Making Your To-Do List a To-DONE List
These are services and apps that I personally use and recommend. I don’t list anything on here that I’ve used but not liked — this is my cherry-picked tool kit.
Disclaimer: Some of the links on this page are affiliate links, and I may receive compensation, monetary or otherwise, if you decide to purchase through here.
I hear it from almost every client – you know blogging is important, but where do you find the time to write up the content? I’m not a copywriter, so I was super excited to find Blog Hands. Bonus points if you pass the content on to your VA for scheduling. The ultimate stress-free blog plan!
Price: Varies, based on your needs
Acuity has been invaluable in my efforts to connect with clients, and I’ve seen my growth double since I introduced it.
Free, with paid upgrades
AppSumo is my go-to choice for amazing tools at a discount. They often have lifetime deals for business where you pay one fee and have access to services that are usually subscription only.
Price: Varies, based on deals
Scheduling (finally) made simple. Recur Post allows me to schedule my own content and my clients’. Plus, it stores your library of content and recycles the posts.
Free, with paid upgrades
Harvest is how I track my time in my business. It also allows me to generate invoices directly based on that time, which is amazing. Since I started using Harvest, I’ve noticed trends in both how I use my time and what tasks took longer than I thought. It’s also highly customizable (setting fiscal year start and interface color, for example)
Free, with paid upgrades
ViralWoot is an efficient way to schedule pins and find new influencers — or get found. I’ve been a user since nearly the beginning of their existence, and their growth continues to impress me. It’s my go-to for managing both my own Pinterest account, and my clients’!
Free, with paid upgrades
If you’re looking for an alternative to YouTube, this is it. You can upload and share videos, but that’s just the beginning, and the branding is much less intrusive!
Free, with paid upgrades
Udemy is for life-long learners. If there’s something you want to learn, odds are someone is teaching it on there. You can see reviews before you buy, most have guarantees, and there are often coupons.
Price: Varies by course
PicMonkey is an amazing free-to-low-cost option for creating fun, beautiful graphics. You don’t need to be tech savvy to make great images with this!
See my how-to post for this great resource!
Price: Free, with paid upgrades
If you’re wondering what this has to do with social media, you might be in for a surprise. Say you publish a post on your blog. You can set MailChimp to automatically send it (in part or entirety) to your email list… and post that email to your social accounts at the same time! this can grow your mailing list and increase your blog traffic in one go.
Free, with paid upgrades
Layers is, hands down, my favorite WordPress theme. I use it almost exclusively for my web designs, and you know I love it when I use it for my own site! It’s very comparable to Divi, but more user friendly (in my opinion).
Free with paid upgrades & extensions (so worth it!)
Wishlist Member is an industry standard in membership sites, and there’s a good reason for that. While the setup isn’t intuitive for most (I offer that service here), it’s probably the most robust, flexible, powerful solution out there. For that reason, it’s my go-to option for folks wanting an all-in-one membership or education site.
Price: $197 for single site, $297 for multiple sites (with bonus resources)
Obviously, with what I do, security is important. If my computer gets compromised, it’s not just my information on the line. I’ve tried quite a few antivirus options, and this one has performed the best.
Price: Varies by product ($19.99-$69.99)
How many passwords do you have? On how many sites do you have an account with a password? If those two numbers are different, please start using a password manager, like LastPass, to create secure passwords. Yes, a different one for each site! Imagine what would happen if a spammer guessed the password for your social account, and started sending spam from your business?
Free, with paid upgrades
This is the one tool I don’t think I could run my business without! While Trello is something of a digital whiteboard, it can do a million other things.
Have a look at my sample board here!
Free, with paid upgrades
Dropbox is, hands-down, my favorite way to store and share files. While GoogleDrive has some benefits, I love Dropbox’s ease of use and endless integrations.
Free, with paid upgrades
I may save everything to Dropbox, but I assure you I also back up my machine to my external WD drive. The last computer I had died unexpectedly – the number of fonts I would have lost was huge, which would have meant a serious re-investment!
Price: varies
IFTTT lets you connect your various social, devices, and other apps to create one smart network of tools that do the heavy lifting for you.
Completely free!
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