Top Tools & Resources

My best recommendations & tools to make life and business easier!

Affiliate Notice: Some of these are affiliate links and I get a small kickback when you click on them and purchase something, at no extra cost to you (and it’s coffee money for me). I am only an affiliate of select resources that I love and use myself! Affiliate links are marked with “*”.

Everyday Tools

Canva Pro is my go-to software for all graphic design. Images, design elements, slidedecks, webinars, social media posts, even business cards.

Sanebox* is how I filter my email inboxes effortlessly to only see what I need. It doesn’t sell your info either.

Marketing Magic* is an incredible AI-powered tool that makes all your copy needs easier. Think sales pages, social media, paid ads, and blog posts.

Thrivecart* is my all-in-one shopping cart and course platform solution. The lifetime price makes it unbeatable.

Notion* is now what I use for all content creation, business admin, systems documentation, and task management. It’s amazing and free.

Tailwind* is my favorite scheduler for all my Pinterest and Instagram content (& for my clients!)

More Everyday Tools

LastPass - For securely storing and sharing passwords

Voxer - For easy walkie talkie voice memos

Squarespace - Website builder, hosting, domain registration, and email marketing

Gmail - For business email

Google Drive - For file organization

Zoom* - Online meetings and recording webinars


Business Admin

Wave Accounting takes care of all my business finances and what I need for taxes - and it’s free!

Bonjoro* is a welcome video app for recording personal greetings to your new members and clients.

Airtable* is a “spreadsheet-on-steroids” database app that is useful for all sorts of tables and forms.

YNAB* (You Need A Budget) helps me keep track of my business and personal budget and spending.

ClickUp* is a task management and CRM tool (similar to Asana or Trello). I loved it until I discovered Notion.

Convertbox* creates custom embeddable forms for your website & works with most email marketing.

Berrycast* is a Loom alternative for screen recording. I use it for client reports and quick team training.

Acuity Scheduling is owned by Squarespace and is how I schedule all virtual chats and client meetings.

Headline Analyzer helps you create SEO-friendly, clickable headlines for emails and blogs.


Content & Graphics

Ivory Mix* is a stock photo, template, & education membership that will help with all your content & graphics.

Easil* is a Canva-alternative with beautiful and unique design templates for your graphics.

Beach Babe Stock* is another resource for beautiful stock photography designed for feminine businesses.

Canva is one of my top everyday tools, and it’s worth mentioning it again here!

Simplifying DIY Design* is a go-to resource for every kind of Canva template you could ever need.


Sales & Marketing

Send Owl* offers a simple e-commerce cart for online entrepreneurs to deliver digital products.

Publer* lets you schedule your social media content to tons of different platforms.

ConvertKit* is an email marketing service provider, landing page forms, and digital product cart for creators.

Milotree* is a smart Popup for your website to grow your Pinterest followers (or other platforms/email).

Typefully* is a scheduler for “X” (formerly Twitter) that allows you to schedule thread tweets as well.

Tailwind* is the only app I use to schedule Pinterest and Instagram content (one month free!)


Courses & Memberships

Dama Jue’s Thrivecart Template Shop* made learning how to use Thrivecart super easy and her course is well-designed and thorough.

Laura Rike’s Pintastic courses* are the only courses I recommend to learn Pinterest marketing for business.

Cat Paterson’s Branded Books* workshop will take you step-by-step through making your own notebooks and journals for sale on Amazon KDP.

Jodi Graham* creates beautiful Notion templates and has lots of printables to keep you productive.

Focus Sessions* are productivity co-working sessions designed to help you get your most important work done.

Membership Academy* is the end-all-be-all for any online entrepreneur who wants to build and grow a membership site.

Skillshare* lets you learn just about anything personally or professionally for a low yearly subscription.

Jeffalytics* is a super thorough course on setting up and using Google Analytics for your business.

Savvy Social School* - All things social media marketing for businesses.

Video Strategy Academy* is for anyone content creator or entrepreneur who wants to learn YouTube for business.


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