Hey, go-getter! We’re all about supporting you in your brand-building journey by meeting you where you are today.
If you’re ready to start building your brand, but don’t have thousands to invest, the products and courses below will help you get started sooner rather than later.
Oooh, tell me more
Get ready for the brand clarity you've been searching for. There's no gatekeeping here—the BYOBrand Strategy Workbook gives you the exact same strategy exercises we use with brand identity design clients.
Build Your Own Brand Strategy Workbook
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Join The Playhouse
Are you tired of the endless hustle and feeling like your creativity is being drained? Say goodbye to the constant content churn and marketing tactics that make you cringe.
Inside The Playhouse, we're building a community of creative freelancers who believe in genuine connections and collaboration. Get ready to be seen by engaged audiences and find your perfect collaborative partners.
Join the revolution in The Playhouse!
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Helping your business flourish
Navigating the vast sea of resources available can often feel overwhelming, making it difficult to pinpoint exactly what products or services will best meet your needs. While we don't have all the answers, we're eager to share some budget-conscious solutions that have proven valuable on our own journey.
Software and Services We Love
Reclaim.ai*
Take control of your schedule and spend less time planning. Reclaim uses ai software to plan your schedule for you, including automatic updates when meetings get cancelled or moved. It's a serious time saver.
Calendar
MailerLite*
Email marketing and landing pages that are easy to make your own. More user friendly than other platforms we’ve tried and a forever free plan that rocks. Sign up with this link to get a $20 credit on your account!
Email Marketing
Dubsado*
A woman owned CRM platform to keep you organized and get paid. All of your proposals, clients, projects, contracts, and invoices under one roof. Sign up using the link below to get 20% off your first month or year!
CRM
Loom
Video messages provide the clarity and personalization of a video chat, without the hassle of scheduling. We record Looms to provide client walkthroughs and explain concepts that are too difficult to type in an email.
Video Messaging
Google Workspace
Get instant credibility with a custom email address using your domain. Plus, get access to the whole suite of Google products including Meet for video chats and Drive for file storage. It's a lot of bang for your buck.
Email & Video Chat
Notion*
Our preferred project management system for back-of-house operations. We use Notion to track deals, projects, and tasks, and to plan our social schedule. It's super flexible so you can make it fit your needs.
Project Management
Showit*
We don't recommend this platform for e-comm, but Showit is the platform our site is built on. Their site builder makes it easy to design what you want without custom code. Use the link below for 1 month free!
Web Platform
Xero
A budget-friendly alternative to Quickbooks, Xero provides the tools needed for modern accounting and bookkeeping.
Wave
Free, online bookkeeping and accounting software that’s easy to use. Perfect for those just starting and for service providers with simple bookkeeping needs.
BookKeeping Software
Moo*
Quality papers and printing for your business cards, stationary, and marketing materials. We print our business cards through Moo and they always make an impact. Use the link below to get 25% off your first order!
Online Print Provider
Yellow Images*
We're not going to lie, we had sticker shock the first time we looked into Yellow Images, but we've come to rely on their high quality mockups. Their assets are designed with creatives in mind and it shows.
Envato Elements
Unlimited downloads takes the stress out of finding stock assets. We mostly use Envato Elements for stock photos, product mockups, and fonts, but it also gives you access to video, music, graphic templates and more.
Digital Assets
*This is a product or service we use ourselves. The link provided is an affiliate link. So, if you sign up or make a purchase, we get a small reward in return.
Books We Can't Live Without
Tell Me More
James happens to be our founder's favorite logo designer, and he's also a pretty incredible human being. If you're into logo design, you're going to want this book.
James Martin
Made By James
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This book is filled with great reminders of the creative process and design thinking. We highly recommend it to anyone managing others, especially creatives.
Tom Kelley & David Kelley
Creative Confidence
Tell Me More
If you’re in a graphic arts field, or if you just want to learn more about industry pricing and ethical guidelines, you need a copy of this on your bookshelf.
Graphic Artists Guild Handbook
For Creatives
Tell Me More
Understand your business finances and make sure you’re earning a profit from your business. Fun fact, there’s a story about our local Savannah Bananas baseball team in this book!
Mike Michalowicz
Profit First
Tell Me More
A fantastic lesson in marketing, this book is a simple, step-by-step guide to craft your brand story. You’ll learn to position your customer as the hero and clarify your message.
Donald Miller
Building A Storybrand
For Entrepreneurs
Where We Gather Inspiration
Same Energy
This site is in beta mode, so it’s not perfect, but we love it for finding interesting images and illustrations. Find an image you like, then use it as your search term to find more images with the same energy.
Niice
Niice.co is our favorite place to create online mood boards. You can search their library for inspiration or upload your own images. The best part is, you have total control over the layout of your digital board.
This may be the most obvious, but Pinterest is a great place to create mood, inspiration, or aspiration boards.
For Mood Boards
Nappy
“Beautiful photos of Black and Brown people, for free.” Nappy was created to combat the lack of diversity on many other stock photo sites. Photographer credit is recommended, but not required.
Pixabay
Free stock images, plus royalty free illustrations, vectors, videos, music, and sound effects. Be sure to give proper credit whenever you use free stock assets.
Unsplash
Free, high-res stock images. A great resource for mood boards and promo images. Just be sure to credit the photographer if you use their image.
Free Stock Images
Adobe Color
We love the explore feature in Adobe Color. It’s a great way to search for color inspiration if you have a search term in mind. They’ve also added accessibility tools to ensure your palette is color blind friendly.
Coolors
The Coolors color palette generator is one of our favorite things on the internet. It’s a great way to discover new color combinations or just kill some time between meetings.
Colorspace
Start with one color and ColorSpace will generate an assortment of color palettes with different properties. It can also generate gradient backgrounds as css code that can be added to websites.
For Color Palettes
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