Thrive Themes - I started using Thrive Themes back in early 2015. All of their themes are built with conversion optimization in mind. Thrive themes are updated frequently and you get fantastic customer support. Many of the clients I have worked with have chosen Thrive Themes to build their businesses. Check out my comparison post.

Genesis Theme Framework - I started my first blogging business venture in 2010 with a Genesis powered WordPress theme. Today Genesis is the industry standard design framework for WordPress. I could not recommend them enough to anyone starting a website. Check out my review of Genesis here.

Social Warfare - SW is the fastest and most responsive premium social sharing tool and plugin available for WordPress. This is the plugin I currently use for taking care of social sharing on Magnet4Blogging. The plugin has some great features with lots of customisation options. You can check out my review of Social Warfare here.

SEOPressor Connect - SEOPressor Connect is a powerful premium SEO plugin for WordPress. The plugin has some amazing built-in features and options for improving your on-page SEO for multiple keywords, site-wide SEO, internal link structure and more. Compare SEOPressor Connect with Yoast SEO here.

Long Tail Pro - I've never used a premium keyword research tool before until I discovered Long Tail Pro. Long Tail Pro is now my favorite tool for finding and researching long tail keywords and phrases, and for finding blog post topic ideas to write about. Grab the LTP tool to help you get more search engine traffic. Read this post.

Ultimate 2017 Blog Planner - My very own collection of the most useful and relevant marketing templates, worksheets, checklists, to-do lists, editorial calendars, income and outcome worksheets, guest blogging worksheets, SEO checklists and more. Grab the Ultimate 2017 Blog Planner workbook and make this year epic!

Evernote - Evernote is the best productivity app I have ever used. It allows me to make notes, create to-do lists, write blog post drafts and even clip pieces of content, drop links, PDF's, videos etc so that I can check out later. Evernote has immensely helped me to improve my workflow, highly recommended.

Slack App - If you offer any kind of service on your blog or website, perhaps you're a freelancer like myself. I highly recommend the Slack App. This app is great for communicating with your clients and team members on any project you might be working on, as well as keeping your workflow organized and up to date.

Top Tracker - This is another fantastic app and online service that I recently discovered. Once again, if you're a freelancer like myself, perhaps a writer or graphic designer, and you want to keep track of your time working on projects, this app is perfect for doing just that.

Canva - A simple but very powerful online graphic design productivity tool, with tons of cool features and design elements for creating epic featured images for blog posts, infographics, eBook cover artwork, social media cover artwork and more.

HootSuite - HootSuite is a popular and powerful social media management dashboard that I recommend to bloggers and marketers. If you want to save a huge amount of time scheduling tweets, scheduling messages in Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+, and generally managing your social media messages, start using HootSuite.

The One Thing by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan

To say this book changed by thought process and realization on productivity, time-management and multi-tasking would be a massive understatement. Ever wondered what you would achieve if you could just focus on 'one thing at a time'? Read this book, I can't recommend it enough, that's all I can say.

36-Hour Online Marketing Course - Lorrie Thomas

If you're just starting out online and need to master the essentials of online marketing, you need to pick up this book. Although I've had mine for a few years now, a lot of what's inside is still very much relevant, now more than ever. Scrub up on your online marketing skills, grab the book.

Likeable Social Media - Dave Kerpen

The smartest and complete social media marketing guide book as far as I'm concerned. The author Dave Kerpen shows you how to delight your customers, be amazing and build an irresistible brand using all the popular social media platforms known to man. Great educational read, tons of valuable tips, highly recommended.

The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A F*ck - Mark Mason

This was a book recommended to me by one of my friends not so long ago, and I'm so glad I picked it up. My entrepreneurial mindset has completely changed since reading it. This book will certainly help you put things into perspective for sure, both in your business and in your life.