The best business tools, products & services around to help run your biz.
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Getting Organised
No matter who we work with – bloggers, coaches, photographers, creatives, educators – the first thing we always recommend is getting a project management tool set up.
Asana is our absolute favourite and we use it to organise everything from running multiple businesses, to staying on top of our chores and cleaning rota! The best thing is, it’s free! Check out our Asana course here.
We’re big fans of spreadsheets here at Organise + Grow which is why we absolutely LOVE Airtable. You can do so much with it like adding attachments + files, creating calendars, running a team, managing finances, managing your launch strategy + much, much more.
Planners (Paper) - Passion Planner, Powersheets & Papier
There’s nothing quite like writing your plans down on paper. This year we wanted to get really intentional + strategic with our plans (including getting Mark working for the biz full-time which was a 3-year plan that we achieved in just 4 months!)
I love the Powersheets from Cultivate What Matters to help me plan my big picture goals + action.
I also love the Passion Planner as it helps me stay on track with monthly goals + daily tasks, plus I love writing on paper! Get 10% off your Passion Planner here.
I’ve also recently started journaling which has really helped me to stay focused + start each day in a positive + intentional way. I got a personalised notebook from Papier and love it! Get £10 off your first order here.
Website
WordPress.org is the platform we use to build our own + our clients’ websites on. We love the flexibility, ease of you + functionality of it. You can pair it with lots of different plugins, creating a site that does exactly what you want it to whether that’s a portfolio for your services or somewhere to host your courses or membership, it’s all possible with WordPress.
We host all of our websites with Lyrical Host – it’s great value for money, has fantastic uptime + incredible customer service! Hosting packages include free SSL certificates, email accounts, website backups + monthly stock photos. Get 10% off with code OG10!
Elementor Pro is our favourite page builder for WordPress sites. It has an easy-to-use drag + drop interface + a TON of different blocks + integrations meaning there’s total flexibility and nothing you can’t do!
Want your website to look as good as ours? Bluchic are our go-to for elegant, feminine, professional looking themes that are super easy to install + customise. We use the ChicBoss theme on this website and ChicServe on other but you can check out their full range of themes here.
Social Media
Say goodbye to spending all day on Instagram. Plan your content in advance + auto-post on Instagram with Planoly.
I love that I can see exactly how my grid is going to look before I post things AND save sets of hashtags to make it super easy to add them to posts.
Pinterest is an incredible tool for driving traffic (+ potential clients) to your website. You can automate the whole pinning process + share your content with fellow Tribe members with Tailwind.
I LOVE SmarterQueue! It makes posting to Twitter + Facebook a breeze, especially with their evergreen feature which allows you to recycle posts you’ve already created.I’ve also recently started using it for Instagram too.
Ask any graphic designer + they will tell you that the Adobe suite is best for creating graphics because…it is. But it’s also tough to learn. If you want quick + easy to use, Canva is exactly what you need.
Everything Else
No matter what kind of business you are running, you need an email list! Convertkit is our go-to email marketing service provider + we use it on 3 different businesses of our own! It has an easy to use form builder, endless automation options + great reporting functions.
Learn+ is a new feature from Thrivecart and so far, I am LOVING it! It’s super easy to build out beautiful courses and you can customise SO much of the appearance!
Only available to those with a Thrivecart account but you can add it when you purchase Thrivecart.
Keeping your business legal should be pretty high up on your list of priorities. To make sure that everything O+G does is done the right way, we get our templates from The Contract Shop. Why? Because everything there is prepared by a Lawyer + can be easily customised to your biz.
Some of the templates you might find particularly useful are: GDPR Compliant Terms & Conditions + Privacy Policy and Independent Contractor Template.
Create high converting checkout pages, upsells + affiliate campaigns with Thrivecart. It makes increasing profit easy by offering one-click upsells + product bump offers, plus embed your checkout anywhere to increase sales! Thrivecart also makes it really easy to set up + manage your own affiliate program.
Wondering where we got all of the gorgeous images on this website + our social media accounts from? Most of them are from Haute Stock. Join the membership today for access to over 4,000 stock images, hundreds of pre-made social media quotes + templates, + exclusive design assets like icons, brushes, overlays + patterns!