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Project and Client Management

• Dubsado ($20/month) https://www.dubsado.com/
• HoneyBook ($19/month) https://www.honeybook.com/
• 17 Hats ($15/month) https://www.17hats.com/
• Asana (free, $13.49/month) https://asana.com/
• ClickUp (free, $10/month) https://clickup.com
• HubSpot (free, $20/month) https://www.hubspot.com/
• Teamwork (free, $13.99/month) https://www.teamwork.com/
• Indy (free, $12/month) https://weareindy.com/
• Fiverr Workspace (AND.CO) (free, $24/month) https://workspace.fiverr.com/
• Notion (free, $12/month) https://www.notion.so/product
• Streak CRM for Gmail (free) https://www.streak.com/

Contracts

• eversign (Docusign) (free, $12.99/month) https://eversign.com
• SignEasy (free, $15/month) https://signeasy.com/pricing
• Dropbox Sign (HelloSign) ($11.99/month) https://www.dropbox.com/

Money Management

• Wave Apps (free, $16/month) https://www.waveapps.com/
• Square (free, $29/month) https://squareup.com/
• Stripe https://stripe.com/
• PayPal for Business https://www.paypal.com/us/business
• QuickBooks Self-Employed (Solopreneur) ($20/month) https://quickbooks.intuit.com/pricing/
• Zoho Books (free, $20/month) https://www.zoho.com/

Business banking (debit cards, taxes)

• Lili (free, $9/month) https://lili.co/
• Novo https://www.novo.co/
• Found https://found.com/

Time tracking and Scheduling

• Cal.com (free) https://cal.com/
• Koalendar (free, $6.99/month) https://koalendar.com/
• TidyCal (free, $29 – one time payment) https://tidycal.com/
• Toggl Track (free, $9/month) https://toggl.com/
• Harvest (free, $12/month) https://www.getharvest.com/
• Pomello App (free, $20/year) https://pomelloapp.com/
• Clockify (free, $4.99/month) https://clockify.me/
• Calendly (free, $12/month) https://calendly.com/
• Notion Calendar (free) https://www.notion.so/product/calendar

Collaboration and Communication

• Slack (free, $8.75/month) https://slack.com/
• Google Meet (free) https://meet.google.com/
• Zoom (free, $15.99/month) https://zoom.us/
• Fireflies.ai (free, $18/month) https://fireflies.ai/
• Voxer (free, $3.99/month) https://www.voxer.com/
• Trello (free, $6/month) https://trello.com
• Cage (free, $8+) https://cageapp.com/pricing
• Monday (free, 2 seats) Monday.com
• Notion (free, $12/month) https://www.notion.so/
• Dropbox Paper (free, $11.99/month) https://www.dropbox.com/paper

Forms

• Tally (free, $29/month) https://tally.so/
• Google Forms (free) https://www.google.com/forms

Email management

• Google Workspace (free, $7.20/month) https://workspace.google.com
• Streak CRM for Gmail (free) https://www.streak.com/

Client Acquisition

• Upwork https://www.upwork.com/
• Fiverr fiverr.com
• Contra (free, $29/month) https://contra.com/
• Wellfound (AngelList) https://wellfound.com/
• Craigslist craigslist.org
• LinkedIn – Services https://www.linkedin.com/in/me/opportunities/services/education
• Top 10 Best Freelance Websites For Finding Work https://youtu.be/A8BQnr_JGAA?si=EIwYzQjYNli3GT4B

File organization, documentation, backup

• Google Drive (free) https://drive.google.com
• Dropbox ($11.99/month) https://www.dropbox.com/
• Evernote (free, $14.99/month) https://evernote.com/
• Notion (free, $12/month) https://www.notion.so/
• Backblaze (free, $9/month) https://www.backblaze.com/

Workflow Automation

• Zapier (free, $29.99/month) https://zapier.com/
• Make (free, $10.59/month) https://www.make.com/
• IFTTT (free, $3.49/month) https://ifttt.com/

Browser Extensions

• GoFullPage
• PrintFriendly
• Grammarly (free extension, $12/month plan for features)

Security and Protection

• Mullvad ($5.41/month) https://mullvad.net/en
• NordVPN (free, $12.99/month) https://nordvpn.com/
• Bitwarden (free, $10/year) https://bitwarden.com/
• 1Password ($2.99/month) https://1password.com/

Website & Portfolio

• Notion Sites (free) https://notion.so
• Milanote (free, $12.50/month) https://milanote.com/
• Figma (free, $15/month) https://www.figma.com/
• Carrd (free, $20/year) https://carrd.co/
• Squarespace (free, $25/month) https://www.squarespace.com/
• WordPress
  • wordpress.com (free, $9/month)
  • wordpress.org – depends on web host

Web and Domain Hosting

• Namecheap https://www.namecheap.com
  • Domains – up to $14/year
  • WP host – $48.88/year
• Siteground ($17.99/month) https://www.siteground.com/
• Bluehost ($11.99/month) https://www.bluehost.com/
• namechk.com

Content Management/Writing Tools

• Notion (free, $12/month) https://www.notion.so/
• Asana (free, $13.49/month) https://asana.com/
• ClickUp (free, $10/month) https://clickup.com
• Google Docs (free) https://docs.google.com/
• Evernote (free, $14.99/month) https://evernote.com/
• Workflowy (free, $4.99/month) https://workflowy.com/
• Grammarly (free, $12/month) https://www.grammarly.com/
• Power Thesaurus (free) https://www.powerthesaurus.org/
• Google Keep (free) https://keep.google.com/

Email Marketing

• Substack (free) https://substack.com/
• MailerLite (free, $20/month) https://www.mailerlite.com/
• Kit (free, $15-29/month) https://partners.kit.com/m0sunzovpca0
• beehiiv (free, $39/month) https://www.beehiiv.com/
• Podia (free, $9/month) https://www.podia.com/

Graphic Design

• Affinity Designer, Photo, Publisher (one-time payment) https://affinity.serif.com/
• Canva (free, $15/month) https://www.canva.com/
• Adobe Express (free, $9.99/month) https://www.adobe.com/express

Recording and Editing

• Descript (free, $19/month) https://www.descript.com/
• Riverside (free, $19/month) https://riverside.fm/
• OBS (free) https://obsproject.com/
• Screenpal (free, $36/year) https://screenpal.com/
• Canva (free, $15/month) https://www.canva.com/
• CapCut (free, $9.99/month) https://www.capcut.com/
• DaVinci Resolve (free) https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve

Royalty-Free Music and Stock Photos/Videos

• Pexels https://www.pexels.com/
• Unsplash https://unsplash.com/
• Shopify https://www.shopify.com/stock-photos
• Mixkit https://mixkit.co/
• Pixabay https://pixabay.com/
• Uppbeat (free, $6.99/month) https://uppbeat.io/
• Yarn https://yarn.co/
• Giphy https://giphy.com/

Social media scheduling and publishing

• Buffer (free, $6/month) https://buffer.com/
• Metricool (free, $/month) https://i.mtrbio.com/NLZAVG
• Planoly ($16/month) https://www.planoly.com/
• Coschedule (free, $29/month) coschedule.com

Selling Digital Products, Subscriptions, Memberships

• Buy Me a Coffee https://buymeacoffee.com/
• Ko-fi https://ko-fi.com
• Substack https://substack.com/
• Patreon (8-12% of income earned) https://www.patreon.com/
• Gumroad (10% of income earned) https://gumroad.com/
• WooCommerce (WordPress) https://woocommerce.com/
• Payhip (free, $29/month) https://payhip.com/
• Carrd ($20/year) Carrd.co
• Kit (free, $15-29/month) https://partners.kit.com/m0sunzovpca0
• Koji (5-15% of transactions) https://koji.page/
• Stan.store ($29/month) https://www.stan.store/
• Podia (free, $9/month) https://www.podia.com/

Affiliate Marketing Networks

• Amazon Associates https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/
• Impact https://impact.com/
• CJ Affiliate (Commission Junction) https://www.cj.com/
• ShareASale https://www.shareasale.com
• PartnerStack https://partnerstack.com/

Skill Development

• Udemy ($21/month) https://www.udemy.com/
• YouTube youtube.com
• Alison https://alison.com/
• Coursera (free w/o certificate) https://www.coursera.org/
• freeCodeCamp https://www.youtube.com/@freecodecamp/videos
• Volunteer
  • Taproot https://taprootfoundation.org/volunteers/
  • Catchafire https://www.catchafire.org/volunteers
  • 48in48 48in48.org

Blogs for Freelancers

• Millo https://millo.co/
• The Freelance Gig https://www.thegig.io/
• Freelancers Union https://freelancersunion.org/

AI Tools

• ChatGPT (free, $20/month) https://chatgpt.com/
• Perplexity https://www.perplexity.ai/
• Harpa AI https://harpa.ai/
• Keywords Everywhere https://keywordseverywhere.com/

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