Recommendations Kim Approved
I created this “Recommendations Kim Approved” page to serve as a place where I could list all the services, products, and companies I love and regularly use to grow my business. I hope these recommendations can help you too!
Disclaimer: There are some affiliate links and referral content below; but these are all services, products, and companies I highly recommend. I promise that I will not put anything on this page that I have not verified and personally used… This list is often updated so bookmark this page and check back often!
Tailwind:
Tailwind is a Pinterest and Instagram scheduler that I love. Since using Tailwind, I have grown both my Pinterest and Instagram accounts tremendously. Moreover, I even created a community: Kim’s Tribe (all niches are welcomed). Your welcome to join us. Grab 100 pins for free and a $15 credit. It is super simple to use, and I highly recommend it.
Tailwind for Instagram, This Instagram scheduling tool is impressive. It has an incredible hashtag finder feature that finds and recommends the best hashtags for your post, to give you the best possible reach and engagement. Can you say game changer!
SmarterQueue:
SmarterQueue is the smarter social media scheduler. One week into my Free 30- day trial, I was hooked. You can use SmarterQueue for scheduling to Facebook “pages, profiles and groups.” Twitter, Linkedin & Instagram via the mobile app. The main thing that I love about SmarterQueue is that the pricing is right for any budget — finally a tool that won’t break the bank before you have a chance to make bank. Moreover, it helps you save time by posting content you want, where you want, so you are not spending all day stuck online.
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Extend your free trial, from 14 days to 30. You will thank me later!
Social Warfare:
The Social Warfare social sharing plugin has some unique features that go beyond your standard sharing plugin. My favorite is that it protects your content from hijackers with its Frame Buster option located in the settings. Plus, they give you blazing-fast social share buttons, “Click to Tweets” (love Twitter). Their support team is passionate about helping in any way they can. The best part is you look sexy everywhere on Social Media with platform-specific images and descriptions. Sexy right? I highly recommend this plugin.
Grammarly:
Grammarly automatically detects grammar, spelling, punctuation, word choice, and style mistakes in your writing. Moreover, it is super easy to use: sign up, go somewhere to start typing, and you will see it checking as you type. Furthermore, it is not limited to word processors: social media posts, comments, emails — and where you type, Grammarly will be there to help your words shine. Grammarly is available in the App Store.
- Copy and paste any English text into Grammarly’s Editor, or install Grammarly’s free browser extension for Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge. Grammarly will help you write correctly on nearly every site on the web.
- Grammarly’s algorithms flag potential issues in the text and suggest context-specific corrections for grammar, spelling, wordiness, style, punctuation, and even plagiarism. Grammarly explains the reasoning behind each revision, so you can make an informed decision about whether, and how, to correct an issue.
The best of all it’s FREE!
National Grammar Day! 🙂 Let’s connect on Instagram
Restored 316 Designs:
Feminine WordPress Themes for the Female Entrepreneur. I adore Restored 316 Designs themes — in fact, I am using their Captivating Theme then prior was their Simply Charming Pro Theme
All themes are mobile responsive, retina display ready, optimized and styled to work with Gutenberg. and built on the Genesis Framework.
Restored 316 Designs also has install + setup packages — perfect for someone wanting a beautiful blog but doesn’t have the time for a long, drawn-out installation process. Moreover, you can have peace of mind knowing they are not going to charge you an arm and a leg.
Check out their Sparkle Package ( for new sites only) or their Sparkle & Shine Package (new and existing sites).
Namecheap:
A domain name is important, Start your domain search with Namecheap
SITEground:
Need Hosting? Please, join me over at my favorite host: SiteGround (they even give you one free domain name and free SSL certificate). Excellent customer service. One of the best things I could have possibly done for this site was switching to SiteGround.
MiloTree Popup:
MiloTree is one of my favorites; it is smart, polite, not to mention one of the easiest ways to grow your social media followers and email list. What is not to love? This brilliant popup converts your visitors into followers, subscribers, and even customers. I highly recommend this gem. Free 30-Day Trial!
RECOMMENDATIONS KIM APPROVED
Food Blogger Pro
From, the Team at Food Blogger Pro, come these brilliant handcrafted WordPress Plugins. I use them all on my blog.
WP TASTY RECIPES
WP Tasty Recipes – This is what I use for all my recipes. I love all the recipe card choices.
TASTY PINS & Tasty Links
Tasty Pins – This is a simple image optimization plugin for WordPress. This brilliant plugin eliminates the need for you to choose between SEO and Pinterest. You can also disable specific graphics from being pinnable, Now how cool is that?
Tasty Links – Automagically create links for specific keywords across your blog with just a few clicks. Brilliant right?
NUTRIFOX:
Nutrifox – Is the must-have nutrition label generator for anyone who has recipes on their website.
Go ahead, take a look at some of the recipe posts I have on this site, and you will see just how brilliant these three look together.
Stencil is one of my favorite go-to DIY graphics tools. Stencil is packed with tons of features and simple to use. I highly recommend Stencil
Styled Stock Images RECOMMENDATIONS KIM APPROVED
First and foremost, I am a firm believer in purchasing photos. I do not trust the words “FREE-PHOTOS.”
JANA BISHOP COLLECTION
Love, Jana with Jana Bishop Collection. Have you checked out Jana’s Floral Farmhouse Collection? NO? Well, What are you waiting for?
THE SC STOCKSHOP
I am a big fan of Shay’s with The SC Stockshop. When I am looking for that particular image, Shay with The SC Stockshop never disappoints.
IVORY MIX
Kayla with Ivory Mix hands-down has the best membership plans out there plus stunning, gorgeous photos. So it is a win-win budget-friendly and beautiful. Wait there is more, Grab instant access to over 300+ Free Stock Photos. Swear No Joke.
Below is what Kayla has to offer! Yes, incredible right
- Ivory Mix
- Free Stock Photos
- Stock Photo Membership
- Stock Photos for Finance Niche
- Free stock photos for mom and parent blogs
- Free Stock Photos for Health, Fitness, and Wellness Brands
- Free Colorful and Creative Stock Photos
- VIP Membership
Deposit Photos:
Deposit Photos has Royalty-Free Stock Photos, Vector Images, and Videos.
There are over 60 million high-quality royalty-free stock images and high-definition footage at the best prices to fill all your creative needs.
ShortPixel:
ShortPixel Compress & Optimize your Images for a faster running website. What I love most about ShortPixel is if you choose the backup option, then your originals will be saved in a separate folder — which means you can restore them should you ever need or want to.
The ShortPixel plugin installs directly into your WordPress Dashboard where you can efficiently manage the image reduction process. All images automatically processed. What’s more, you can configure ShortPixel quickly to compress past photos and optimize your website history.
Pretty Links 3.0
Pretty Links is a WordPress plugin that helps you to shrink, cloak, track, organize, and share short links using your domain name and brand.
Cloaking is what affiliate marketers do to protect their commissions as well as shorten their links. You can create your own shortened cloaked URLs for your links using this app and your domain. This way you are also branding your business when you share your links at the same time.
Gutenberg Block Link Integration – You can now use your Pretty Links directly inside the Gutenberg Paragraph Block. All you have to do is select the “Pretty Link” button from your Paragraph Block’s formatting bar then you can search and insert Pretty Links instantly!
No matter how you share your links online, I highly recommend that you cloak the URL for them.
Well, there you have it — all my favorite tools and toys for growing and marketing this blog. I hope you enjoy these “Recommendations Kim Approved” your essential business tools.
Remember this list is often updated so bookmark this page and check back often!
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