Being a work-from-home freelancer allows you to schedule your days as you’d like and do what you want. You can even make money your way.
But as a self-employed freelancer, you must keep organized, on task, available for communications, and be a major multi-tasker. Every successful freelancer should have a list of tools used to make your business operational, whether it’s paper and pen or the most expensive software (but who can afford that!).
These are the essential tools I use for my freelance writer and mompreneur business. Which tools you’ll need in your freelancing journey will depend on your niche and the tasks you have to do.
- Grammarly – to ensure my writing is error-free and polished (no typos here!)
- Copyscape – guaranteeing you won’t plagiarise (yuck!)
- Canva – a MUST-have if you’ll be using any graphics (hint – you always should!)
- Google Docs – this and the entire Google platform make it easy to share your work with clients in real-time, and you never have to worry about your work getting deleted)
- TailWind – reduces the work I have to do to keep my Pinterest active and updated
- Simple Stupid SEO – if you’re new to writing and blogging, this class is a MUST for learning SEO the easy way
- ThriveCart
- ConvertKit – the easiest way to create landing pages, funnels, email lists, and automated sequences
- Asana or Trello – for organizing my daily tasks and workload.
- PicMonkey or Adobe – Canva graphic alternatives
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This evergrowing list includes training for the steps to establish a website, including all the technical rubbish, how to discover your niche, how to create digital products and courses, affiliate marketing, protecting yourself legally, and the biggest trending money maker currently going on – summits!
These are the sources and tools I’ve used to become a successful freelance writer and mompreneur for the last twenty years. Once you get access to this incredible library, it stays yours forever, even as I continue to grow the sheet with new information!
