Yesterday I attended a celebration for two young girls, daughters of friends of mine, who were so sweetly overwhelmed with the gifts they were given and so grateful that it has put me in giving mode…
So this week I am simply going to inundate you with fabulous giveaways, freebies and the like that you can download and use to help you and your business.
First up are these 30 stock photo sites, many of which are new to me and which offer you something different to the same old pics you see everywhere:
https://www.hongkiat.com/blog/more-free-stock-photos-royalty-images/
Need some software to help use those pics in your projects and products but don’t want to splash out for Photoshop? You don’t have to with these 11 alternatives for nada:
https://www.hongkiat.com/blog/11-free-alternatives-softwares-to-adobe-photoshop/
It’s also a good idea to use fonts that are not your standard selection. Over at Mighty Deals they have some lovely new ones you can grab including a great script font duo called Stylish Classy:
https://www.mightydeals.com/deal/stylish-classy-.html
The clean and oh so useful Spartan:
https://www.mightydeals.com/deal/spartan.html
And the very popular Retroholic Vintage Script:
https://www.mightydeals.com/deal/retroholic-vintage-script.html
Along with these indispensable line icons:
https://www.mightydeals.com/deal/lineicons.html
Hosting is something we all need for our sites but it’s another expense you may not be able to meet so here is a great selection of no cost alternatives:
https://mashable.com/roundup/best-free-web-hosting-sites/
As for software…I have a great selection for all kinds of needs including OBS Studio for video and screen recording:
Sharex for screen capture, file sharing and productivity:
Shotcut for video editing:
The VLC multimedia player for playing all kinds of audio and visual files:
And the Waterfox browser to protect your privacy online:
As for expanding your skills, there are a bunch of courses out there you can take, again for no spend, including the 50 hour SEO path at Springboard:
https://www.springboard.com/resources/learning-paths/seo-learning-path/
The integrated IM course from Alison:
https://alison.com/course/e-commerce-introduction-to-internet-marketing-strategies-for-businesses
And the email marketing course which includes a certificate from Hubspot:
https://academy.hubspot.com/courses/email-marketing
Hopefully that lot will have you dancing around as happily as those kids yesterday.
And in that spirit of love, your TED talk this week is on how technology has not changed the most important emotion of all:
