Tools & Resources for Freelancers
Site creation
Graphic Design
A cheaper, yet powerful, alternative to Adobe Illustrator.
GNU Image Manipulation Program, a freely distributed program for tasks such as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.
AI
UX & UI
Marketing
Comprehensive toolkit for digital marketers, including SEO, PPC and more.
Track website activity of users, including session duration, bounce rate and source.
Inspiration
This is Adobe’s design showcase site.
Similar to Pinterest but focused exclusively on design.
Get font combination inspirations and see how they look together before using.
A community of designers sharing screenshots of their work.
Awesome website landing page inspiration by the man, Rob.
Generate color palettes for your design and get their color codes easily.
Management
The simple client onboarding and management tool for freelancers & agencies.
Project management software designed for small to large-sized businesses.
Finance
A free, web-based tool that helps you track your spending, create a budget, and get your finances in order.
Offers free credit reports and scores, and gives recommendations to improve those scores.
Finding work
All you need to start and scale your freelancing business.
A global crowdsourcing marketplace website, which allows potential employers to post jobs that freelancers can then bid to complete.
Chrome Extensions
Convert any website into editable Figma files for inspiration or to learn how it’s built.
See the search volume, and a complete list of keyword ideas with overlap score and search volume.
Audit website pages directly with a click of a button in your browser. Completely for free.
Ai Powered Browser Extension for supercharged productivity
Record videos and take full or partial screenshots of your computer screen with this extension.
Avoid hour long meetings when you can just record video messages. Loom alternative.
Books
This book teaches left-brain business skills to right-brain creative thinkers.
This book goes into details on how to manage and grow a small creative studio.
This book by John Warrillow teaches you how to run a business and not let it run you.
Learn how billionaires and successful entrepreneurs build incredible businesses.
This book teaches you how to grow a good and sustainable business
This bestselling book teaches you how to design an iconic logo from start to finish.