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A Curation of Resources for Creative Rebels & Their Businesses

(updated last: April 10, 2020)

 

 
 

Tools:

 

For your website:

For list-building:

  • Sumome (list-building tools) - free*

  • OptInMonster (customer acquisition and lead generation software) - only $9/month

  • Clickfunnels (a powerhouse for lead generation and list-building) - has a free trial

  • Builderall (build a ton of landing pages and create business funnels easily) - free*

  • KingSumo (throwing giveaways) - there’s a lifetime deal for $49 on appsumo! You only pay once.

For user research:

For your email/mailing list:

  • SendFox (email marketing) - there’s a lifetime deal starting at $49 on appsumo, cheapest you’ll find :)

  • Unroll.Me (manage your subscriptions) - free

For your social media:

  • Adobe Spark (tools and templates for your social media marketing) - 2 months free*

  • Buffer (schedule social posts) - $15+/month

  • bit.ly (shorten your urls) - free

  • Tailwind (shedule on insta and pinterest) - has a free trial, otherwise just $9.99/month

  • Click to tweet (tweet blog posts) - free

For content marketing:

For community:

For branding/design:

For video/courses/webinars:

For vlogging/podcasting:

  • Logitech Webcam (the best!) - $195

  • OBS Studio (capture your screen and your face and your screen together with your face) - free

  • Youtube video editor - free

  • Blue Yeti Microphone (the best!) - $99,99

  • Anchor (distribute your podcast episodes on all platforms with one click) - free

For selling products:

  • Paypal (manage payments) - free

  • Teachable (sell your online courses) - free*

  • Gumroad (selling digital products) - free*

For providing services:

For productivity:

For getting organized:

  • Slack (team work) - free

  • Milanote (organize your creative project in a fun, visual way on a board) - free*

  • Google Docs (shared documents) - free

  • trello (getting organized) - free

For outsourcing tasks:

  • Fiverr (get things done for $5+)

  • 99designs (find a professional designer for anything from logos to websites to book covers)

For learning:

  • CreativeLive (so many courses on all kinds of creative and business topics) - classes cost $20-$150

  • MasterClass (courses by the best in every industry) - access to everything for $200 (get 1 free)

Miscellaneous:

  • Product Hunt (you can find any tools on there - old or new - use the search & read the comments)

  • Appsumo (amazing discounts of your favorite tools - check regularly for lifetime deals!!!)

  • For affiliate marketing, you should sign up on Impact Radius, ShareaSale, ClickBank, and JVZoo

 

P.S. The products with an asterix are the ones I use for free, but they have amazing upgrades if you need them.

P.P.S. Some of these links are affiliate links, but I only recommend things I have used myself. I get a small commission if you purchase something, so thanks for supporting this little creative business. :)

Other:

 

Rebels to follow:

  • Jen Carrington (insightful content coach & podcaster)

  • Caroline and Jason Zook of Wandering Aimfully (a team of un-boring business coaches)

  • Paul Jarvis (freelancer and maker, who says it like it is, makes no excuses for it, and has pet rats)

  • byRegina (amazing resource for infopreneurs who are naturally scrappy and authentic people)

  • Sian Richardson (amazing web designer)

  • Cerries Mooney (a bit of a spiritual trip; take the test; you'll love the free resources she has for you)

  • Gary Vaynerchuk (perhaps the original creative rebel, knows a lot about social media, tells it like it is)

  • Ash Ambirge of The Middle Finger Project (who will give you a good laugh and a run for your money)

  • Austin Kleon (mixed-media artist with amazing books & hobbies - blackout poetry & newspaper cutouts)

  • Marie Forleo (who is an inspiration to us all)

Podcasts to follow:

Communities to join:

Books to read (all of these are a must!)

Products to try:

Inspiring talks: