Tools You Need To Make $$$$$ Online
Running your online or service based business has never been easier
Everyone hears about how easy it is to make money online (if you have an idea and the will to execute).. I’m here to give you a firsthand account: IT IS EASY AS SHIT. Knowing what to lean into is the hard part (that’s on you… sorry guys).
Once you have your idea down, you’re probably wondering “HOW CAN I MAKE THIS HAPPEN WITHOUT SPENDING A BUNCH OF MONEY RIGHT NOW?”
Whether you’re affiliate marketing, email marketing, starting an online store, creating a digital brand, starting your own service based business… you can benefit from the information in this post.
I’m going to give you paid and FREE options for small business owners to use to help them not only run their business.. but grow it as well.
*some of these have multiple functions and will appear across multiple categories*
EMAIL
Google (free and paid options)
ProtonMail (free and paid options)
PAYMENT PROCESSING & INVOICING
Stripe (integrates well with plenty of different platforms)
PayPal (used on a lot of different websites as an option to checkout)
Invoice Simple (integrates with PayPal and Stripe to accept payments from your invoices)
BANKING
Novo Bank (small biz friendly, online banking, no physical branches)
NEWSLETTERS
Substack (free; takes 10% of all subscriptions)
Mailchimp (free and paid options)
KIT (old name Convertkit) (free and paid options)
Beehiiv (free and paid options)
Podia (free and paid options)
DOMAIN REGISTRATION
ONLINE STORES
Shopify (physical merchandise + digital downloads)
Gumroad (digital downloads, courses, subscriptions)
Whop (sell courses!)
SUBSCRIPTIONS (for paid communities)
Best Places To Start Your Community And Why
Mailchimp: where I started FSO. Free to start until you hit a certain number of users. VERY EASY TO USE FOR A BEGINNER. Great for anyone new to email lists and marketing. Just for sending email blasts (BEGINNER)
Beehiiv: amazing paid option for newsletters (free up to 2500 subscribers with limited options). Custom newsletters. Custom websites. Audience segmentation. Subscriber tagging. Ability to customize and monetize from day one. UP TO 3 PUBLICATIONS WITH A FREE ACCOUNT.
Substack: GREAT FREE NEWSLETTER OPTION (and what I currently use for FSO). If you need a mass email option, this is your guy. Works as a blog with an archive, super customizable. Ability to add your own personal domain name. If you just want to write and ship content to your community, START WITH SUBSTACK. (BEGINNER)
Convertkit AKA Kit: Great paid newsletter option (with a free tier) that comes with all of the bells and whistles of segmenting etc to manage your newsletter.