This is just a simple list of online business tools that are more cost-effective that those recommended within the PWA platform.

If you choose to use them, it would save you a bunch!

Webpage and Funnel Builder

The recommended funnel builder with the PWA Platform is Click Funnels, which costs $97/month for it's lowest advertised tier.

While there are many funnel builders out there that are much more reasonable than Click Funnels, my personal recommendation for building your websites, web-pages, blogs and funnels is the combination of WordPress and ThriveThemes.

WordPress is a software for building websites, blogs and managing content. It is probably the easiest to use, the most popular, the most versatile, and the most powerful one available today.... and it's free.

Thrive Themes makes plug-ins for the WordPress platform, which are basically "add-ons" that enhance WordPress.

ThriveThemes has a full suite of plugins with everything you need to create conversion-focused websites for your online businesses, including:

Thrive Theme Builder - The next generation visual Theme Builder for WordPress. It gives you the ability to build, edit and customize every aspect of your WordPress website in WYSIWYG fashion
Thrive Architect - the fastest and most intuitive visual drag-and-drop WYSIWYG WordPress page builder and content editor
Thrive Optimize - enables full A/B split testing and conversion tracking right within your own site
Thrive Leads - an all-in-one conversion-focused lead generation and opt-in form plugin for WordPress
Thrive Ovation - is a testimonial manager allowing you to get detailed and persuasive testimonials on auto-pilot
Thrive Apprentice - allows you to create and manage professional looking online courses
Thrive Quiz Builder - allows you to create fully customized online quizzes that allow you to gain valuable visitor insights
Thrive Ultimatum - creates deadline countdown timers, recurring countdowns, or evergreen campaigns
Clever Widgets - controls exactly what appears on your sidebar widgets based on certain conditions that you set.
Headline Optimizer - allows you to split test your blog post headlines
Thrive Comments - is a comments manager that's much more powerful that the default WordPress comment system.

You have the option to join Thrive Membership which gives you

The full suite of ThriveThemes plugins
Constant updates and instant access to new plugins, templates and features
Unlimited technical support
Exclusive Members Only courses, templates and content

I have been a member for the past 4 years and I've found this to be the best value for money out there right now.

Autoresponder

The autoresponders recommend within the PWA platform are GetResponse and Aweber.

GetResponse has a Basic Plan that's $15/month for up to 1,000 subscribers
Aweber has a Pro Plan that is $19/month for up to 500 subscribers. There is a free plan as well for up to 500 subscribers, but it comes with Aweber branding and limited features.

But there are two other autoresponders and email marketing services that have been gaining popularity... it has some very nice features and it's very reasonable - BirdSend.

Mailerlite - Mailerlite has a free plan that allows you to have up to 1000 subscribers and send 12,000 emails per month. Once, you've pass more than 1000 subscribers, it's still reasonably priced at $15/month up to 2500 subscribers.

BirdSend - this email marketing service has some very unique features that allows you to create email marketing campaigns quickly, and it's very reasonably priced... their cheapest plan is just $9/month for up to 1,000 subscribers.

Click and Conversion Tracker

The click and conversion tracking software recommended within the PWA platform is BuildRedirects, and their lowest plan is $19.99/month.

There are two other click and conversion tracking services that are more reasonable and that I can recommend:

Linkly - Linkly has a free plan, which allows you up to 1000 clicks / month, which is great when you're just starting out.

Click.org - they have a Basic Plan which is just $9/month.

Money-Saving Online Business Building Tools

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