Design & Creation Tools
- Canva Pro - Template and graphic design ($12.99/month) - Adobe Creative Suite - Professional design tools ($52.99/month) - Figma - Collaborative design platform (Free - $12/month) - Affinity Designer - One-time purchase design software ($69.99)Content Management
- WordPress - Website and blog platform (Free - $25/month) - Ghost - Modern publishing platform ($9–$199/month) - Notion - All-in-one workspace ($8–$15/month) - Airtable - Database and project management (Free - $20/month)Email & Marketing
- ConvertKit - Email marketing for creators ($9–$25/month) - Mailchimp - Email marketing platform (Free - $20/month) - ActiveCampaign - Marketing automation ($9–$229/month) - Substack - Newsletter platform (Free + 10% of paid subscriptions)Payment Processing
- Stripe - Payment processing (2.9% + $0.30 per transaction) - PayPal - Global payment solution (2.9% + $0.30 per transaction) - Gumroad - Digital product sales (5% + $0.25 per transaction) - Paddle - SaaS payment platform (5% + $0.50 per transaction)Course & Community Platforms
- Teachable - Course creation platform ($39–$119/month) - Circle - Community platform ($39–$99/month) - Discord - Community chat platform (Free - $9.99/month) - Mighty Networks - Community and courses ($33–$99/month)Scheduling & Automation
- Calendly - Appointment scheduling (Free - $12/month) - Zapier - Workflow automation (Free - $19.99/month) - Buffer - Social media scheduling ($15–$99/month) - Later - Visual social scheduler ($15–$40/month)Project Management
- Trello - Visual project boards (Free - $10/month) - Asana - Team project management (Free - $13.49/month) - ClickUp - All-in-one productivity (Free - $9/month) - Monday.com - Work management ($8–$16/month)Communication Tools
- Zoom - Video conferencing (Free - $14.99/month) - Slack - Team communication (Free - $8.75/month) - Loom - Async video messaging (Free - $8/month) - Intercom - Customer messaging ($39–$99/month)Analytics & Tracking
- Google Analytics - Website analytics (Free) - Hotjar - User behavior analytics (Free - $39/month) - Mixpanel - Product analytics (Free - $25/month) - Plausible - Privacy-focused analytics ($9–$69/month)Free Resources
- Unsplash - Free stock photos - Pexels - Free stock photos and videos - Google Fonts - Free typography - Coolors - Color palette generator - Remove.bg - Background remover - TinyPNG - Image compression - Hemingway Editor - Writing clarity tool - Grammarly - Writing assistant (Free - $12/month)---
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