Easy Branding
🟣Generate consistent visuals in every format you need for social media. Input your brand colour, pick a style, and generate
Free
Creative Market
🟣More than stock photos and fonts, it's like Etsy for solopreneurs and small businesses. Don't just
Tally
🟣If you've used Notion or other block-based documents, you'll immediately know how to create advanced forms
Zapier
Rhymes with Happier 😀 🟣The holy grail of app connectors. If an app doesn't integrate with another tool you
Unsplash
🟣PDI Summary: Very popular free stock photo site. Built-in integration into many website/blog/newsletter tools. Beautiful Free Images &
Typeform
🟣Solid choice for online forms. Has been around for long enough to have a good reputation. The cheese 🧀Typeform: People-Friendly
Testimonial.to
🟣Easily collect and share testimonials from your clients. There are a lot of copycats but I'm pretty sure
Substack
🟣Popular option for online blogging and email newsletters. Free to start but they keep 10% of any paid memberships. 🟦🟦🟦🟦I&
Semrush
🟣My favourite SEO tool. It is pretty expensive, but you can get a lot of value from their free plan,
Senja
🟣Easily collect and share text and video testimonials. Free for up to 15 testimonials, upgrade for more. From their website:
Payhip
🟣Sell digital products. Gumroad alternative. From their website "Sell digital downloads, courses, coaching and more from one simple platform.
Notion
"Notion is the connected workspace where better, faster work happens." - Notion 🟣Notion is a powerful tool but
monday.com
🟣Powerful task and project management system. An incredible number of customizable columns make monday.com's "boards"
Miro
🟣THE online whiteboard in my opinion. Not sure what to do with an online whiteboard or need inspiration for your
Loom
🟣The leader in async video with strong brand recognition, a free version, and options for privacy & security. Their yearly
Linktree
🟣One of the first big link-in-bio tools, their website boasts over 40M users. It's the cheese 🧀Linktree: Link
Ko-fi
🟣Accept tips or donations with NO PLATFORM FEES! (Stripe fees still apply). Sell memberships and other items as well. Ko-fi
HubSpot
🟣HubSpot is the gold standard CRM. Why force a project management system to work like a CRM when HubSpot has
Harvest
🟣Affordable option for time tracking and invoicing. Solid functionality including calendar integration and sending invoices directly to clients. For basic
Gumroad
🟣Very popular option for selling digital products. No monthly or upfront fees, BUT they take 10% of all your sales.
Grammarly
🟣One of the first digital tools to help you write better, Grammarly is still extremely popular. It's the
Figma
🟣Developers use it to map out (or wireframe) a website, but you can do a lot more with Figma, including
Fillout
🟣Modern forms app boosted by AI. Unlimited forms on their free plan. Fillout | Make any form in minutesCreate powerful forms,
DigiSigner
🟣Easy electronic signatures with an impressive audit trail. Great value. Free Electronic Signature Service - DigiSignerSign documents online using electronic
direct.me
🟣Popular option for Link-in-bio. Lots of formatting options, built-in analytics, and monetization opportunities. From their website: "Join over 1
Descript
🟣Amazing text-based video editor. Record your stream-of-consciousness video and edit it like a document to copy and paste entire sections
ConvertKit
🟣One of the more established and popular newsletter platforms. Not quite intuitive to use, but strong breadth of features. It&
ClickUp
🟣Initially a project and task management app, ClickUp has expanded with a TON of other features in their goal of
Carrd
🟣Carrd is great for landing pages, solopreneurs and other simple website needs. The free version is surprisingly powerful but the
Canva
🟣If you're not a graphic designer, Canva is the go-to tool for graphic design. With endless templates, alignment
Buy Me a Coffee
🟣Give your supporters a way to support you back! Accept donations and sell memberships & digital products. Don't
beehiiv
🟣A relatively new player in the newsletter space, beehiiv is on a massive growth trajectory. They're shipping new
Asana
🟣Easy to use and intuitive project and task manager. Delightful user experience with whimsical animations. Keep it simple or manage
These apps either are free, or have a free version. Also included are apps with no monthly fees, but they take a cut of your revenue (great for starting out).
