Productivity 101
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.
Automation
I can’t not start with automation.
Zapier. Loads of apps. Simple to use.
Integromat. Incredibly powerful. Compared to Zapier it’s harder to learn, but cheaper.
AirTable. A place to store information that’s better than Google Sheets in many ways
Productivity
TextExpander for spending less time typing
AirTable for content planning, link building and other things you’d normally do in a spreadsheet
Calendly for bookings. The UI for the person booking is still second to none.
1Password for password management
Sanebox is also great for automatically filtering out emails that don’t need to be in your inbox
FollowUpThen for automatic reminders if people don’t reply to your emails
Loom for recording videos for my team, students and anyone really
Notion for note taking, lists and storing all the things I write.
ClickUp for task management, although I’m looking to switch away
Miro for diagramming. It does the job but I’m not married to it.
Online storage with Google Drive. It’s included with our email and it does the job.
Slack for communication. I still like it better than alternatives
Xero for bookkeeping
Marketing & Sales
Active Campaign 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.
ConvertBox is the best opt in tool I’ve ever used and it’s a one time fee! Watch my review
Revue for weekly curated newsletters. The workflow is ace compared with all others I’ve tried. It’s free now too. Video
Intercom for support of our SaaS. It’s just nicer and cleaner than other options. It’s also expensive and not without issues.
Buffer for social scheduling. It’s so, so simple. I like that.
Better Proposals for…….. proposals. It’s simple and works.
Ahrefs for SEO & research. Mangools if you don’t have the budget for ahrefs
Rebrandly for link redirects. Most links on this page go through Rebrandly
Learning and coaching
GrowthMentor for jumping on calls with amazing mentors
Feedly for finding and curating posts for social and newsletters
Fun
Automated lighting by Philips Hue, because it’s faster, more reliable and has more apps etc than others. Good for notifications.
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