Tools & Resources
There are so many tools available to us to help streamline our businesses. Many of these tools are 100% free, others have a free trial and a moderate subscription cost. I have collected these resources from my own experience as well and many successful business professionals who have used them.
Networking/Brainstorming
MastermindwithSue.com – Brainstorming/networking
Allcitiesnetwork.org – networking
Blitzr.com – speed networking
Alignable.com – networking
Mindmeister.com – mind maps/brainstorming
BeeKonnected.com
Free Stock Photos
Unsplash.com
Pixabay.com
Digital Library
HooplaDigital.com
Scribd.com
Graphic Design/Printing
Canva.com
Killerbookcovers.com
Nextdayflyers.com
Vistaprint.com
GRprint.com
Scheduling/Calendars
Doodle.com
Calendly.com
Passwords
Keepersecurity.com
Video
Movietools.info – free video loops
videezy.com– free stock video
pixabay.com – free stock video
Doodly.com – create custome animated video
Camtasia.com – video production – https://www.techsmith.com/video-editor.html
Davinci Resolve – video editing – https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/
Loom.com – screen record/demos
https://www.tubebuddy.com/HappyHour – YouTube Tools & Analytics
CRM
Goldmine.com
Kartra.com
Hubspot.com
Opt-In Forms
convertkit.com
Business Resources
SBDC – Small business development center – https://americassbdc.org/
EDB – Economic Development Board – http://sonomaedb.org/
SCORE – https://www.score.org/
YouTube Tools
Vidiq.com – what people are searching for on YouTube
TubeBuddy.com – YouTube metrics, keywords
Online Courses – create your own and sell them!
Thinkific.com
Teachable.com
Yescourse.com
Udemy.com
Accounting
WaveApps.com (free with upgrade)
Freshbooks.com (free with upgrade)
Social Tools
22social.com –FB features
Woocommerce.com – WP plug in to sell courses, etc
Ripl.com – creative social media posts
Yaytex.com – fun fonts
Public Relations
Prweb.com – auto send press releases
HARO.com – help a reporter out
Patreon.com – offer monthly subscriptions for your fans
Project Management
Clickup.com (free)
Slack.com
Freedcamp.com
Asana.com
Basecamp.com
Getting Help
Thumbtack.com
Acadium.com – interns
Fiverr.com
Upwork.com
Websites
SquareSpace.com
WordPress.com
Shopify.com
Web.archive.org (to view old pages of a website)