Our Top Business Tools: A Guide from A Wiser Website
We're always on the lookout for new ways to help entrepreneurs grow their businesses and below are some of our favorite resources. Whether you're looking for timely advice or just need a refresher on the basics, these books, videos, and tools have been essential for us in both our business and personal lives.
Our Favorite Business Resources
Honeybook:
The software we use to easily send out proposals, contracts, and invoices. It streamlines your workflow and helps you manage your business more efficiently. Plus A Wiser Website clients can enjoy a special 25% discount here.
FloDesk
When it comes to email newsletters, FloDesk is our favorite. It's the email newsletter platform we use for our business and for those of our clients’ who are on our monthly growth plans. With its stunning templates and powerful automation features, FloDesk helps us create engaging content and grow our email list effortlessly. Whether you're a business owner or a marketing professional, this tool is a must-have. We absolutely love it.
Loom
This is a must for our team. This handy video messaging and screen recording tool allows us to record video messages, screen recordings, and even standard operating procedures (SOPs). It maximizes our productivity and helps us communicate more effectively.
The Contract Shop
Legal matters are crucial for any business, and The Contract Shop makes it super easy to get your legal ducks in a row. With their plug-and-go legal templates, including Terms of Service and Privacy Policy templates, you can ensure that your website is compliant and protected.
Squarespace Analytics
In addition to these fantastic tools, we also love using Squarespace analytics. We build our websites on Squarespace’s platform and we love the detailed analytics to help you understand your website's performance and make data-driven decisions. It's an invaluable resource for any business owner looking to optimize their online presence.
Our Favorite Business Books
Videos we love
Our Favorite Business Quotes
"My dad encouraged us to fail growing up. He would ask us what we failed at that week. If we didn't have something, he would be disappointed. It changed my mindset at an early age that failure is not the outcome--failure is not trying. Don't be afraid to fail." — Sarah Blakely
"Don't worry about being successful, but work toward being significant and the success will naturally follow." — Oprah Winfrey
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." — Maya Angelou
"The secret of success in any field is redefining what success means to you." — RuPaul
Normal is fading away. Governments and industries and schools like normal, because it's easier, it scales and it's profitable. But people don't like it - we want to be who we are, not who some marketer tells us to be. — Seth Godin
“I found that every time I asked for permission the answer tended to be no, so I had to make my own yeses.” — Issa Rae
“I'm not goal-oriented so much as I'm constantly aware of what I'm passionate about, and I'm constantly updating the list.” — Greta Gerwig
Meet the founders
We’re Becca and Leah Wiser, the co-founders of A Wiser Website. We've launched stunning websites for clients who've been featured in Glamour, Forbes, Popsugar, and NBC News, among many others. With all design and development done in-house, each website we design is tailored to fit our clients’ needs, visions and goals.
When you work with us, we become an extension of your team, helping you create an intentional, cohesive brand experience that speaks to your ideal clients and inspires action. We understand that the process of launching a website can seem like a massive undertaking, which is why we’ve spent years perfecting a seamless design process rooted in ease and efficiency. We take great pride in crafting a joyful and transformative experience for our clients throughout the entire journey of working together.
