Top Resources to Grow Your Business
To grow your business, you need the right tools and resources. Here are my picks for the top resources to grow your business.
Quick Links
- AppSumo – Deal site for business and productivity apps, tools, products
- Fiverr – Hire affordable freelancers and professionals
- Acadium – Hire marketing students
AppSumo
One of my biggest money-saving secrets that’s helped me grow my business is AppSumo.
AppSumo as a deal site with apps, tools, and other products for entrepreneurs, business owners, freelancers, and digital marketing professionals.
They partner with tech and software companies like MailChimp, Evernote, Dropbox, and DepositPhotos and arrange UNBELIEVABLE deals to pass along to you so you can grow and scale your business.
Want to learn tips on using AppSumo? Read How AppSumo Can Grow Your Business.
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Fiverr
Fiverr claims to be “the easiest way to get things done,” and I have to strongly agree. They make it extremely easy for entrepreneurs to hire online freelancers and professionals to handle everything from marketing to tech.
It’s an excellent, money-saving way to delegate tasks. Let’s think this through. Assume you charge anywhere from $50 – $100 per hour to provide your services to a client, or in other words your billable rate is $50 – $100 per hour. Now think about a task that would take you 5 hours to complete.
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If you paid yourself to do it, it would cost $250 – $500, whereas if you paid a Fiverr freelancer $5 per hour it would cost $25. Another way to view it, if you were to do that task yourself, you would essentially be losing $250 – $500 in income you could be making by providing your services to your clients.
You can hire professionals and experts to do work you’re not as skilled at and do it affordably! For example, if you’re not a graphics expert, you can hire someone who is. Not great at writing email or sales copy or blog posts? Hire a copywriter. Or maybe you’ve written an eBook but don’t know how to turn it into a professional looking digital product.
Do you really want to spend hours researching how to do it, pay for a tool to create it, spend countless more hours designing it, only to create a decent, but not stunning looking eBook? Using a Fiverr, you can find a pro to create a gorgeous, professional product with edits included and in a time frame that works for you.
Pricing starts as low as $5.
Sounds too good to be true? See for yourself !
Click here to get started with Fiverr
Acadium
Let’s face it, a lot of work goes into building a 6-figure business. It would be lovely to have a team to support you in achieving your business goals. Acadium is a fabulous resource that can help you with your marketing needs, giving you tools to create your own small marketing team.
If your business is in need of some extra help we have students waiting to help! By providing marketing apprenticeships not only will your business mentor students but be providing real world experience. These students have knowledge waiting to be applied.
If you already have a staff, that’s great! Keep reading because you can still take advantage of the benefits of using Acadium to supplement your team.
If you don’t have a team to assist you and your business could use extra help, Acadium could be your solution!
Acadium is a platform that matches your business’ marketing needs to students eager to build and apply their marketing skills. And they provide the tools and resources to manage tasks, projects, and communication.
Plus you can work with as many apprentices as you need. Each apprentice can work up to 10 hours a week for 3 months.
Access to the tools and marketplace is only a small monthly fee. (That’s less than the cost of one visit to the hair salon!)
If you use my referral link, you save $25.
Click here to get $25 off at Acadium
Your Favorite Resources
Got any favorite resources of your own? Let me know in the comments. I’m always up for learning more!
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I used fiverr many times and i love it. It’s really great.
Agreed! What have kind of work have you outsourced successfully? Graphics? Writing?
Very resourceful list!
Thank you for checking it out!
I love this list!
I was unaware of the great resource GenM was a few months ago but it is a great way to meet educated and entrepreneurial-minded people who want to learn!
I take advantage of niche Facebook groups, podcasts and YouTube videos that align with my business, industry and goals.
Those are all great approaches! I love niche Facebook groups and the exposure it gives my business! What kind of business do you run?
Thanks for sharing, I love Fiverr and will have to check out the others!
Thank you! Let me know what you think of the rest! 🙂
This was so helpful. Thank you for putting this information together.
You’re so welcome!
Thanks for these tips! I think Fiverr is a good idea because it would be helpful to get someone else to do tasks that I’m not good at or I don’t have time for.
Yes, Fiverr can be an incredibly useful resource.
There are so many great resources out there. I haven’t heard of a couple of these, so I’ll definitely check them out.
Yes, definitely have a look. I hope they help you!
Great resources!!
Thanks so much!
This was so helpful. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for the comment!
Love this list of resources! I am not familiar with AppSumo but can’t wait to give it a try. Thank you!
I had heard about Fiverr and Acadium but Appsumo is new. Will give it a try. Thanks for sharing.
So helpful for businesses who needs help while focusing on generating income.