If you’ve ever heard a podcast recorded WITHOUT a pop filter, you’ve probably heard the hard “P” and “T” sounds. It can be distracting to the listener and this little tool removes them. The Auphonix is my favorite. It’s only a few bucks more than the cheapest pop filters and worth the extra money.
Windscreens remove a LOT of the background noise from getting through to your mic. They are cheap (usually less than $10 for a 5-pack) but dramatically improve the quality of your sound. Make sure to grab a 5-pack at least as they do wear out over time and it’s nice to have them handy when traveling. They also make a great cover for your phone mic if you are talking on a windy day!
This is the microphone I use for most of my podcasting. I also use it for most videos and livestreams. There is simply NO better mic for anywhere close to the price of the ATR2100. It’s usually less than $75 on Amazon (link below) and most mics that are $300+ are no better. Easy plug-and-play USB and works on any computer.
HootSuite is what we use to manage one-off messages for Twitter and LinkedIn, as well as replies and monitoring. The free version is great but does have its limits. Which is why we recommend MeetEdgar (on the left) for scheduling posts. HootSuite is the best tool we’ve found for managing replies and monitoring mentions, though!
The coolest new tool I’ve found in a while. We use Repurpose to take our podcasts and Facebook Lives and automatically post them to YouTube, automatically post podcast clips to Twitter, and so much more! It saves us thousands of dollars a year and gets our content a LOT more exposure!
MeetEdgar is how we schedule most o our social media posts for Twitter and LinkedIn. It makes it super easy to bulk schedule messages and manage all of our different categories of messages (content, promotional, lead magnets, etc.). We’ve tried just about every social media management tool and this is the best by far!
On average I read about 2 ½ books every week…We’re talking all the best marketing, entrepreneurship, leadership, and personal growth books on the planet… So how do I do it? I use a service called Read It For Me which summarizes the content and gives you all the GOLD NUGGETS. What would normally take you a few days to read, you get in 15-20 minutes. I’m literally able to get 40-50 times the information in the same amount of time! Steve Cunningham, the founder of Read it For Me, is sharing a special offer just for my followers. Click the button to check it out.
Agathon is the 9th host I’ve used and they are by far THE BEST! We absolutely love them. Their service is unmatched and the downtime is extremely rare. If it sounds like I’m raving, it’s because we love them that much. I’ve never had a host even half as good as Agathon. They are not the cheapest but we’ve paid twice as much for a lot less reliability and quality.
This is the tool I use to shorten URLs and make them “pretty.” It’s great to creating URLs that you send in emails, mention on podcast interviews, or share out and about. The free version, Pretty Link Lite, works for most people, but there is a paid version.
Simply put, Zapier makes our jobs 10X easier. It’s like plumbing for the internet. Zapier connects all our favorite apps so we can automate tasks in the background. Trigger an action in one app and the results show up in another without us lifting a finger. The robots handle the mundane work so we can focus on what’s most important.
This is the exact plugin I started using three years ago that instantly improved my web site speed by more than 50%! Web site speed is SO important and this simple little plugin does a lot of the work for you. It caches your pages, images, and much more to make it load significantly faster. That means your site ranks better, people stick around and…well, you make more money!
ConvertKit is our new email provider, after switching from MailChimp, who we had major issues with. ConvertKit is an all-in-one source for landing pages, optin forms, and email marketing. Great alternative to using LeadPages and MailChimp separately. Get a 30-day FREE trial using my link!