Resources

There is a lot of information out there on the superhighway.

If someone else has a good guide, tutorial or product I think you should know about, I’ll list it here. However, I am not guaranteeing any of this information. You should always check and double-check any information for accuracy.

Any programs, information or links that I have personally used will be marked with an *.

 
 

Shopify Experts

*I’ve used him for domain issues. Eliran on fiverr.com Highly recommended.

*I’ve used him for Liquid coding issues. Nipunad on fiverr.com.

Marketing

Use Google Trends to find products that are selling well.

Google Keyword Planner to find keywords for your Google ads.

*Mari Smith, Facebook guru.

Rick Mulready, Facebook and business guru.

Pinterest Academy, learn best practices for advertising on Pinterest.

*Amy Porterfield, online course creation and marketing guru.

Neil Patel for all things online marketing. His blog post on SEO and URLs is especially good.

5 Strategies of 'Psychological Pricing' a really good article in Entrepreneur Magazine.

Training

*Get two free months of Skillshare when you join with my referral link. I especially like this teacher for Photoshop.

Programs

*Photoshop Tutorial - I’ll be covering specific Photoshop functions geared toward product design in this course but you can never have enough training with this very complex program.

*I highly recommend getting Photoshop. For $9.99 a month you get the granddaddy of all photo editing programs. Check out plans here. This is not a referral link.

GIMP free downloadable photo editing software similar to Photoshop.

Pixlr free online photo editing.


Platforms

*Shopify - We’re mainly focused on Shopify in this course but there are certainly other platforms on which to sell your products. Too numerous to list here but here’s another link to the guide I mentioned in Module 1.

*Squarespace - My preferred website building platform. And indeed, I am a Squarespace Designer. So you can actually hire me to build your website. See my design website here; DivaWebDesign.com


Image Resources

*Placeit - Templates for product mockups.

PicMonkey - Online photo editing.

*Canva - Templates for social media and other image uses.

*CreativeMarket.com (affiliate link). - A powerful online tool for placing your images on products. Combined with Photoshop it’s a real powerhouse in image editing.

*Unsplash for free stock images.

*Pexels for free stock images.

*Adobe stock images. Subscription fees apply.


Business Resources

How To Register For A Sales Tax Permit In Every State

When Your Craft Or Hobby Becomes A Business

How To Determine Profit Margin For Your Small Business

Margin Versus Markup: How To Calculate Margin And Markup

Legal: https://www.bobbyklinck.com

Legal: https://theartistsjd.com/

Business Inspirational Websites and People

*Marie Forleo B-School. I’m an alum and highly recommend it!

*Don’t Keep Your Day Job

*The amazing Laura Belgray (copywriter). Just sign up for her newsletter and you will thank me.

How to Sell Something That Doesn’t Fill A Need (i.e. art, luxury goods, etc.)

Productivity

*Dropbox: Join with this link (referral)

*Evernote: Join with this link (referral)


Books

These are e-books for free from Oberlo: https://www.oberlo.com/ebooks

*The War of Art by Steven Pressfield A must-read for creatives.

*David Ogilvy on Advertising - The original Madman. The grandfather of advertising.

Another freebie e-book from Hubspot and Moo: Digital Marketing For Small Businesses




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