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Free Resources
Learn about Pinterest marketing, becoming a virtual assistant and how to launch your blog – all for free!
Pinterest Primer: This free 5-day course by McKinzie Bean is such a great introduction to Pinterest! In it, you’ll learn how to create an optimized profile, design viral pins, schedule pins, and learn some Pinterest myths and common mistakes.
How to Become a Pinterest Virtual Assistant Workshop: Want to see if becoming a Pinterest virtual assistant is the right work at home opportunity for you? Be sure to grab your seat in this free workshop hosted by Kristin & Gina.
150+ Virtual Assistant Services You Can Offer and Get Paid For: Having trouble figuring out what services you can offer as a virtual assistant? This list is for you! It includes services within the categories of social media, finance, email marketing, customer service, content production and more.
200+ Freelance Writing Niches & Sub Niches to Choose From: Need some help finding your writing niche? Definitely grab your free copy of this list! Some of the niches in this list fall under personal finance, parenting, career, tech, science and more! If you want to become a freelance writer, I highly recommend reading through this to see all of the different things you can write about, and get paid for!
12-Day Blogging Bootcamp: Want the step by step guide to creating a profitable blog? This 12-day Bootcamp is essentially a beginners blueprint for starting and growing a successful blog. You’ll learn how to launch your blog, pick a niche, choose a theme, use Pinterest for traffic, make money with your blog and so much more! This is the best email series I’ve gone through and I highly recommend it to aspiring bloggers.
Work From Home
See how you can earn extra cash each month working from home. I stand behind each of the resources mentioned below and am confident you can learn how to make money online after becoming a student and applying your new found knowledge. The creators really know what they’re talking about and have a plethora of student success stories backing them as well.
30 Days or Less to Virtual Assistant Success: My first freelance course and one of my all-time favorites. In this course, Gina goes over everything you need to know to become a virtual assistant and get your business up and running within 30 days or less. I’ve personally gone through the course and wrote my review on it last year. Within a few hours of client work, I was able to earn my investment back, plus more! If you’re serious about becoming a virtual assistant, this is the #1 resource I can recommend to you.
Virtual Assistant Crash Course: If you’re on a budget, but still want to dip your toes into the virtual assistant world, this is a great course for beginners. Allie, the creator built a successful virtual assistant business within a few months of launching and has some excellent tips to share. The course includes her winning Facebook post to land clients, a client contract, and advice on client onboarding.
Become a Pinterest Virtual Assistant TODAY!: Enjoy pinning on Pinterest? How would you like to get paid to do just that? This course is the only one I’ve seen in the market for this niche and it literally covers everything you need to start and grow your Pinterest business. Pinterest tech training, client interview tips, step by step walkthroughs and monthly Q&A’s.
Write Your Way to Your First 1K: Love writing? This course shows you how you can become a well-paid writer and make an income with your words. Elna is a serial blogger, mom, and entrepreneur. She makes a full time living from her writing and is an awesome person to learn from and model in your freelance career. In the course, she covers crafting your writing portfolio, finding clients, pitching, invoicing and lots more! Definitely check this out if you’ve been thinking of becoming a professional writer and want to soar past the content mills.
Pin to Profits: Affiliate Marketing: My favorite Pinterest affiliate marketing course! McKinzie from Moms Make Cents shares exactly how she was able to earn over $1,000 within just 6 months of consistently pinning affiliate links, and how you can too! I love that her course is primarily in video format and includes helpful PDF’s as well. If you’d like to hear my honest thoughts on the course, be sure to read my review here.
Facebook Side Hustle: This is possibly the highest paying side hustle I’ve come across. The industry standard is $1,000 per month, per client, and the best part is that you only have to work a few hours a week. Another bonus is that you don’t really need any experience to get started, although experience will help you earn the bigger bucks from the get-go. What would you be doing as a Facebook Ad Manager? Essentially you’d be creating and managing ads for clients who want to increase exposure to their offers or websites. If you’d like to learn more about how you can become a Facebook ad manager, just click the button below!
Get Paid to Pin: This ebook is a great, affordable and detailed introduction to making money on Pinterest with affiliate links. You’ll learn profile and account essentials, how to join group boards and affiliate programs, and lots more! Also, if you’re thinking of grabbing your own copy be sure to use my discount code RH20 for 20% off. And check out my review for my honest thoughts and more details on what the ebook covers/includes.
Blogging
Namecheap Domains: The one and only place I purchase my domains from. I’ve been with them for years and can vouch that they’re reliable and have great customer support. Side note, purchasing your domain separately from your hosting gives you more flexibility if you ever decide to switch web hosts.
Siteground Hosting: The best hosting platform I’ve come across for bloggers of all levels. Their customer service goes above and beyond to help you solve any problems that come up and they have some of the fastest response times in the industry. I switched over to them last year and noticed not only an increase in my blog’s speed but also in its security. Definitely check them out! They offer free website transfers and 60% off their plans for new customers.
Restored 316 Themes: Beautiful feminine themes for bloggers and online business owners. All of their themes are easily customizable and come with helpful tutorials. They are also designed to help bloggers with search engine optimization and use the Genesis framework for added security.
Dare to Conquer: The only blogging course you’ll need! The creator, Paul Scrivs is the owner of several successful blogs like obstacle.co and thrivestrive.com. In this course, he covers setting up your blog on WordPress, Pinterest marketing, email marketing, affiliate marketing, and tons more. Another bonus is that this course comes with an active, engaged and super helpful community. The ongoing support and course challenges are big motivators to continue working on your blog and making it the best it can be.
Social Media
Tailwind: The main Pinterest scheduling tool I use to grow my blog. It’s super easy to use and has lots of useful features like Tailwind Tribes, analytics, board lists and a Smart Schedule for optimized pinning.
Tribes for Traffic: Phenomenal ebook and a must read if you want to grow your blog’s page views. I was able to double my monthly page views within one month of applying the strategy Jennifer teaches and wrote more about my experience here. It’s easy to follow and the Tribes tracker is gold! If you’re thinking of getting your own copy, be sure to use the code TRIBES15 for 15% off.