10.000 thanks! 🙏🏼 My Personal Tool Stack

Who would have thought it?

This little personal project has just reached 10,000 subscribers. 🤩

It seems like only yesterday when I decided to launch it. And reaching this milestone is truly extraordinary.

What can I say? Thank you. ❤️ To every single person who has read, shared, and supported this newsletter.

To celebrate this small but great achievement, I've decided to do something different this week. Instead of listing the usual weekly tools (if you’re new, you can find all the previous issues here), I wanted to share my personal Tool Stack - the marketing tools I've used on this project that allowed me to bring Ultimate Tools to life and grow it to 10k subscribers.

So, without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, here's my personal Tool Stack. 🔥

Let's get started!

💎 My Tool Stack

A collection of the tools that I use the most both in my professional and personal life.

I've divided them into broad categories to make the list clearer and more organized.

🖥 Web

• Namecheap - The go-to website to purchase domain names at the best price.

• Siteground - A reliable web hosting with fast speeds, a user-friendly interface, and great 24/7 customer service.

• WordPress + Elementor - The perfect combo to create any website, especially if you're not a developer.

A mention also goes to Webflow and Bubble, which may be more complex to use but are truly amazing.

• Airtable - A cloud-based collaboration platform that combines the features of a spreadsheet with a database, and allows you to organize and manage data, collaborate with team members, and create custom workflows.

• Make (ex Integromat) o Zapier - The best tools out there to create any type of automation.

• Iubenda - A solution that makes your websites and apps compliant with the law across multiple countries and legislations.

🎨 Graphic design

• Canva - A tool that needs no introduction. Create anything in a snap, from presentations and logos to social media posts. No design skills or experience required.

• Artboard Studio - An all-in-one graphic and motion design tool for creating high-quality and compelling marketing assets.

• Coolors + Color by Fardos - Coolors is a platform that helps you generate or browse beautiful color combinations for your designs, while Color by Fardos is a free Google Chrome extension for picking and saving your favorite colors and gradients.

• Gamma - An alternative to slide decks that allows you to write content in a doc and quickly make it into a presentation.

🪶 Content creation

• Grammarly - A free writing app to make your online writing clear and effective.

• Notion - The all-in-one workspace for managing all kinds of content, both personal and work-related.

• Pocket - A bookmarking and read-it-later app that allows you to save articles, videos, and other content for later viewing.

• SEMrush - The best SEO tool. A great alternative is Ahrefs, or Ubersuggest - if you’re looking for a low-budget solution.

• Obsidian - A "second brain" for taking notes, writing notes, linking and connecting all thoughts.

Email & newsletter

• Substack - The #1 free platform for newsletters.

• MailerLite - A great low-cost solution for sending emails and newsletters, managing large subscriber lists, segmenting, and automating email marketing processes.

• Beehiiv - The perfect symbiosis between the two tools above. A newsletter platform that provides you with all the tools of the best email marketing software.

• Sparkloop - The #1 newsletter growth platform.

• Swapstack - A tool that enables you to identify and sponsor newsletters at scale, without wasting time.

• Viral Loops - A platform for creating viral content and referral programs.

💡 Productivity

• CleanShot X - The best screenshot and screen recording app for Mac with a built-in annotation tool, Cloud uploading, scrolling capture, and a lot more.

• Brain.fm - A science-backed music app that enhances focus, and improves sleep using cutting-edge neuroscience to get results.

• LastPass - A password management tool that helps users generate and store complex passwords securely.

• Loom - A video messaging and screen recording tool that allows you to create and share videos quickly and easily.

• Todoist - A task management tool for organizing and prioritizing tasks in a flexible and customizable interface.

• Asana - A project management tool that allows teams to manage projects, tasks, and workflows in a collaborative and organized environment.

• NordVPN - My trusted VPN service that provides online privacy and security by encrypting internet traffic and hiding IP addresses.

• IFTTT - An automation tool that allows you to create custom workflows between various web applications and devices.

• The Great Suspender - A browser extension that suspends inactive tabs to reduce memory usage and improve performance.

📲 Social media

• Publer - A social media management tool that allows you to create, schedule, and publish content on various social media platforms.

• Placid - A platform designed to automate the process of creating banners and images.

• Bio.Link - My favorite link in bio generator.

• Billo - A tool for buying video reviews, unboxings, and stories from influencers and creators around the world to promote your product.

🔗 Other tools

• Namelix - An AI-powered name ideas generator for your business or startup.

• WeCanTrack - A platform for tracking all revenue from affiliate marketing in one dashboard.

• Fiverr - The perfect freelance services marketplace to find freelancers and collaborators.

And finally, a mention of the Google suite, without which I couldn't live. Google Analytics, Tag Manager, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Gmail, and above all, Google Drive.

💊 Marketing Pills

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🤖 Nobody knows how many jobs will "be automated".

✍🏼 7 Content Writing trends for 2023.

That’s all folks! We're done for this week. 😜

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Gio.