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What Tools Career Sidekick Uses
Job search advice website for job seekers and career changers
Tools
16 tools · grouped by what Career Sidekick uses
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Canva
· 3 mentions · 2 sourcesDesign“I created the entire guide myself in Canva”
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“If the e-book failed, I had just invested two weeks and almost no money (I created the entire guide myself in Canva). Here’s an image of the book cover, designed in Canva:”
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PayPal
· 3 mentions · 2 sourcesPayments“They integrate with my two payment processors — Stripe and PayPal — and offer some features that I love, like the ability to create product bundles, offer one-click upsells, and more.”
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“SendOwl (https://www.sendowl.com/) for selling and delivering digital products. They integrate with my two payment processors — Stripe and PayPal — and offer some features that I love, like the ability to create product bundles, offer one-click upsells, and more.”
high“Paypal and Stripe for payment processing”
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Stripe
· 3 mentions · 2 sourcesPayments“They integrate with my two payment processors — Stripe and PayPal — and offer some features that I love, like the ability to create product bundles, offer one-click upsells, and more.”
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“SendOwl (https://www.sendowl.com/) for selling and delivering digital products. They integrate with my two payment processors — Stripe and PayPal — and offer some features that I love, like the ability to create product bundles, offer one-click upsells, and more.”
high“Paypal and Stripe for payment processing”
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WordPress
· 3 mentions · 2 sourcesBlog“After registering my domain for approximately $10, I found shared web hosting, set up WordPress, installed a free theme, and got to work.”
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“From there, I paid for web hosting, installed WordPress, and got to work.”
high“After registering my domain for approximately $10, I found shared web hosting, set up WordPress, installed a free theme, and got to work.”
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ActiveCampaign
· 3 mentions · 2 sourcesEmail“ActiveCampaign (https://www.activecampaign.com/) is the best email marketing tool I've used. Good support, very advanced/robust tools, without being too difficult to learn or too expensive.”
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“ActiveCampaign (https://www.activecampaign.com/) is the best email marketing tool I’ve used. Good support, very advanced/robust tools, without being too difficult to learn or too expensive.”
high“Active Campaign for email marketing”
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Ahrefs
· 3 mentions · 2 sourcesSeo“I use Ahrefs (https://ahrefs.com/) for keyword research.”
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“I use Ahrefs (https://ahrefs.com/) for keyword research.”
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Sendowl
· 3 mentions · 2 sourcesOther“SendOwl (https://www.sendowl.com/) for selling and delivering digital products.”
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“SendOwl (https://www.sendowl.com/) for selling and delivering digital products. They integrate with my two payment processors — Stripe and PayPal — and offer some features that I love, like the ability to create product bundles, offer one-click upsells, and more.”
high“Sendowl for selling digital downloads”
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Upwork
· 2 mentionsHiring“Upwork (https://upwork.com/) for hiring freelancers.”
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“Upwork (https://upwork.com/) for hiring freelancers. It’s not perfect, but I’ve found it to have the best talent for most of the projects I’ve tried to hire for (with a few gaps/exceptions).”
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Google Docs
· 2 mentions“Google Docs/Sheets for notes and lists that I edit more frequently.”
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“Google Docs/Sheets for notes and lists that I edit more frequently.”
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Buffer
· 2 mentionsSocial media“Buffer (https://buffer.com/) for social media posting/scheduling.”
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“Buffer (https://buffer.com/) for social media posting/scheduling. I’ve found it to be relatively simple and minimalist, which is what I always prefer.”
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Evernote
· 2 mentionsProductivity“Evernote (https://evernote.com/) for keeping information, lists, and notes that I don't need to edit or check too often.”
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“Evernote (https://evernote.com/) for keeping information, lists, and notes that I don’t need to edit or check too often.”
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SurferSEO
· 1 mention“You'd be writing articles but also learning a bit about SEO and using some of the latest tools like SurferSEO.”
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HotJar
· 1 mentionOther“We've changed the WordPress theme multiple times, improved website navigation based on user feedback and viewing user heatmaps (using Hotjar), and more.”
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Namecheap
· 1 mention“I decided I wanted to build a career advice site, so I spent a couple of days researching a domain name, then I bought it on NameCheap.”
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Teachable
· 1 mentionEducation“Teachable for selling a course”
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Google Analytics
· 1 mentionAnalytics“See below for Google Analytics from 2016 to the present:”
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