Below is a list of my top blogging recommendations and products I would buy over and over again. I use every single one of these products for my own blog and, believe me, they are worth every penny!
1. Bluehost
There’s a reason Bluehost is rated as one of the best hosting companies and powers more than two million websites worldwide (including mine!).
It’s also one of the most affordable hosting platforms (my readers can get started for just $2.95/month!!) and comes with a free domain name for the first year, 1 click WordPress install to make starting your blog a breeze, and 24/7 support to answer any and all of your questions.
Check out my detailed step-by-step tutorial on how to set up your blog on Bluehost here.
2. Is Your Blog Protected Legally?
These legal templates from Amira at A Self Guru are the most comprehensive and easy-to-use legal templates. I purchased the Starter Legal Bundle – which is what I recommend if you’re just starting out.
Amira is a business lawyer, six-figure blogger, and coach, who has been practicing law for over 9 years and graduated in the top 10% of her law school class. The volume of individuals protecting their businesses with her templates (over 10,000!) is INSANELY impressive and I’m happy I chose to be one of them.
Amira’s legal templates cost FAR less compared to what you’d have to pay a lawyer for their time in person and she shows you exactly what to fill in, so it took me under 15 minutes to have all three core legal pages up on my blog!
Before you even launch your blog, you want to make sure you have a Disclaimer Policy, Privacy Policy, and a Terms & Conditions page, at the very least. Although you can find free templates on the internet, those can take a lot of time to sift through and you can never be 100% confident that they cover everything you need.
I’d recommend against using free legal templates because although those would save you money now, they could end up costing you in the future in the form of a lawsuit (at least that’s the way I saw this decision for myself).
Amira has many other legal templates beyond her core bundles that you can explore as the need arises for them (I know I will be as this blog grows). Additionally, even if you don’t blog in the US (I’m from Canada, eh!) – Amira’s legal templates are customizable for many locations and niches.
3. Best Blogging & Pinterest Courses
BySophiaLee’s Perfecting Blogging and Perfecting Pinterest courses are absolutely AMAZING and incredibly affordable when you compare them against how expensive blogging courses usually are.
Sophia was actually one of the first bloggers I came across and was actually the one who inspired me to start my own blog in the first place.
She’s relatable, explains things really well, and holds back no secrets about the actions she’s taken to get over 500,000 monthly pageviews and to earn over 5-figures a month!
While these courses are already an amazing value separately, you can save even more by buying the bundle with both of these life-changing courses.
Trust me, you won’t be disappointed!
4. Best Beginner Guide To Blogging
Just starting out with blogging?
Don’t even have a website yet?
No idea how to use WordPress and Pinterest or what SEO and Affiliate Marketing are?
Create and Go’s Launch Your Blog Biz course has literally everything you can think of that you need to learn when starting a new blog.
This is the first course I took when starting my blog and it gave me an incredible foundation for understanding all the aspects of blogging.
It helped guide me in setting up my website, launching my first set of posts, setting up some killer email funnels, and overall helped me focus my time on the things that were going to create the most return on investment.
Not sold yet?
This past month Alex & Lauren (the founders of Create and Go) made over $104,000 IN ONE MONTH!!
They definitely know what they’re doing and they’re both super down-to-earth, genuine, and really easy to follow along in their courses.
They also have a Pinterest course (Pinterest Traffic Avalanche) and an advanced blogging course (Six-Figure Blogger).
Or you can get all three of their courses in a super discounted bundle (Pro Blogger Bundle).