Tools, tips and resources to help you get organized, be more productive and supercharge your creativity
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Project & Business Management
Ideation
Tax, Accounting & Invoicing
Email Marketing
Project & Business Management
Tools, tips & resources to help you manage clients and projects
Super popular productivity and planning tool with generous free plan
Trello: Capture, organize, and tackle your to-dos from anywhere
Hugely popular ‘all-in-one’ productivity with a steep learning curve but lots of whistles and bells and a really generous free plan
ClickUp™ | The everything app for work
Exploding in popularity with creatives thanks to its flexibility, visual appeal and customisation potential (selling Notion templates is a hot new way to make money online)
Notion: Your connected workspace for wiki, docs & projects
Visually oriented workspace tool with generous free plan
Monday.com Work Platform | Made For Work, Designed To Love
Another handy tool aimed specifically at freelancers to manage clients, projects and finances
Bonsai - Business management software
A freelancer fave - ai powered client, project and finance management
HoneyBook | Client relationships platform for independent ...
Specifically designed with freelancers in mind, integrating project management with time tracking, invoicing, and expense management
Paymo™ - Affordable Project Management App With Time Tracking ...
Built from the ground up for Freelancers. Everything you need to run your business. (Grab yourself one month free with my referral link!)
Moxie | Built for freelancers
Full client, project & finance management with Google Workspace integration
Harlow
Free and popular time tracking app
Clockify™ - FREE Time Tracking Software
Easy-to-use tool to organize ideas and projects into visual boards. Billed as the ‘Evernote for Creatives’.
Milanote - the tool for organizing creative projects
My go-to cloud storage provider for files (and where I store all my Etsy shop's digital files too - easily shareable via a link if needed)
dropbox.com
Ideation
The best tools, tips & resources to help beat creative block
Really simple web-clipper tool to save articles and websites with Chrome and Safari extensions. I've used Pocket for years.
Pocket
User-friendly note-taking app and web-clipper (Safari and Chrome extensions). Another old skool fave of mine.
Best Note Taking App - Organize Your Notes with Evernote
Essential platform to showcase your work, ideation and discover new talent
Behance: Showcase, Discover, and Hire Creatives
Tax, Accounting & Invoicing
Tools, tips & resources to take the tedium out of taxes (see also Project & Business Management)
Powerful and user-friendly global accounting solution for freelancers
Smart, Simple Accounting & Bookkeeping Software | QuickBooks UK
Global accounting solution for freelancers everywhere
FreshBooks: Invoice and Accounting Software for Small Businesses
Free invoicing software for UK freelancers
Free VAT invoicing software for UK businesses - Zoho
Email Marketing
The best low cost email market tool - perfect for new biz owners and freelancers with crazy generous free plan
