of what affiliates and merchants need to know