If you’ve been following my blog, or you are a new viewer this is my resource list. It is filled with all the resources that I have used to grow my blog, mailing list, and social media platforms. This page does include affiliate links, but I am only sharing products that I use personally.
My blog is created through WordPress and hosted with Blue Host.
If you decide to follow just one suggestion on this list, the guide to have helped me the most is Emily Dyson’s Catapult Your Blog Into Success – Drive Traffic, Increase Growth, Maximise Profitability (AF)– It has a Pinterest guide, the money guide I swear by and everything you need to have a successful brand.
Affiliate Marketing Resources
Turning Your Blog Into a Money Making Machine – The affiliate guide in this ebook is the best thing I’ve ever read and it’s how I went from making minimal sales to large sales. This whole guide is money focused and so handy!
Pinterest Resources
When it comes to Pinterest Guide’s there are many out there! But personally I have used two and love them both. I would recommend them both.
Big Pin Energy – The Ultimate Guide To Pinterest (AF) – This was the first Pinterest guide I ever invested in and it’s helped me get to where I am now. It is perfect for those starting out.
Pinterest Perfect (AF) – Mariam’s guide was super helpful to me, it taught me a lot that I didn’t know about Pinterest. Mariam has 10 Million Monthly Plus Unique Visitors and her guide helped me gain an extra million impressions.
To speed up your pin design, and have high quality pins at your fingertips I suggest these Pinterest Templates I use. Most are super inexpensive and customisable, and they save me so much time with making pins for 3 accounts!
Mariams’s Viral Pinterest Templates Pack (AF) – Perfect for those who use blog about wellness, lifestyle, manifesting and more, these viral Pinterest templates are gorgeous and feminine!
20 Click-Worthy Canva Pin Templates (AF) – My personal favourite templates as they come in multiple pin sizes! Highly recommend.
20 Animated Pinterest Templates (AF) – Perfect for those who want to make more video pins and only $9. They take away the hard work of having to animate something yourself!
100 Pretty Pinterest Templates (AF) – 100 Templates which are great and easy to use.
10 Eye-Catching Pinterest Board Cover Templates (AF) – Creating Board covers that look good can be a pain. These covers are what I use for my food blog! I highly recommend them.
The Pinterest Work Pack – 3 Item Bundle – This is a super helpful mini resource if you need a hand with trends, a Pinterest audit sheet and a template!
SEO Resources
When it comes to SEO products I have only ever used Nele’s products. This is because I trust her and I know that they work, in the space of 3 months her products helped me get my DA from 20 to 31. Before this I had been stuck on a DA 20 for over a year.
SEO for Bloggers Ebook (AF) You can use ‘kayleighzara’ for a 1/3 off the price.
Keyword Research For Bloggers (AF) – This is a MUST have tool for those struggling to rank. I’ve gone from ranking on 28 keywords to 400+. You can use ‘kayleighzara’ for a 1/3 off the price.
Off-Page SEO For Bloggers (AF) You can use ‘kayleighzara’ for a 1/3 off the price.
SEO on-page checklist (FREE to download)
Content Conga – A Must have tool for those who require copywriting services for their blog!
Mailing List Resources
Over the past year I’ve grown my mailing list to over 10K followers. These are the resources I use for it, and if you would like to sign up you can do so. I am with ConvertKit!
Evergreen Welcome Sequence Template – This is a welcome sequence of templates; they regularly make me sales. I really struggled to produce my own that performed well.
The Blog2Brand email marking bundle is something you need if you are looking to really grow your mailing list. It was one of the first email marketing products that genuinely helped me actually build a following, the bundle helps you build a genuine relationship with your readers and takes away all the confusion of building a list.
WordPress Plugins:
I currently use a variety of a plugins on my WordPress blog. These might be helpful to those who are new to WordPress.
Revive Old Posts
Yoast SEO
Elfsight Instagram Widget Plugin
Slider Revolution
Blog Themes
I’m about to swap over to the Samantha theme on this blog – Browse the Samatha Theme here
I use the Amelia Theme on my second blog – Browse the Amelia theme here!
Stock Libraries
Personally I no longer use free stock libraries as they aren’t great for your Pinterest SEO. But when I did, I used Pexels/ Unsplash, and signed up to all the paid stock libraries that sent out monthly freebies! I highly recommend doing this to try out the service before you invest if you choice to do so.
Styled Stock Society Free Stock Images
Styles Stock Society Membership (I have the Quarterly Membership)
Seasonal Resources
The Holiday Spike Course (AF) – This walks you through how to make holiday sales, double your traffic and gives you and incredible Black Friday Sequence. I bought this course last year, and I genuinely made 10 times my regular affiliate and product sales.
The Ultimate Guide to a Successful Blogmas (AF) – Katie’s guide to Blogmas is perfect for those starting out. It has content ideas for Blogmas and so much more!
45 Holiday Pinterest Templates Packet – The best seasonal Pinterest Templates!
Free Resources
We all love a freebie, so here’s the free resources I use & are available on my store!
Blu Chic Freebie Library – This has so many quality resources, I believe they have around 20 free ebooks! Super worth accessing.
Nele’s SEO on-page checklist – a great SEO checklist for your latest blog posts.
Acing Pinterest In Just 6 Months Freebie – A free/pay what you’d like ebook on my store. It covers everything you need to know about Pinterest as a beginner.
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