Tools and Resources

While I list Canva as a graphic design platform, it is also full of amazing AI tools. They have their own written content generator, Magic Write, plus the Magic Studio which is incredible for photo editing. There are also Apps in Canva, such as Dall-E and Imagen, as well as loads of others. When using our link, you can benefit from 30 days of a Canva Pro trial for free!

ChatGPT is the revolutionary chatbot developed by OpenAI. With its advanced large language models (LLMs), ChatGPT can assist you in creating engaging content for your blogs, website copy, and social media posts. Simply provide ChatGPT with prompts, and watch as it generates text for you. However, it’s important to note that while ChatGPT is a powerful tool, OpenAI acknowledges that it may not always provide factual or accurate answers. We recommend reviewing and verifying the content generated by ChatGPT for best results.

Gemini, formerly known as Bard, is Google’s powerful content tool that seamlessly integrates with Google for content generation. Similar in functions to ChatGPT, Gemini’s responses tend to be more conversational, while ChatGPT’s are more informational and corporate. The free version of Gemini includes features only available in the paid version of ChatGPT.

Elegant Themes, home of Divi. The most popular WordPress theme in the world and the ultimate visual page builder.
I design all my websites in Divi as it’s flexible, easy to use and has some amazing layouts to choose from which make a great starting point for any design.

ProStack is the hosting company I use and their service is fantastic! They offer fully managed hosting for digital agencies and online businesses. They have 24/7 support service with a calm, rapid and informed response. Their friendly, no jargon, expert in-house team just solves your problems, fast.

Strikingly is a website builder that allows the user, with little or no development experience, to create mobile-optimized websites “within minutes”.
It can be a good starting point if you can’t face a WordPress website though I recommend you take the plunge!

ShortPixel is an image optimization and compression API and WordPress plugin that helps improve your website performance. I use it on my own and all the websites I design. It takes all the complexity away and makes everything simple: with just a few clicks you can convert all your images to WebP/AVIF and make them available to the right browsers.

SendOwl is an all-in-one solution designed to help creators successfully sell and deliver audiobooks, e-books, photography, software, memberships, event tickets, online courses, and much more.

How can I not recommend Be Your Own Graphic Designer?! After all, it’s my business. It’s a unique collection of over 3,000 colour-coordinated images that are perfect for your social media, video and online use. They’re royalty & copyright free. Also, easy to upload into graphics programs, such as Adobe, Canva, Crello, Stencil and others.

Canva graphic design platform, used to create social media graphics, presentations, posters, documents and other visual content. My team and I do almost all our design work in Canva and absolutely love it! When using our link, you can benefit from 30 days of Canva Pro free trial!

Snappa is another super-fast online image creation tool with lots of templates– over 250 for Pinterest Pins! Free or Pro upgrade.

AWeber is an email marketing service provider with over 100,000 small business clients worldwide.
They help people keep in touch with the subscribers who have requested to be on their mailing list.

Constant Contact is an affordable and easy-to-use email marketing tool that lets you create email marketing templates, automate and manage campaigns, build contact lists, and nurture customer relationships.

ConvertKit is described as the go-to marketing hub for creators that helps you grow and monetize your audience with ease. It has everything you need to promote your business even if you don’t have a website (though I recommend you do have one!)

MailerLite is an email marketing tool and website builder for businesses of all shapes and sizes. The key idea behind MailerLite is simplicity which is why I love it and use it!
They provide their customers with straightforward and user-friendly tools such as a Drag & drop email editor, website builder, and an intuitive subscriber management interface.

Contenive (formerly Postoplan) is an online service, complete with a proprietary system, enabling high-quality content drafting while operating on a limited budget. Ultimately, the service is a complete social media profile management system, perfect for smaller businesses.

Tailwind is social media & email marketing made easy in one marketing management tool.
Pinterest and Instagram scheduling, aesthetic templates, SmartScheduler, & more.

Descript is a simple, powerful, and fun way to edit and make videos and podcasts. You can write, record, transcribe, edit, collaborate, and share your videos and podcasts. Descript has powerful AI features to take your videos and podcasts to the next level. I’ve found it’s saved me loads of time and money on editing my videos!

Pictory creates highly engaging videos in minutes using the power of AI. Video editing experience isn’t required. You can turn blog posts into videos for better SEO and reduced bounce rates and transform long-form videos into engaging branded clips for social media.

vidIQ is an online education website that offers video tutorials and analytics on YouTube channel growth. The website also has a Google Chrome extension, which allows users to analyze YouTube analytics data. It also has an AI feature to help you with your YouTube headlines and descriptions.

InVideo is a do-it-yourself (DIY) video creation platform that enables users to turn their ideas into videos in real-time. It comes with 4000+ custom-built templates, 1 million+ royalty-free images and videos clips.

Rev is a combination of AI and people that make Rev’s speech-to-text offerings both exceptionally distinct and absolutely unbeatable in terms of quality and scale. When businesses and individuals need the most reliable captions, subtitles, or transcripts at lightning speed, they count on Rev. I use it for all my video captions.

AppSumo is a daily deals website founded by Noah Kagan in 2010 to create a space for people selling digital products and services and potential buyers, aka Sumo-lings. What makes it special is that the products on Appsumo get huge discounts to attract buyers.