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Content Creation Gear

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If you're just getting into content creation—whether it’s for TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, or building your personal brand—this list is for you. These are the tools I *actually* use (or wish I had when I started) that make filming, editing, and showin...
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Content Creation Gear

Products that I actually use in content creaetion. All of this gear helps me in many ways, from filming quality content to storing raw footage and photo shots. 

 
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A must have for storage space so that you don’t clutter your laptop with files to the point that it runs so slow (learning from experience!)
LaCie Rugged Mini 1TB USB 3.0 Hard Drive
 
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The best mini mics that I’ve used. I use them a lot to record crisp and clear voiceovers and A-roll.
DJI Mic 2 - Wireless Microphone
 
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My selfie /phone light clip that I use to brighten up my videos.
ALTSON 60 LED Portable Selfie Light
 
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You can't go wrong with using a car phone holder! Use this to get wide and narrow angle shots while in your car.
2025 YRU Ultimate Car Phone Holder Mount
 
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My current tripod that I’ve been using to record all my videos. Very stable and easy to use.
EUCOS 62" Phone Tripod & Selfie Stick
 
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Who says having 2 phones isn't better than 1? You will want this phone if you want to save space on your personal phone and use this one solely for filming content. It obviously isn't the newest iPhone, but you don't have to have the newest one to st...
iPhone 15 Pro Max 1TB Blue Titanium Unlocked

Apps & Software

Here, I list applications and software that I use to help me curate, edit and publish my content online. 

 
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One of many apps that I use to schedule posts on X/Twitter. They also have features for you to schedule posts on LinkedIn and Instagram as well!
Hypefury
 
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What I love about Linktree is that its free option offers a lot in regards to adding affiliate links and connecting your Linktree profile to your socials.
Link in bio tool: Everything you are, in one simple link | Linktree
 
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Another great app for scheduling posts, mainly for Instagram. It can auto-publish up to 60 posts for you!
Later
 
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A good app that does a great job in helping you curate your Instagram feed to make it more cohesive and aesthetically pleasing (if desired).
UNUM
 
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Another Instagram feed photo curator app. But this one is unique in that it also offers instagram post & reel early-scheduling features, as well as a feature to create your own unique link in bio where you can host & sell your digital product...
Planoly
 
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My personal go to video editor app. For me, I love that it's very intuitive and user friendly.
CapCut
 
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I use Adobe Acrobat because it's a one-stop shop that allows me to edit any document, add comments, images and links in the document as well has mark down your own signature. It also has options to password protect / encrypt documents. When filling o...
Adobe Acrobat | Create, edit, and review PDFs
 
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I use this app to help me color grade and edit my photos so that they look so aesthetically put together on instagram!
Adobe Lightroom
 
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If you want to store your data and content on a cloud instead of (or in addition to) saving data on a hard drive, then I recommend Google Drive. It's easy to use, and you have control over how you want to share access to files that you store on here.
Google Drive – online backup on the App Store
 
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If you want to ever create Youtube Thumbnails or curate aesthetic social media cover photos for Instagram, then this is the app for you!
Canva
 
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If you're stuck or need ideas as to how to write engaging captions for your Tiktok or Instagram posts, ChatGPT has your back! I also use it for topic and content inspiration.
ChatGPT