MY TOOL BOX
Tools and apps to simplify your life + business
Life can be messy, disorganized, and downright paralyzing. No matter what yours looks like, the right tools can:
→Help you create a strategy and a structure for uncluttering your digital workspace.
→ Organize your family's passwords and other important data in order to avoid the 100th text from your kid asking for the Netflix password.
→ Archive all of your family's precious and valuable papers, photos, and mementos in a tidy and systematized digital filing cabinet.
→Automate all your day-to-day activities as well as your to-do lists.
→ Save you hundreds of hours looking for that one document that you can’t seem to find because you never labeled it or cataloged it.
There’s nothing worse than software(that you might be paying for) sitting unused on your digital workspace! Being intentional about your tools will ultimately save you time and money in the long run. Check out my top favs below, most of which won't break the bank!
COURSE PLATFORM
Kajabi
This all-in-one platform has all the features to sell, market, and manage your content. They make it easy for you to teach what you know so you can transform your expertise into cash. I use Kajabi for my course platforms, emails, community building, and so much more. I have included a link to their 30-day free trial. It’s a win-win for all!
INSTAGRAM COURSE
Instagram Secrets To Success
If you are struggling with where to start on Instagram or how to build your community,
Instagram Secrets to Success will teach you the strategies to immediately increase your visibility on Instagram. Check out the free masterclass here.
FACEBOOK ADS COURSE
Easy Ads School
If you are struggling with attracting more leads for your business, Easy Ads School will teach you how to generate passive income in their monthly live group coaching sessions. With three live, group coaching sessions each month, you will learn by doing. Check out their free masterclass here.
PODCAST NOTES AND CONTENT
Castmagic
Generates your podcast show notes, and post production content when you upload your audio. All in one click!
KAJABI MARKETING & TECH TRAINING
Kajabi Flight Crew Club Membership
Go from Tech Overwhelm to Kajabi Confident: Monthly Kajabi training and support.
GROWING & MONETIZING LINKEDIN
LinkedIn Growth with Justin Welsh
Unlock the potential of LinkedIn and accelerate the growth of your personal brand.
ONLINE LEARNING COMMUNITY
SkillShare
Self-paced online courses with thousands of classes for creative and curious people, on topics including illustration, design, photography, video, freelancing, and more.
WEBSITE HOSTING
SiteGround
Whether you are starting from scratch or have had a website for some time, I recommend creating a simple website with WordPress, hosted with Site-ground. As a new customer, they offer lots of affordable hosting options and their customer support is stellar!
FILE ORGANIZATION
Dropbox
In my opinion, Dropbox is the ultimate digital filing cabinet. This is where I store and systematize all my assets, graphics, documents, and so much more. You can start for free and upgrade only when you need to.
EMAIL MARKETING
ConvertKit
Convert Kit is a fabulous email service provider that allows a newbie to automate their messaging without paying a hefty price tag. Their free plan allows users to gather up to a 300 subscribers, create unlimited landing pages, thank you pages, with the ability to design on brand and manage your subscribers.
SOCIAL MEDIA SCHEDULING
Tailwind
Automating your social media posting will be your biggest time saver. Tailwind is not just an auto-scheduler but a creative way to create your content. Create better marketing in half the time with a tool that writes for you, designs for you, and even gives you a plan for growth. Tailwind is our choice for managing all of our social media platforms in one place.
VOICE TRANSCRIPTION
Otter
Otter.ai is both a speech and text transcription and translation app. It generates written transcriptions of whatever you dictate into the application. And it’s FREE.
PODCAST HOSTING
Buzzsprout
This is an easy and great platform to start your podcast. It’s an all-in-one that provides a vessel for your podcast, and promotional tools, and also tracks your analytics. It’s free for beginners and a great place to grow your audience and your content.
DESIGN CREATION
Canva
If you want to create identifiable, branded graphics. Canva is a wonderful place to start creating your brand identity for all your social media images, photos, and even family photo albums and pdfs for your business. In a short amount of time, you will build your personal online brand.
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
Videoask
Interact face-to-face with your audience + build stronger relationships. It's a great way to build trust with potential clients and students.
VA SUPPORT
Fiverr
Fiverr is an e-commerce platform for freelancers and companies to sell their services. It’s important to do your research and create a system(that you can automate) with specific questions for interviewing and prioritizing.
VA SUPPORT
OnlineJobs PH
Like Fiverr, Onlinejobs PH is a great platform for both finding talent for your business and promoting your talent and services. What’s most important here is having a system for finding the right candidate.
Note: Many of these links are affiliate links, which means I may get a commission if you purchase. However, none of the fees of these resources have been increased to compensate me. In fact, many of the creators of these tools have given me special discounts that I get to extend to you!
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