Business Tools
Book Cover Design:
99 Designs (thanks to the reader who recommended this service!)
Creating Workflows:
Flowchart Maker & Online Diagram Maker: Drawing.io
Workflows from Book 2: Meeting the Writer's Deadlines
Finance:
Excel
Marketing:
Aweber – email marketing campaigns, newsletters, etc.
Sunome – popups, welcome mats, for your website.
zopim– online chat
Fiverr.com – graphic designers, ad writers, back cover copywriters
Productivity Tools for Writers
Evernote I use Evernote as a document management system. You can track all your Word files, Excel files, scanned handwritten notes, images, even your audio files. You can find information quickly using tags and it is a great organizing tool.
Scrivener Many writers use Scrivener. The program has templates to help you track your character traits and setting details. An import feature allows you to import Web pages and then go back and see them for research. You can import photos too. You can write your scenes out of sequence then put them together. There is a useful online index feature that I love which can be used to organize material. When you are done you can export your manuscript in a variety of formats, including .epub and .mobi. There is a learning curve but it is worthwhile taking a course to become proficient at this tool. Gwen Hernadez teaches a great course.
Timers
BeFocused or BeFocusedpro for the Mac OS. If you like the Podomoro timer approach of writing for 25 minutes then taking a 5 minute break, you wll like BeFocused.
FocusBooster for Mac OS and Windows. A timer similar to BeFocused which helps you track your writing time and break time so you don't get distracted and waste time.
Search Engine Optimization Tools:
WebTextTool – Guides you through how to optimize your blog and online marketing text. Includes Pagetrackers and Competitive analysis.
WordPress Site Development Information:
WebSite Setup: “How to Customize WordPress (Step-by-Step)” by Karol (thanks to the reader who recommended this article!)