Business Resources

Marketing

Website

Squarespace Learning Community - Free community resources to help you jumpstart with Squarespace

Adding A Favicon Or Browser Icon (Squarespace) - The small icon that shows up in the browser

Go Daddy Webinars - Watch webinars and courses about building your website, sending marketing emails, and setting up an online store

Shopify Academy & Shopify Help Center - Essential education for the world of Shopify

20 Best Free Shopify Apps for Your Shopify Store

Hubspot's How to Build a Website: 2 Methods, 9 Easy Steps, & 35 Amazing Tips

Beginner’s Guide to Conversion Optimization

Social media

Get your Business Started on Instagram

​​Tips for Improving Your Reach on Instagram

Create a Facebook Page for your business

Grow your Page audience and engagement on Facebook

TikTok for Business - tools and resources for businesses on TikTok

Canva is a free-to-use online graphic design tool used to create social media posts, presentations, posters, videos, logos, and more. They also have a Business Resources hub where you can learn from business success stories, in-depth industry guides, and product tips and tricks

15 Social Media Scheduling Tools - that will save time, streamline your work, and help you grow your social media presence

10 Link in Bio Tools - breaking down the top 10 link in bio tools in 2024 — including features and prices — so you can find your match and get the most out of your social media bios

Stock Photography/Video & Design

Unsplash - Beautiful, free images and photos that you can download and use for any project. Better than any royalty free or stock photos

Pexels - Free stock photos & videos you can use everywhere. Browse millions of high-quality royalty-free stock images & copyright-free pictures

Gratisography - Royalty-free HD stock photos and images

Pixabay - Find your perfect royalty-free image or video to download and use

Life of Pics - Free high-resolution photography

Reshot - Free Icons & Illustrations. Design freely with instant downloads and commercial licenses.

FreeImages - Get free pictures, templates, mockups, and graphic resources

Canva Photos - Free stock photos for personal and commercial use

Flaticon - Download Free Icons and Stickers for your projects

ISO Republic - Curation of high-resolution creative photos

Kaboom Pics - More than 20,000 unique photos in 1,500 collections

Coverr - stock videos that are free to download for commercial and non-commercial use

Mixkit - Free assets for your next video project

Blush - Create and customize illustrations with collections made by artists across the globe.

Place It - Free and paid mockup library online

Minimal Mockups - Free High-Quality Graphic Design Resources

Stocksy - stock, Photo, Video, and Illustration

Branding

Column Five’s Ultimate Guide to Create a Brand Identity

How to Create a Beautiful Moodboard - Canva’s guide to creating a mood board

Canva Colors - With Canva’s color palette generator, you can create color combinations in seconds

Canva Design School - Learn how to design with Canva. Thousands of tutorials on how to design like a pro, explore typography, design trends, color and more!

Coolors - Generate or browse beautiful color combinations for your designs

Happy Hues - Happy Hues is a color palette inspiration site that acts as a real-world example of how the colors could be used in your design projects

Mulzi Colors - Create Beautiful Color Schemes that works

Flux Academy's The Ultimate Guide To Choosing Fonts

Free font resources:

Google Fonts | Fontspace | Dafont | Velvetyne | Typewolf

COMMUNITY Resources

Mercatus Digital Marketing Program - supports historically disadvantaged business owners in establishing a strong digital marketing foundation. Priority is given to businesses that are referred through an Inclusive Business Resource Network Partner

MESO MarketLink - for businesses of all sizes and stages, with affordable, customized market research to help inform, position, and grow

Xcelerate Women - has a pool of trusted and talented business coaches and mentors on standby to help you navigate your way around some of the challenges that you face as you grow your business

SBDC Market Research Institute - provides customized research reports and market intelligence for established businesses that anticipate growth

Pro-bono Creative Services Grant - The Beauty Shop creative agency offers branding grants to non-profit organizations

Multnomah Library resources

You must have a Library card to access these Resources. Multnomah County Library has agreements with many nearby library systems. Library systems in the free service area include: Multnomah County Library, Camas Public Library, Fort Vancouver Regional Library District (FVRL), Hood River County Library District, Libraries in Clackamas County (LINCC), and Washington County Cooperative.

Library Services (WCCLS)SimplyAnalytics - is a mapping application that lets users create professional-quality thematic maps for use in presentations, research reports, and business plans, using demographic, business, and marketing data for the United States

LinkedIn Learning for Libraries - is an online learning platform with courses in business, software, technology, and creative skills

Reference Solutions - Find information about businesses and people in the United States and Canada. Formerly known as "ReferenceUSA"

Mergent Intellect - Find directory information on public and private U.S. and international companies, including names and addresses of leaders

ABI/INFORM Collection - In-depth business coverage with information and articles about companies, products, executives, trends, and other related topics for the region, the nation, and the world