Reading/Learning
Blinkist
This is my go-to app for reading/listening books. Blinkist is an app (or website) that I personally use on a daily basis. It helps me unwind from the busy world surrounding me and broaden my horizons in as little as 10 minutes. 10, 15, 20 minutes is all it takes to read a summary of a great nonfiction book from some of the best authors in the world.
Read my review of Blinkist here.
Blogging Tools
Canva
If you haven’t heard of Canva yet, you are in for a treat! This beautifully designed online photo editor enables you to design presentations, social media graphics, and more with thousands of beautiful layouts.
Download an app or use it in your browser. It is super popular because of its ease of use (a baby could use it!), stunning templates and thousands of free resources like photos, elements or stickers.
What are you waiting for? Go see what the fuss is all about!
Income School
These guys taught me how to make a website, find the content to write about and that people are searching for and keep me inline with an easy to use a checklist of 60 steps so I don’t give up when the going gets tough.
If you ever wanted to quit the rat race or simply make a side income, watch their YouTube videos or sign-up for their Project 24 and start making a killing!
I cannot recommend these guys enough because they transformed many people’s lives (including mine) with their course and their outlook on life and business.
Theme Acabado
I use this super-fast WordPress theme on some of my other websites. It was made by the guys from Income School.
Acabado was designed to achieve a 100 on Google’s Page Speed Insights testing tool–without resorting to AMP. Even with lots of images. Even on mobile.
Motivation
Inktuitive
I’m in love with Inktuitive’s wall art and I would buy all of their canvases but my wife would kill me. They have a big range of inspirational canvases that you can check out here.
Step Up Goals Shop
If you need a high-quality custom phone case that comes in plenty of designs and personalizations, then our shop is for you. https://stepupgoals.shop/
Phone Wallpapers
I made plenty of wallpapers for my own motivation and I encourage you to use them as well for your lock or home screen. Find them on this page.
Video Editing
Content Samurai (Vidnami)
This kick-ass video editor makes stunning videos in literally a few minutes.
Choose one of dozens of templates and copy-paste your text and let Content Samurai do it’s magic! Tweek the videos that the app chose for you and add an amazing auto-voiceover and/or music and voila!
Yes, the AI is so good that the apps auto-voice function will make your jaw drop. You don’t even have to narrate your videos.
This feature makes it a killer app for freelancers and marketers.
Headliner
I use this awesome app to edit videos for YouTube. Thousands of free to use videos and photos make this online video editor a breeze to find content for your project.
This is actually an unmissable program for podcasters because it makes easy automatically transcribe audio for perfectly captioned videos. Plenty of templates for social media platforms ads to ease of use.
You can get 2 weeks of Headliner Pro for free by using this link and find out why this online editor is a popular and easy to use choice for podcasters and bloggers.
NOTE: many of the links on this page are affiliate links and will earn me a small commission if you signup for the services. This adds no cost to you but helps keep StepUpGoals.com sustainable. It’s also worth noting that almost all resources mentioned on this page are resources that I am personally signed up, paid up and regular user of.