The tools I open every single week for work, side projects, content, and everything in between. No tech background needed, I promise.
Moving my business to Connecteam is easily the best operational decision I’ve ever made. Before I found it, managing daily logistics felt like a second full-time job. I absolutely love it because it puts everything on autopilot. Whether I need to bui...
Connecteam
QuickBooks Desktop is the ultimate powerhouse for anyone serious about tracking their business financials. Every week, I rely on it to handle two of the most critical parts of my business: running payroll flawlessly and tracking every dollar of busin...
Explore QuickBooks Desktop solutions - Intuit
Make is my secret weapon for running a business on autopilot. It’s a powerful visual automation platform that handles everything from automatically saving email attachments to syncing your CRM and scheduling content. It’s incredibly scalable, has a f...
Make Automation
If you're creating anything visual, like social posts, flyers, presentations, or business cards, Canva is the tool. The free tier is genuinely powerful, and the drag-and-drop editor means you don't need a design background at all. I use it weekly to ...
Canva: Visual Suite for Everyone
Stop writing long emails trying to explain something. Just record a quick Loom instead. It lets you capture your screen and face at the same time, and the link is instantly shareable. I use it to onboard new team members, explain processes, and give ...
Free screen recorder for Mac and PC | Loom
Claude Cowork is basically my assistant, and I am absolutely obsessed with it. I use it to run my entire staffing business. It handles scheduling nurses, sending texts, processing documents, you name it. I just tell it what I need and it handles it. ...
Claude
I use JotForm every week in my business. It handles forms, automations, and now AI chatbots that answer questions for clients even when I'm not around. Whether you're a business owner or just want to stop drowning in back-and-forth messages, this too...
JotForm AI Agents — Automate Your Business & Never Miss a Question
I edit basically every TikTok video in CapCut. The auto-captions save so much time, the templates are great, and I can go from raw footage to a finished video way faster than anything else I've tried. Free and works right on your phone.
CapCut AI Video Editor: Smart Online Video Editing with Advanced AI Tools
I use ChatGPT alongside Claude for different tasks, mostly brainstorming, research, and drafting. Having two AI tools in your corner is honestly better than sticking to just one. It's something I open multiple times a day.
ChatGPT
Everything for my business lives in Google. Docs, spreadsheets, Drive, Gmail, it's all connected and I can access it from anywhere. If my business runs on anything, it's this.
Google Workspace: Secure Online Productivity & Collaboration Tools
I send all my contracts and onboarding documents through PandaDoc. People can sign electronically, I can track who's opened what, and everything stays organized in one place. Way better than chasing someone down for a signature.
PandaDoc
I link to Amazon products across basically all of my content, and Associates lets me earn a commission when someone buys through my link. Simple to set up, works for almost anything, and the dashboard shows you exactly what's converting.
Amazon Associates
I write on Substack when I want to go deeper than a caption allows. Free to start, your subscribers actually see your emails unlike social, and it builds a direct connection with your audience that no algorithm can take away.
Substack
TikTok Studio is where I go to check my analytics, see what content is actually performing, and understand who's watching. It's free, built right into TikTok, and if you're posting consistently you really need to be checking it so you know what to ma...