21 Essential Tools for your Online Success

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TREP TALKS TOOLKIT

The 21 Most Important Tools in My Business and Life

SUSHANT MISRA

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INTRODUCTION


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There are many useful tools and resources out there that help you

save time and achieve your personal and business objectives.

The following is a list of 21 tools that I use in my business on a

pretty regular basis.

Some of these tools are for MAC computers only because that is

what I use.

Some are FREE, some FREEMIUM, and some PAID.

- Sushant Misra (Founder, Trep Talks Media Inc.)

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Hootsuite (http://hootsuite.com)

• Most features are FREE. Bulk scheduling and additional users etc. require payment

• Schedule multiple posts in advance

• Excellent software


• Manage different social media channels from one place

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Visit Website

http://hootsuite.com/











Dropbox (http://dropbox.com)

• FREE for beginners. Additional storage requires payment

• Syncs easily with your multiple devices

• Access from anywhere


• Best cloud storage and sharing of your files

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Aweber (http://aweber.com)

• Not free but worth it if your list is growing quickly

• Allows automation of your email marketing efforts

• Simple to use


• Email Marketing software

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Evernote (http://evernote.com)

• For starters it is mostly FREE

• Stores information in the cloud

• Access the information quickly when you need it


• Acts as a personal brain. Save anything (text, audio, video) from different devices

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Visit Website

http://evernote.com/












Wistia (http://wistia.com)

• I host my videos on Wistia, a little pricey but has its benefits

• A few videos FREE to host but then you have to pay

• Offers greater control, customization, and video analytics


• Video hosting platform similar to Youtube

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Visit Website

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Screenflow (http://telestream.net/screenflow)

• For Mac computers. Not free but definitely worth the investment

• I edit all my podcasts on this software

• Very intuitive and built for amateurs and non-tech people


• One of the best and most easy to use video editing, screen recording softwares

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Visit Website

http://www.telestream.net/screenflow/












Amazon S3 (http://aws.amazon.com/s3)

• I use it to backup my website as well as to store files that don't need to be

retrieved too often


• Excellent and cheap cloud storage service from Amazon

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Visit Website

http://aws.amazon.com/s3












Skype (http://skype.com)

• Free for most part

• I use Skype to record my video podcasts

• Free internet calls (audio and video)


• Skype is one of the best communication tools around in my opinion

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Visit Website

http://www.skype.com/en/












Ecamm Call Recorder (http://ecamm.com)

• Not free but worth the investment

• For Mac only

• Works in the background, great recoding quality


• Great little tool to record audio and video calls using Skype

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Visit Website

http://www.ecamm.com/mac/callrecorder/












Canva (http://canva.com)

• This document is created using Canva

• Still in Beta, FREE for the most part

• If you have a good imagination, you can create professional looking graphics


• Canva is a new but great graphic designing service for non-designers like me

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Visit Website

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Elance (http://elance.com)

• I regularly hire people on elance for a variety of tasks

• Pay for work using escrow services

• Outsource tasks and gain productivity


• Hire freelancers and contractors for a variety of tasks easily and quickly


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Trello (http://trello.com)

• For most purposes free to use

• Allows collaboration

• Very easy and intuitive to use


• Excellent multi-purpose organizational & project management tool


Visit Website

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WP Engine (http://wpengine.com)

• Definitely worth exploring if you are serious about creating an online business

• More expensive than regular hosting

• Offers many benefits over regular hosting (speed, enhanced security etc.)


• Managed hosting for Wordpress


Visit Website

http://wpengine.com/












Freedom App (http://macfreedom.com)

• For Mac. Not free but definitely worth the investment

• I use it in the morning to get my morning ritual (exercise etc.) done

• If you get distracted easily like me, it will allow you to focus and get things done


• Great productivity app. Simply set the timer and the internet access will be disabled


Visit Website

http://macfreedom.com/












Schedule Once (http://scheduleonce.com/)

• Free to use but paid version allows many customizations

• I use it extensively to book meetings, interviews etc.

• Removes the back-and-forth hassle of deciding date/times for meetings


• Excellent scheduling application


Visit Website

http://www.scheduleonce.com/












Yellow Notes (http://yellow-app.com)

• Free to use

• For Mac computers

• Very easy to use - write anything down quickly to remember at a later time


• Sticky Notes for Mac computers (quick notes, to do lists etc.)


Visit Website

http://yellow-app.com/












Buffer (http://bufferapp.com)

• Free

• Can schedule posts on different social media channels


• Another great app for social media sharing purposes


Visit Website

https://bufferapp.com/












Any Video Converter Lite (http://anvsoft.com)

• Best of all it is completely FREE

• Quick and easy to use - I use it to convert video podcasts into audio format

• Available for MAC computers


• Allows you to convert a video file into different file formats including audio only


Visit Website

http://www.anvsoft.com/any-video-converter-lite.html












Adobe Photoshop (http://photoshop.com)

• It is not free but definitely worth the investment

• Photoshop allows you to edit/create great images


• Great images add tremendous value to your online brand


Visit Website

http://photoshop.com/












Wordpress (http://wordpress.org)

• Best of all most of it is FREE

• Lots of add ons, resources, and support available because of its popularity

• Very simple to use and user friendly


• Arguably the most popular publishing, blogging platform


Visit Website

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Everything Google (http://google.com)

• Best of all, most of it is FREE

• Accessible through cloud

• Google is the BEST. Can't praise enough. Simple and just works


• Google Apps include GMAIL, Google Docs, Google Hangouts, Calendar, Drive


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