The only 3 tools I need to run my online businesses from anywhere
So I have been making a living online for the past five years.
It’s been an incredibly powerful journey. But one of the things I have enjoyed the most is testing services and tools.
I love simple systems. And messing around with a cleverly designed emailing service, or a website builder, is a joy for me.
But amongst all the tools I’ve tried, I’ve only stuck with three.
Because they offer a sweet balance of simplicity and flexibility.
Here they are.
Podia — to build websites, and sell digital products
Podia is a wonderful tool. And the more I use it, the more like it.
It’s trustworthy, it’s simple, and it’s affordable. And it keeps getting better. What more can we ask?
I use Podia to build websites, and sell digital products. With a flat monthly fee. There is no talk of commission, and weekly delayed payments.
I even have two Podia accounts. And it’s the service I recommend to 99% of my clients who want to work with me to build their digital business ecosystem.
If you speak French, I even have a complete guide to using Podia, and a Notion template you can use to organize the creation of your website (all free).
I could even use it as an emailing service, without paying anything else.
But for that, I prefer:
MailerLite — to keep in touch with my audience and build automations
MailerLite is the simplest emailing service I’ve ever used. Yet, it has all the features you could ask an emailing service to have.
Newsletters? Of course.
Automations? Yes, and powerful ones at that.
Segmentation? Obviously.
Landing pages? Yes.
Websites? Oui!
Even pop-ups if that’s your thing.
I’ve used it to deliver email courses, to send simple newsletters, to create complex on-boarding sequences, and to just get more email addresses.
But the main reason I stayed with them for so long is the simple fact that it’s NOT HARD TO FIND THE FEATURES. Yeah, I’m looking at you Mailchimp…
Notion — to organize everything
Now, Notion is a bit more complex than the other two. But once you learn how to use the basics (which you can do quite quickly with Thomas Frank’s channel), the possibilities are endless.
I use Notion to write, plan, keep track of my goals, and of everything I’m learning.
It’s my content calendar, my writing station, my music notebook, my library… My life dashboard, really.
I was even using it as my calendar, my to-do list, my planner and my journal at some point.
It’s really everything you want it to be.
What other tools do I use?
The other tools I’m using keep changing.
But right now, I’m also using:
- Reminder (Apple) as my to-do list
- Fantastical as my calendar
- Bear as my journal
- CleanShot to record my screen
- ReadWise to automate my notes
- Canva to create covers and thumbnails
And probably other small apps that I could without.
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