Resource Library
the tonic site shop
Managing an online presence is hard work and building your website can be overwhelming. We totally get that, but GREAT NEWS! We're here to help, and so are some of our awesome industry friends. We've curated a bunch of helpful resources below to help bring your dream website into reality.
Tonic Education
After a decade designing websites for some of the leading creatives in various industries, we've learned a few things along the way. How to create content that connects, curate the perfect image set for your portfolio, use your website to build an email list, reach your ideal client, and etc. While we may be hoarders of quinoa and glassware, we kinda like to share what we've learned in hopes that it may help you stave off any of the missteps we've taken as we've grown our own brand. So we're serving up podcast interviews, blog articles and even a some quick and dirty Tonic Tips to help you level-up your website right now.
Popular posts on the tONIC BLog:
How to Customize Your Gmail Email Signature in Three Minutes
Designer Secrets to a Top Shelf About Section
5 Ways to Make Your Website Better Right Now
Our Favorite Branding Tool — The Brand Interview
with Jen Olmstead & Jeff Shipley
Creating an Unforgettable Brand with Jen
The goal digger podcast
The Biggest Mistakes People Make When Creating a Website with Jen
The Jenna Rainey Show
A Conversation on Building Your Brand with Jen
The wit & delight podcast
How To Build a Brand That's True to You with Jeff & Jen
The United Podcast
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Websites That Convert With Jeffrey Shipley
The United Podcast
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Freebies
LEARN THE WAYS
First, you buy your dream site. Then what? Here in the Tonic Resource Library, we're here to help. Pull up a stool to learn all about Site Mixology, get expert design help from Jen & Jeff and watch a curated set of tutorials from us + our friends at Showit.
SHOWIT HOW-TO'S
Because we love you so much, we sat down and filmed a "welcome to TONIC" video for you with our faces in it. Watch for a tour of Showit, a few designer tips and tricks and some general how-tos to get started on creating the website of your dreams.
First things first
Getting Started
How your blog template works with Wordpress and Showit. (It's not that hard, we swear!)
Wordpress & Showit
showit 101
The best part of Showit mobile is that you can edit it side by side with your desktop site and pair down the content as needed simply by hiding what you don't want to show on mobile.
How to Edit Your Mobile Site
showit 101
Want your Instagram footer to be an actual live feed instead of a curated image set? Watch this video to learn how to embed a widget from Lightwidget to your site.
How to Add a Live Instagram Feed
showit 101
Tonic Galleries are alllll about showcasing your work at its best and we've included at least 4 gallery types in all of our Top Shelf designs. Our Neat sites have at least 2 types included. Watch this video to learn out to select your gallery type, duplicate and link your navigation accordingly.
Tonic Galleries 101
showit 101
Our best tips and tricks on how to add video highlights into header and/or other background canvases AND how to embed a longer-form videos via the YouTube/Vimeo widget.
How to Add Videos
showit 101
All things pages — Learn how to duplicate pages, set up click actions to pages, how to delete pages and re-add pages from "My Library" tab, and etc.
How to Work with Pages
showit 101
General Showit Tutorials
Learn Showit in less than 30 minutes. WHAAAAAT?!
Plus there's so many more great videos for Showit basics in the "Showit 101 Course." Head there for even more.
Images & Copywriting
content creation
And the two of those things paired with beautiful design and quality work / offerings ensures that it connects with your ideal prospects and converts them into paying clients. Great content is a total game-changer and yet we know how hard that part of the process creating all of it can be.
So we've carefully curated a list of copywriters who offer personalized services, sources for stock photography, and various educational resources we love to help you create content that connects and converts. Unsure what you need? Email us for a personal recommendation.
Imagery and copy are two of most important parts of building a badass website and truly what brings your website to life.
Copy uncorked Copywriting resources
Our awesome copywriter friend (and Tonic Regular) Kaitlyn has curated a bunch of killer copywriting resources just for you and offering a 20% discount on her new email templates.
MArketing examples
A gallery of real world marketing examples from successful companies. Want to perfect your cold email, boost referrals or improve SEO? Browse the case studies or filter by category.
Ashlyn Writes Youtube Channel
Our sweet copywriter friend (and Tonic Regular) has a super fun and helpful YouTube channel with all sorts of copywriting tips. She's truly one of the best in the biz.
Copywriting
Social Squares
Vibrant, colorful stock photography membership. As seen in Margarita.
Stock Photography
While we love tailor-made photography assets as much as anyone else, sometimes you just ain't got time (or money) for that. Am I right? Enter stock photography. From monthly subscriptions to free options, we got all your stock photo needs covered below.
moyo
Modern, minimal stock photography membership. As seen in Greyhound.
sourced Co.
Fine art stock photography membership.
pexels
Free stock photography and videos. As seen in Vodka Soda.
Unsplash
Free stock photography and videos. As seen in Vieux Carré.
The Tonic Toolbox
apps + tools
WEBSITE
TOOLS
showit
All of our websites are built on Showit. It's a drag-and-drop designer where you can create and customize without limits. No tears. No code. Use code TONICPREMIUM20 for 20% off.
thrive cart
Our shopping cart, order fulfillment, payment plans, affiliate program and more is all managed by Thrive Cart. It has literally changed the game for us and has helped increase our sales
Flodesk
We hate designing marketing emails because it's so hard to make them look pretty. And then FloDesk came in and saved the day by making email easy and pretty. Win-win! Tonic Regulars save 50%.
interact quizzes
The Brand Cocktail Quiz you probably took when you first visited our site? Powered by Interact. We had it set up hours before launch and in just 1 year, our list grew by over 10k from our quiz alone.
Google Domains
We're all about keeping things simple, and Google Domains is just that. It's the easiest place to snag your domain name and manage all your DNS settings. Plus it pairs beautifully with G-Suite.
google workspace
Google Workspace literally makes TONIC run. It's the lifeblood of our virtual business and helps keep everything centralized and accessible from anywhere. The best part? Gmail connects seamlessly to all Tonic / Showit sites.
Tonic Tested & Approved business management tools
Project Mangagement
Team Communcation
CRM, Contracts & Invoicing
Cheers!
We can't wait to party with you!
Oh hey, YOU DID IT. Take a minute celebrate the fact that you finally have a website you (and your dream clients) love. Aaaaand to tag us on social and use the #toniclaunch hash tag to let us know you're live so we can celebrate + add you to the TONIC Showcase!
#toniclaunch
Need something
else?
We're always here to help make you get your dream website live and online, so if there's anything else we can do to help make that happen, please don't hesitate to reach out.
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