Tools & Resources
Optimize your creative business
I’m focusing my efforts on helping women so I created this special resource page to help you cut through the noise and clutter. Find the very best tools that can help you build and optimize your creative business and fill your days with creative joy. If you have recommendations, please let me know using the suggestion box button below.
Business tools
Dream Host – This is the hosting service I use here at www.brandandpalms.com. if you are interested in moving your site from a different platform, Dream Host is the place to be. With the use of their free Migrator Plugin, you can move all your content over to your new WordPress site.
Google Analytics – Keep your website traffic and data up to date.
Neostrada – Cheap Webhosting and domain registration.
Mailerlite – Advanced email marketing made simple! Get a $20 credit when you sign up here!
FLODESK – Flodesk makes sending gorgeous, high converting emails really simple. You have access to beautiful templates. Flodesk doesn’t raise your monthly fee, you get unlimited subscribers and access to all features. BIG FAN OVER HERE! Check out for yourself, use my link to get 50% off for life. That means instead of paying $38 per month, you can get access for $19 per month for the best email marketing platform out there.
101 Fill-in-the-Blank Email Templates – With these 101 fill-in-the-blank templates you’ll know exactly what to send your email list for every occasion.
Lady Boss Boutique – The Lady Boss Biz Boutique is the leading marketplace provider for design assets, website themes, stock photos, and digital learning resources for Female Entrepreneurs.
Creative Market – Everything you need to set up your creative business.
Envato Elements – Awesome freebies ready to use in your next project – 12 free files every month!
Creative Fabrica – Fonts – Crafts – Graphics.
BLOG BIZ SCHOOL – Learn The Skills You Need To Make Money Online
Branding
Tabitha Emma – Free course – Define Your Brand’s Visual Style
B is for Bonnie – Create your dream brand – Free 5 – Day challenge
Lisa Furze – FREE Branding Intro Workbook
Brand & Palms – FREE Brand Guide Template for Canva. Designed to save you time and help you lay the foundation for your brand.
COOLORS – Create the perfect palette or get inspired by thousands of beautiful color schemes.
Canva Color Palette Generator – Want a color scheme that perfectly matches your favorite images? With Canva’s color palette generator, you can create color combinations in seconds. Simply upload a photo, and we’ll use the hues in the photo to create your palette.
Colors From Image – Upload a file from your computer or insert a link to the online image to access its color codes.
graphic design
Canva – Canva is the ultimate graphic design tool. This FREE easy-to-use tool is perfect for creating graphics,
Easil – Easil is the drag-and-drop design tool that empowers your whole team to create visual content so good, it looks like a pro-designed it.
Adobe Spark – Make images, videos, and web stories for free.
Picmonkey – crazy-awesome photo editing.
Crello – Curated selection of trendy templates, which are carefully picked by our designers to inspire you.
Snappa – Whip up graphics for social media, ads, blogs, and more—even if you’re not a graphic designer.
Iconfinder – World’s largest marketplace for icons.
social media
The Manual Pinning Simplified eBook – EASY smartphone pinning system that will skyrocket your traffic from Pinterest.
The She Approach To Making Pinterest Possible – Did you hear all about how other bloggers use Pinterest to grow their blogs and get more traffic, but you can’t seem to figure out how to do it for your own blog?
Tailwind – Tailwind is the Pinterest & Instagram Marketing tool of choice around the globe. Get $15 credit!
web design
Studio mommy – Studio Mommy makes premade themes for you to buy and DIY your own website or blog.
Hello you Design – Designer quality, gorgeous themes that your clients will love. *Genesis framework only.
Bluchic – Bluchic feminine WordPress Themes for female entrepreneurs, so you can build a beautiful & professional website.
17th Avenue – Gorgeous WordPress themes designed with the stylish blogger & entrepreneur in mind. *Genesis framework included.
Elementor – Elementor is a powerful WordPress page builder.
YITH – WORLD’S LEADING INDEPENDENT COMPANY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF WOOCOMMERCE PLUGINS.
OceanWP – 3,902,467 DOWNLOADS | FREE THEME | AMAZING CUSTOMIZATION OPTIONS | ELEMENTOR READY | PRO OPTIONS | 130+ DEMOS | 19 EXTENSIONS
Styled stock photography
Styled Stock Society – Subscribe to our email list to get 20 free feminine stock images now PLUS new freebies in your inbox every month!
Sourced Co. – Want a taste? Sign up and get your free images.
She Bold Stock – BE BOLD, BRAND CONFIDENT, BUILD A BIZ YOU ARE PROUD OF! GRAB A SAMPLE OF STOCK PHOTOS TO GET STARTED.
Ivory Mix – You get 550+ free styled stock photos, plus weekly tips, & monthly updates!
Atelier 21 Co – Exclusive freebie set of photos every month!
Social Squares – Weekly Instagram Action Plan + 20 Free Social Media Images.
Haute Stock – GET FREE STOCK PHOTOS – We’ll also send you our best visual branding & marketing tips and exclusive Haute Stock updates.
Her Creative Studio -BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED AND STYLED IMAGERY WITH YOU IN MIND.
Oh Tilly – A start-up pack of 15 high-resolution styled stock photos for your blog, website & social media needs.
Styled Stock – Beautiful FREE styled images for your projects.
Pixi Stock – 30 days of FREE styled stock photos, graphics, and a content plan to amplify your brand on social.
Stock By Jewels – Subscribe and receive a bundle of vibrant & beautiful stock photos featuring the everyday, real-life, and girl next door.
Kaboompics – FREE STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY + COLOR PALETTES.
Raw Pixel – Safe to use stock photo images, PSD Mockups, and Vectors.
Unsplash – A huge photo library with great quality images completely free of charge.
Pixabay – Free high-quality images.
Pexels – Best free stock photos in one place.
Stocksnap.io – Hundreds of high-resolution images added weekly.
Vecteezy – Download free vector art, stock photos & videos.
Tools
An amazing collection of online tools awaits you in my resource library. I can’t wait for you to check them out!
Membership
The Lady Template Factory membership is to die for! Canva Templates for the creative lady boss. Join today!
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grab your freebie
Ready to create your brand guide?
This FREE Brand Guide Template for Canva is designed to save you time and to help you lay the foundation for your brand.
Imagine feeling IN LOVE with your visuals, CONFIDENT in your message, and having a guide to keep you on brand at all times…
