If you’ve ever had a conversation with me, you know I love recommending resources of all kinds. From podcasts to books to products to events—and everything in-between—if I know something that would interest you or that I think you should know about, I feel compelled to share it!

In fact, I have a Resource List on my business website for this very reason. But my clients are primarily nonprofits, social enterprises, and other cause-focused organizations. While this is, of course, awesome, I also know about a lot of resources that aren’t a great fit for them as well. And those items don’t live in any organized place like my business Resource List.

So, for the sake of my other solopreneurs and small business friends (and my sanity), I thought I’d go ahead and include them all here for easy access.

Note: There are obviously a lot of other options besides what I’ve listed below, but these are the ones I refer again and again, as well as have personal experience with. And anything with a * means it’s one of my favorites!

BOOKS

• 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing by Al Ries and Jack Trout
• A Curious Mind by Brian Grazer *
• Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert *
• Boundaries by Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend *
• Building a StoryBrand by Donald Miller
• Living Forward: A Proven Plan to Stop Drifting and Get the Life You Want by Michael Hyatt and Daniel Harkavy
• People Over Profit by Dale Partridge
• The $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau *
• The Dream Giver by Bruce Wilkinson *
• The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber
• The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self Discovery by Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile *
• The Starfish and The Spider by Ori Brafman and Rod Beckstrom
• The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
• Visoneering: God’s Blueprint for Developing and Maintaining Vision by Andy Stanley* 
• Where Am I Giving? by Kelsey Timmerman
• You Are a Badass at Making Money by Jen Sincero

 

PODCASTS

• Authentic Selling
• Being Boss
• Building a Story Brand 
• Business Boutique
• Cause Talk Radio
• Honest Money Conversations *
• Marketing Personalities
• The Femtrepreneur Show *

 

EMAIL LISTS

• Freedom With Writing, Publications Looking for Writers
• Help A Reporter Out, Journalists/Bloggers Looking for Sources (my tips)
• PodcastGuests.com, Find Opportunities
• Shanna Skidmore, Financial Advice for Creatives
• Social Media Examiner, Social Media News and Tips

 

CONFERENCES

• Business Boutique
• Catalyst Conference
• Justice Conference
• Plywood Presents *
• The Orange Conference and Orange Tour *
• Tribe Conference (2017 notes, 2018 notes)
• Yellow Conference

 

FREELANCE RATES

• Contently
• CopyHackers
• Editorial Freelancers Association
• Who Pays Writers

 

SOFTWARE

• 1 Password, Password Keeper
• Acuity Scheduling, Online Appointment Scheduling
• Asana, Project Management * (getting started guide)
• Calendly, Online Appointment Scheduling
• Canva, DIY Graphics *
• Dropbox, Online File Sharing *
• Dubsado, CRM, invoicing and much more
• Free Conference Call, Online and Phone Conferencing
• G Suite, Branded Email, Online Storage, and More
• HelloSign, Send Contracts and Legal Docs Digitally
• Hotjar, Website Analytics and Feedback
• Hunter, Tracking Down Email Addresses
• Leedfeeder, See Who Views Your Website
• Loom, Screen Recording
• Mailchimp, Email Marketing
• Rescue Time, Automated Time Tracking
• Smarterqueue, Social Media Scheduler (get a 30-day trial) (See my review)
• Squarespace, DIY Websites (see my review)
• Sumo, Website Tools
• Timecamp, Time Tracking
• TinyJPG, Shrink Image Size
• Wave, Free Invoicing and Bookkeeping
• Zoom, Video Conferencing
• TimeCamp, Time Tracking
• BeLive, Hosting Interviews on Facebook Live

 

OTHER BUSINESS TOOLS

• Audible, Audiobooks (Get 2 FREE books!) *
• Evernote, My Everything Keeper
• MOO, Business Cards and Printing (Get 25% off!)
• Pexels, Free Stock Photos
• The Contract Shop, Legal Contracts and Templates (read this blog post) *
• Unsplash, Free Stock Photos

 

SAVING MONEY

• Trim is negotiates lower bills for me
• Ebates for money back while online shopping
• Honey for online coupon codes
• Fetch for saving money on grocery bills (referral code RM8DK)
• iBotta for saving money on grocery bills ($20 referral bonus)
• This post on saving money on medical bills
• Medi-Share for health sharing plans
• Check out my Travel Hacking 101 post for tips on how I travel to conferences cheaply.

 

MISC

• Aqua Notes for all that thinking you do in the shower!
• Calm meditation app
• CoSchedule Email Subject Line Tester, Write Catchy Subject Lines
• CoSchedule Headline Analyzer, Write Catchy Headlines
• Five-Minute Journal by Alex Iconn and UJ Ramdas

 

And if you are a nonprofit, social enterprise, or other cause-focused organization, you can find more great resources for your business on Signify’s site! 😉

What am I missing? What would help you? What do you need?

PS: If this has been helpful, would you mind sharing it with another solopreneur or small business owner?

 

 

Some links are affiliate links, which means I get a little somethin’ somethin’ for telling you about them. However, I only promote things I know and love!