Link Directory, Tools, Resources & Plugins
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- by Gary Weis
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Analytics:
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https://moz.com/blog/absolute-beginners-guide-to-google-analytics
Google Analytics Plugin Of Choice
https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-analytics-for-wordpress/
GA Checker
http://www.gachecker.com/
Hubspot Marketing Grader (Grade Your Website in Seconds. Then Learn How to Improve it For Free)
https://marketing.grader.com
Website Traffic Intelligence
http://www.similarweb.com/
Best SEO Analytics Tool
http://www.semrush.com/
Content Creation:
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Transcription platform
https://zubtitle.com/
Content Plagiarism Checker
https://www.duplichecker.com/
Lorem Ipsum Generator
http://www.lipsum.com
Video Hosting General
Video Hosting For Business
https://www.vidyard.com/
Content Publishing – Native Ads
http://www.outbrain.com
Everything PDFs
https://acrobat.adobe.com/au/en/acrobat.html
Clickbait Title Generator
http://www.contentrow.com/tools/link-bait-title-generator
http://tweakyourbiz.com/tools/title-generator/index.php
File Converter
https://cloudconvert.com/
Email:
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Best Email Provider
Email Marketing
MailChimp
Alternative: Pardot
Generating Buttons For A HTML Email Builder
https://buttons.cm/
Google:
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https://search.google.com/
Test My Site (By Google)
Provide mobile feedback
https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/feature/testmysite/
Google Trends
https://trends.google.com/trends/?geo=AU
Google Adwords
https://ads.google.com/home/
Google Analytics
http://www.google.com/analytics
Google Tag Manager
https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/tag-manager/
Google “My Business”
https://www.google.com/business
Google Page Speed Test
https://developers.google.com/speed
Google Mobile Friendly Test
https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly
Google Developers Guide
https://developers.google.com
Design:
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Colour Blender
https://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/color-blend/
Photo Editing Tools
https://www.adobe.com/au/creativecloud/services.html
Alternative: https://www.canva.com
Flowcharts
lucidchart.com
Easily Create Beautiful Infographics
http://piktochart.com
The best value for money stock company
https://elements.envato.com/
Colour Combinations Guide
https://color.adobe.com/create/color-wheel
Free stock photos
https://unsplash.com/
Marketing:
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http://www.sourcebottle.com
The Ultimate List of Marketing Statistics for 2020
http://www.hubspot.com/marketing-statistics
Our Email Automation System
https://www.pardot.com/
Advertising ROI Calculator
http://www.hubspot.com/ads-calculator
Online forms and surveys
https://www.surveymonkey.com/
Request E-signatures
https://acrobat.adobe.com/au/en/sign/free-trial-global.html
Online Booking Systems:
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Local Event Calendar
https://www.eventbrite.com.au
Online Ticket Selling Platform
http://www.trybooking.com
Or
Do all three with one plugin
https://woocommerce.com/products/woocommerce-bookings/
SEO (SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMISATION):
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https://www.semrush.com/dashboard/
XML Sitemap Generator
Rank Math Plugin
Breadcrumbs Information
https://www.elegantthemes.com/blog/tips-tricks/how-to-add-breadcrumbs-to-your-wordpress-website
Image Alt-Text
https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/image-alt-text
Learn more about HTTP Status Codes
https://moz.com/blog/an-seos-guide-to-http-status-codes
Webmaster Tools – Get insights into your site
http://www.bing.com/toolbox/webmaster/
Learn about Rich Snippets
https://ahrefs.com/blog/rich-snippets/
Google Operators for specific search queries
https://www.semrush.com/blog/google-search-operators/
Moz’s Open Site Explorer (view a website’s link profile)
https://moz.com/researchtools/ose/
Ecommerce SEO
https://ahrefs.com/blog/ecommerce-seo/
Keyword Density
Rank Math Or Yoast SEO Plugin
Google Search Console Spam Reporting
https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/spamreport?pli=1
Google Analytics for SEO
https://ahrefs.com/blog/google-analytics-for-seo/
Social Media:
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https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/
Find out if the ‘name’ you want is available
https://namechk.com/
Facebook Sharing Checklist
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/sharing/best-practices
Scheduling Tool
Alternatively: https://business.facebook.com/creatorstudio/home
Websites:
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https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lastpass-free-password-ma/hdokiejnpimakedhajhdlcegeplioahd
List Of Great Themes
http://themeforest.net
GA Checker – Check For Missing Google Analytics Tracking Code
http://www.gachecker.com/
Website Wireframe Tool
http://gomockingbird.com/
Monitor your site’s uptime
https://uptimerobot.com/
Website Speed Test (Australia)
http://tools.pingdom.com/fpt/
Website Speed Test (Recommended)
https://gtmetrix.com/
Server Speed Tester
http://www.bitcatcha.com/
Broken Links Checker
https://ahrefs.com/broken-link-checker
User “Experience” Test (see what real people think of your website)
https://usabilityhub.com
Mobile Friendly Tester
https://search.google.com/test/mobile-friendly
Find out who owns a website
https://au.godaddy.com/whois
Find out what CRM was used to build a website
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wappalyzer/gppongmhjkpfnbhagpmjfkannfbllamg?hl=en
Website “Testing” Service (See How Your Website Ranks)
http://nibbler.silktide.com/en_US
SSL Certificate Checker
https://www.whynopadlock.com/
WordPress Theme Detector
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wordpress-theme-detector/bjccepbfbikbpbgillfgicihhmpmjbjd?hl=en
WordPress Security Scanner
https://wpsec.com
Best WordPress Ecommerce Plugin
https://woocommerce.com/
Generate Dummy “Lorem Ipsum” Text
Send Large Files Without Needing A Dropbox Account
https://www.wetransfer.com/
Submit a Domain Complaint
https://www.auda.org.au/au-domain-names/lodge-complaint/submit-domain-complaint
Plugins:
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WP Fastest Cache
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-fastest-cache/
Contact Form
Gravity Forms (https://www.gravityforms.com/)
Alternative: WP Forms (https://wpforms.com/)
Membership (courses and subscriptions)
MemberPress
Push Notifications
Push Engage
Social Media Feed Plugin
Smash Balloon
https://smashballoon.com/
Ecommerce
Woocommerce
https://woocommerce.com/
Multilingual Plugin
WPML
https://wpml.org/
Email Delivery (WordPress uses the PHP mail function by default)
WP Mail SMTP
https://wpmailsmtp.com/
Social Media Sharing (beautiful sharing buttons)
Shared Counts
Alternative: Monarch
Live Chat
LiveChat
Automation plugin
Uncanny Automator
Giveaway plugin
Rafflepress
Security
Akismet
Alternative: WordFence
Backup Plugin
UpdraftPlus
Alternative: BackupBuddy
Popup and other opt-in notifications
Optinmonster
Alternative: Bloom
SEO
Rank Math
Alternative: Yoast SEO
Google Analytics
Google Analytics By Monster Insights
Alternative: Google Site Kit
Image Optimisation
Smush
Gutenberg (extra functionality if you decide to use the Gutenberg editor)
Otter
Redirecting
Redirection
Update manager
Easy Updates Manager
Rich Snippets
All In One Schema.org Rich Snippets
Alternatively: This is a part of SEO plugins such as Rank Math and Yoast SEO
HubSpot CRM Integration
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