Our Favorite Business Tools
FOR FREELANCERS, BLOGGERS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS
Running a profitable online business requires a few good tools. This list includes some great resources that I personally use to run our freelance agency and online business.
When you start an online business, it can quickly feel overwhelming and it can become expensive if you don’t know what tools to choose.
The truth is you don’t need to spend much money when starting a business, but you should spend some money on it.
CLIENT MANAGEMENT
ConverKit
Convertkit is the email service provider that will make your email marketing easier and more effective.
With Convertkit, you can create beautiful and professional emails that will engage your subscribers and convert them into customers.
You can easily create automated email sequences that will nurture your subscribers and turn them into customers. You can also segment your list so that you can send targeted emails to your subscribers.
Dubsado
This is my go-to client management system.
It helps you create workflows that operate on autopilot, which helps you make more money in less time.
Handle management, tracking, billing, and scheduling functions—all from one dashboard. Dubsado ensures all your client interactions are a breeze with file transfer share options, dedicated client folders, and email marketing campaign tools.
Client Onboarding Templates
Pre-made client onboarding templates can help you streamline your workflows so you can save time and stay organized.
These templates will also help you to look professional and help you to build trust and authority.
Check out our shop for beautiful and professionally looking templates.
CONTENT CREATION
Are you looking for the best tools for content creation? Look no further than our selection of content creation tools.
With these tools, you can create amazing content that will engage and persuade your audience.
From developing powerful marketing campaigns to creating compelling web copy, these content creation tools will help you get the most out of your content marketing efforts.
Canva
Looking to spruce up your social media posts, email newsletters or website graphics? Canva is here to help!
Canva is a user-friendly graphic design tool that anyone can use to create beautiful designs. With Canva, you don’t need any prior design experience – simply choose a template, add your own images or photos, and customize it to your liking.
Best of all, Canva is free to use, but it comes with a pro alternative which I personally love and use for my business!
Whether you’re a design novice or pro, Canva is the perfect tool for all your design needs.
Jasper
Jasper is the writing assistant you never knew you needed. It can help you compose emails, write social media captions, create product descriptions, and even churn out blog posts – quickly and easily.
If you’re always struggling to find the right words or battling writer’s block, Jasper is here to help. It’s the perfect solution for anyone who wants to save time and produce high-quality writing.
With Jasper by your side, you’ll be able to power through your writing tasks in record time. Get started today and see how Jasper can help you take your writing to the next level!
Tailwind
Tired of manually posting? Tailwind automatically publishes your social media content for you. Tailwind picks the post times when your audience is most responsive so you can get the most engagement out of every post.
They also have one of the most powerful hashtag finders.
Reach more customers with a perfect mix of massively popular and hyper-relevant hashtags.
Connect and grow with Tailwind Communities
This is a community where you can connect with creators, get inspired by fresh ideas, and build relationships.
KeySearch
Keysearch is not just a keyword research tool it’s a full-fledged SEO powerhouse. This is the perfect tool if you want to grow more traffic to your website. It’s giving you all the tools you need to spy on your competitors and track your SEO efforts.
The Keysearch keyword tool gives you multiple ways to find related, niche-relevant keywords. Just put in a seed keyword and Keysearch will return hundreds of keywords with search volume & CPC data.
With Keysearch you also have the ability to do in-depth competition analysis lightning fast, and with a push of a button.
Keysearch will track your rankings automatically. You will even have the option to get trackings down to your exact location. You can create reports, notifications and get on-demand ranking updates.
Styled Stock Society
Stock photos & brand visuals for female entrepreneurs who are ready to stand out. They offer on-brand and one-of-a-kind stock photos, graphic templates, marketing materials, and more — all designed to elevate your brand in less time. I’ve been a member here for years.
What if your brand could stand out with a little help from a library of stock photos, video clips, design templates, and even social captions that make it easy to showcase how unique your brand really is? That’s what’s possible inside Styled Stock Society.
Flick
Flick is an all-in-one Instagram Scheduling, Hashtag & Analytics Tool – helping you to grow and manage your Instagram account(s).
Find, manage and analyze hashtags for Instagram.
Take the guesswork out of hashtags. Grow your business by reaching new audiences on Instagram.
Find quality hashtags in a matter of minutes.
Drive more impressions, profile views and follows from new audiences.
Uncover which hashtags are performing best.
See where you post ranks on the hashtag feed and receive detailed insights into your hashtag performance.
Organize, manage and copy hashtags with ease. Create a centralized location for your favorite hashtags and access them from any phone, tablet or computer.
Pin Inspector
Powerful software that uncovers top trending searches, top converting content and best performing ads on Pinterest. Quickly generate hundreds of top popular keywords directly from the Pinterest autosuggest engine. Get access to search volume, CPC and competition data. With Pin Inspector you always have fresh keyword ideas served so you can optimize your content. This tool has so many feature and is a must-have tool if you want to grow fast on Pinterest or use for your clients accounts.
BUILD YOUR WEBSITE, BLOG, AND SALES PAGES
Elementor
Create a website design you’ll love with this website builder.
Power your vision with Elementor to build, manage and host stunning websites and sales pages!
Drag-and-drop content on a page and watch your website come to life. Use any of 100+ widgets. No coding needed.
Select from an extensive library of 100+ full website kits. Try any kit or start with a blank canvas.
NameCheap
Find the right hosting for your domain.
Whether you want speed, simplicity, space, or super-power, NameCheap got you covered. Choose from shared, VPS, dedicated, and Managed WordPress options. Impress your customers by sending emails from @yourwebsite.com. Get secure, reliable Private Email connected to your domain, complete with business tools and calendar from just $11.88 a year.
Take the stress out of security with low-cost SSL Certificates, PremiumDNS, VPN and more. Also their support team is great and ready to assist you any time 24/7.
Bluchic
Their WordPress themes elevate your business instantly, ensuring that your website looks and works the way you need it to, showcasing your skills, products and services in the best way.
Choose the theme that’s right for your business
Their themes are flexible enough for the WordPress Wonder Woman and simple enough for the “non-techy” WordPress newbie to build a website that brings your vision to life.
They’ve also got beautiful landing page templates for sales funnels.
With these templates, creating your sales page or the opt-in page will be easy and stress-free — leaving you plenty of time to focus on the other parts of your launch and list building.
Leadpages
Easily build websites and landing pages, connect your favorite marketing tools, and track your results.
This page builder helps you connect with your audience, collect qualified leads, and sell your products and services. It’s so easy to use even if you’re not a techy person. With the drag-and-drop builder, you can create and publish professional-looking web pages in a matter of minutes. Maximize every piece of content you publish with conversion-optimized pages, pop-ups, alert bars, and A/B tests that transform your web traffic into leads and customers. They also have 200+ high-converting templates for you to just plug and play.
COURSE CREATION & SELLING DIGITAL PRODUCTS
Podia
This was the first tool I used to get started with online courses and digital products.
Podia puts your website, digital products, and community in one platform that’s easy to use. You could have a beautiful, free website in the next 10 minutes.
Podia handles the tech out of the box, so you can set up your site and get back to work.
Sell courses, coaching, ebooks, webinars, workshops—almost anything!
Your products are easy to sell and easy for your customers to buy. Podia takes care of hosting products, taking payments, and getting products to your customers.
The community you want, without worrying about integrations or “the algorithm”
Podia gives you the flexibility to make paid communities, free communities, and memberships on a platform you own.
ThriveCart
My current go-to tool for a professional-looking check-out cart for my courses and digital products. I also use this tool to host my courses and digital products. You can even build funnels with beautiful-looking sales pages. I highly recommend it and you get lifetime access to all of this for a reasonable one-time fee.
Course By Number
Create a profitable course that brings in consistent revenue each month, even if your audience is tiny. A refined creation process to make it easy and simple – so you have the confidence to launch your own successful course and make a consistent income from it.
