Apps and tools that I personally use as a content creator!
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Social Media Tools
Photo & Video Editing
Monetization
Blog & Website
Workflow
Social Media Tools
I love using Canva to create graphics. Specifically, my Instagram Reel covers!
Canva
I love having a cohesive Instagram feed, and I use the Preview App to plan out how my feed looks. I simply upload my photos or Reel covers and move them around to see how they'll look on my feed!
Preview App
Photo & Video Editing
Especially with the new AI generative fill tool, Photoshop is so useful for photo editing. I primarily use Photoshop when editing on desktop!
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Lightroom is one of the best and most advanced editing apps out there, and they even have built-in AI tools now. I mainly use Lightroom for mobile editing, specifically for colour correction!
Adobe Lightroom
I have a love-hate relationship with Rush because it's glitched on me one too many times, but I can't deny that it's the best mobile video editing app out there.
Adobe Premiere Rush
CapCut is a great app for video editing as well, but when it comes to cutting and moving around clips, I prefer Rush. CapCut is great for video effects and adding text in my opinion!
CapCut
Even if you're not a podcaster, Adobe Podcast has a really awesome tool that's able to isolate your voice from background noise using AI. This is great if you do a lot of interview content, or content involving talking on-camera in loud environments!
Adobe Podcast
Monetization
Shopify Collabs is a great platform for finding partnerships with smaller businesses. You can get affiliate links for tons of small businesses on Shopify, and even apply to collaborate with your favourite brands to get gifted product and discount cod...
Shopify Collabs
LTK is one of the most well-known affiliate programs out there, especially for lifestyle, fashion, and beauty creators. They partner with a lot of well-known brands, and they even offer brand collaborations on their platform!
LTK
Amazon Associates is another really well-known affiliate program, and it basically allows you to make commission off of any product on Amazon. You can even create a storefront and showcase your favourite products to get commission!
Amazon Associates
What I love about Skimlinks is that it automatically turns eligible links that are already existing on your website into affiliate links. This way, you can earn commission off of links you didn't even realize could have been affiliate links. Of cours...
Skimlinks
Blog & Website
If you're going to make a blog or website, WordPress is the best platform to build it on. Just make sure to have a custom domain name so it's not yourname.wordpress.com!
WordPress
If you don't have your own images for your blog posts, Pexels is a great place to get free, high-quality stock imagery. I would recommend using your own photos though, whenever possible!
Pexels
Workflow
I'm someone who likes to be very organized, and I love using Asana for my workflow. I use it to keep track of tasks on my to-do list, manage my content calendar, and plan content ideas.
Asana
Surprisingly, I use Google Drive for a lot of things. I probably use it the most to submit content to brands and agencies because it's so easy to use and access!
Google Drive
Who ISN'T using ChatGPT these days? I love using it as an assistant to my content creation business: getting inspiration and ideas, helping write scripts, and even reading over legal jargon in my contracts.