The Homeschool Trade Association, one of my side projects, is a professional network of business and nonprofit leaders who serve the homeschool community.

Below are some of the tools and resources we have used to manage and grow a homeschool curriculum publishing business. Some of these are affiliate links, which means that our company will receive payment if you make a purchase from the recommended company.

Web Hosting

  • EMWD has provided web hosting for our business website for many years. It is a smaller company, and I like the personal attention.

  • This site was built with SquareSpace. It provides attractive templates and a cloud-based development interface.

Computer Tools

  • LogMeIn allows me to connect wherever I am to another company computer wherever it is and use it as if I was sitting in front of it. This is great for troubleshooting and sharing work.

  • EditPad Pro is a text editor with amazing search and replace features and lots of other bells and whistles. It is great for coding and other everyday text-based tasks.

Ecommerce/Marketing

  • Our ecommerce site runs on BigCommerce.

  • I use LeadPages to create responsive landing pages for specific promotions (i.e., running Facebook ads that invite people to sign up for our email newsletter).

  • ActiveCampaign hosts my company email lists. I use MailChimp for the Homeschool Trade Association because it has a generous free plan. MadMimi is another email service I have used in the past. It is simple to use, but not quite as versatile.

Professional Development