Productivity 101
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There’s a dumb question people always throw around.
“What’s your superpower?”
There’s a chance that I think this question is dumb simply because I got given a crappy superpower.
Mine is:
The willingness to put in a lot of research + an oversensitive BS detector that helps discover the best tools and products for the price.
I told you it was a crappy superpower.
This list below are the products I use, and why I chose them over others. They aren’t the cheapest, nor are they the most expensive. They are awesome products that are priced well.
Of course some of these are referral links.
I can’t not start with automation.
. Loads of apps. Simple to use.
. Incredibly powerful. Compared to Zapier it’s harder to learn, but cheaper.
. A place to store information that’s better than Google Sheets in many ways
for spending less time typing
for content planning, link building and other things you’d normally do in a spreadsheet
for bookings. The UI for the person booking is still second to none.
for password management
is also great for automatically filtering out emails that don’t need to be in your inbox
for automatic reminders if people don’t reply to your emails
for recording videos for my team, students and anyone really
for note taking, lists and storing all the things I write.
for task management, although I’m looking to switch away
for diagramming. It does the job but I’m not married to it.
Online storage with . It’s included with our email and it does the job.
for communication. I still like it better than alternatives
for bookkeeping
for email marketing & CRM. It has the best automation capability out of any of them, and if it isn’t obvious, I’m big on automation. The email editor is trash though. Really hoping they fix it soon.
is the best opt in tool I’ve ever used and it’s a one time fee!
for weekly curated newsletters. The workflow is ace compared with all others I’ve tried. It’s free now too. Video
for support of our SaaS. It’s just nicer and cleaner than other options. It’s also expensive and not without issues.
for social scheduling. It’s so, so simple. I like that.
for…….. proposals. It’s simple and works.
Ahrefs for SEO & research. if you don’t have the budget for ahrefs
for link redirects. Most links on this page go through Rebrandly
for jumping on calls with amazing mentors
for finding and curating posts for social and newsletters
Automated lighting by , because it’s faster, more reliable and has more apps etc than others. Good for notifications.