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For improving your site’s design + branding:

PicMonkey photo editor to help you make “Pinnable,” high-quality images.
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A beautiful and highly-functional theme, like the ones from StudioPress. (I purchased my Genesis framework from them.)

StudioPress Premium WordPress Themes

 

Beautiful fonts, backgrounds, and other graphics like the ones from Creative Market.

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A professional logo from 99designs.

 

Places to make more money from your blog:

IZEA – Find sponsored work opportunities. 

ACTIVATE – Find sponsored work opportunities. 

INFOLINKS – An ad network I’m loving. 

AMAZON – For affiliate links and ads. 

SOCIALIX – Find sponsored work opportunities. 

Also see my post, 50 Different Ways to Make Money Blogging.

Books to read:

Bold Beginnings – my eBook focused on saving you hundreds of hours of research as a new blogger. 

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Ruth Soukup’s How To Blog For Profit: Without Selling Your Soul

ByRegina’s EPIC BLOG planner

The traffic-building eBook from Lena Gott. 

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