Here are the websites & software tools that I've found helpful for my business.
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May you benefit from this page of resources.   ~ George Kao

My Productivity Tools

• Focusmate -- virtual co-working for accountability
• Todoist -- task-management software. Simple, fast.
• Gmail -- email, business and personal (how I manage email)
• Google Calendar -- personal and business calendars
• Google Voice -- separate accounts for business / personal
• AcuityScheduling (affiliate link) -- client scheduling tool.
• Tomato Timer for pomodoros. E.ggtimer.com is flexible
  

Video Tools

• Kapwing (affiliate link) is how I make my shorter videos with banner at bottom (example: authentically posting on social media)
• Screencast-o-matic -- how I make my screencasts, e.g. my Zoom tutorial.​

Learning / Content Curation

• Video Speed Controller -- easily speed up videos on Facebook, Youtube, and elsewhere so you can learn faster
• Google search filtered by specific time range, e.g. if I want to see articles published within the past year, I search Google then click Tools > Any Time > Past Year. This gives me updated information.
  
  

Money Tools

• For USA -- Mint is what I use.  Clients also like YouNeedABudget.
• For Canada -- Mint.ca
• For AU and NZ -- Getpocketbook  
• Europe & other countries -- Xero  
• Send money internationally using TransferWise for better exchange rates
• Healthy Money (my thoughts and methodology on money management)
  
  
  

Website Tools

• Google Domains for registering domain names
• Weebly for easily creating your own website, like this one. However, they've stopped innovating. If I were starting over, I'd use either Wix or Strikingly.
• WorkMark.it -- compare fonts. To buy fonts: Google Fonts.

Getting Help For Your Website, Copy Editing, Graphic Design & Technical Needs

• Fiverr (For $5 to $50 you can get logos and graphics created, as well as many other little jobs done.  Could be a good place to find contractors for bigger projects too, by testing their skill with smaller ones.  Here's my video on how I use fiverr.)
• Upwork (click here for my video on how to use it)
• TaskRabbit (hire local help)
• 99designs (get professional designs, use my link to get $60 off your first design -- the best discount available online, since I opted to give 100% of my affiliate commissions to the discount)

Mailing List Management
(otherwise known as Email Marketing, Email List, or Email Newsletter)

• MailChimp (my affiliate link) -- free for up to 2,000 subscribers.

Online Shopping Cart
(for customers to pay you via credit card online)

• ​Paypal (for single course sales & most of my subscriptions)
• Stripe (for clients who don't want to use Paypal)
• Other shopping carts worth looking into: Amazon Pay and gumroad

Conference, Teleclass, Webinar Technology
(For Teleclasses & Teleseminars Small and Large)

• Zoom.us -- what I use for all my private video conferencing, as well as group calls of up to 100 participants.  They have video breakout rooms. Here's my video tutorial on how to use zoom. 
• ​Google Slides -- if you need to create a slideshow

Podcasting Resources

• Alitu (affiliate link) is what I use to edit my podcast. So easy!
• Captivate.fm (affiliate link) is my podcast host. Great platform.
• MyPodcastReviews (affiliate link) -- I use this to see all my reviews, not just the ones from my country, and to be notified by email whenever new reviews come out. This is helpful to give thanks to reviewers and encourage more reviews.
• Fiverr -- what I used for my podcast artwork.​

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Image Tools

• Pablo -- easily create image quotes. Here's how I use it.
• Canva -- much more full-featured than Pablo. How's how I use it.
• Where to get awesome free images
• Compressor.io -- reduce file size of images so they're faster to load online
• Gradient Generator -- to create a simple gradient image which I sometimes use for background cover images
• Techsmith Jing -- Free Screen Capture and Call-Outs

Online Ideas Collaboration

• Google Drive -- documents, presentations, spreadsheets
• MindMeister -- my favorite mindmap tool
• Workflowy -- fast, simple outlining

Online Survey Tools

• Google Forms (for tutorials, click here.)
• Clients also like TypeForm.

Online File Sharing

• Google Drive -- what I use for file sharing with clients and public audiences.
• Dropbox -- when I'm uploading a very large file (e.g. over 1 gig) this tends to be faster than Google Drive

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Audio Tools

• Vocaroo.com -- Easily Record Short Audio
• Audacity -- Free Audio Editing and Recording (tutorials here)
• The Levelator -- Level The Volume Of All Teleclass Speakers (Levelator)
• Speakpipe -- allow website visitors to leave you voicemail without the phone
• Convert2MP3 -- convert a Youtube video to an MP3 file, without having to download a converter file  

Automation Tools

• MailChimp (affiliate link) -- sending newsletters & autoresponders
• Zapier -- for linking together many tools, e.g. Mailchimp, Paypal, Spreadsheets, Gmail, Trello, etc etc. Lots of possibilities in how to automate your virtual tasks.

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