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Personal Branders - Good Tools #5
50+ zero-cost tools to make your personal brand shine, visible and appreciated.
Hello, and welcome to issue n.5 of Good Tools.
In this issue you will find tools, apps and browser extensions that are uniquely useful to indie entrepreneurs, bootstrapped startups, authors and small publishers alike.
For this specific edition, I have gone after personal branding tools and apps.
These are free apps that help you build and support the growth of your personal brand, in the following categories:
Personal Profile Pages
Personal Portfolios
CV and Resumes
One-Page Websites
Personal Logos
Professional Email Signature
Avatar Picture
Personal Brand Monitoring
Online Publishing
more…
The filtering criteria I use for the tools I select are:
100% free (or have very generous free plan)
Not popular, not well-known
Tested and verified by me (Robin Good)
If you find tools that are truly useful for you inside this issue, please consider supporting this work with a paid subscription.
That’s the best way to reward and encourage my work and to make sure I keep on doing it.
Robin Good
Personal Branding Tools
1) Personal Profile Pages
Muralapp.io
Free version
examplePeerlist.io
100% freeFree version - up to 25 links
exampleNano.site
100% free for personal useGoogle About Me
100% free
little-known but quite important
2) Personal Portfolios
100% free - unlimited pages and images
Flickr
100% free version - up to 1000 photos/videosxTiles
100% free version - max 1000 items
Web, desktop, iOS and Android
examplesAdobe Portfolio
100% free for subscribers of Adobe Creative CloudJourno Portfolio
100% free version - max 10 items
examplesReadymag
Free version - allows one portfolio with unlimited content items
examplesClippings.me
Free version - allows clipping up to 10 articles
3) One-Page Websites
Canva Website Builder
100% free plan - up to 5GB of uploadable content
1M free photos - 250K templatesLimey
Free plan - up to 3 pagesTilda.cc
Free plan - 1 websiteMobirise
100% free website builder software for Mac and PC
Hostable (freeì on mobirise sub-domain) - ExportableIMCreator
100% free plan for artists and non-profitsStrikingly
100% free plan - Unlimited sites on Strikingly.com domain5GB Bandwidth / 500 MB total storage per site
up to 5 pages per site
4) Profile Picture Generators
Picsart Profile Picture Maker
100% free - top tool - fully featured100% free - automatically eliminates background
(pricing says you need to pay, but it works also without)
tens of variants ready to be downloaded in .PNGPFP Maker
100% free - automatically eliminates background100% free - automatically eliminates background
Pixlr PhotoMash
100% free - automatically eliminates backgroundNewProfilePIC
100% free - automatically eliminates background
*little watermark at the bottomPersonas
100% free - for those who prefer to remain a bit in the shadow
generates customizable profile avatars without needing a photo
5) Pro-Looking eMail Signatures
Hubspot eMail Signature Generator
100% free - multiple templates
No registration requiredSignatureHound
100% free - fully featuredReply.io Email Signature Generator
100% free - 5 alternative layouts - unlimited signaturesEmail Signature Generator
100% free - one style only - photo/avatar supportedFree version - one style only - photo/avatar supported
Mailbum
100% free - basic stylesSignature
100% free - edit for 30 daysMySigMail
Free version - one sig + unlimited exports
*small link to original brandWiseStamp
Free plan - PRO design and features
*small link to original brandSignatureLab
100% free version - one signature - forever editable
*small link to original brand
6) Logo Makers
Adobe Free Logo Maker
100% free - fully featured
large library of icons, symbols and images
download resolution 500x500p100% free - fully featured
download in full resolution - favicon and social media logo variants includedPrintful Logo Maker
100% free - fully featured
download in full resolutionLogo.com
100% free - high-res downloads - unlimited editsNameCheap Logo Maker
100% free - requires registration
Download full resolution logo in .PNGFotor Logo Maker
free - lots of editable logo templates - requires registration
Download full resolution logo in .PNG / PDFFree Logos
100% free
for open-source projects and NGOs
7) CV Builders
FlowCV
100% free for one resume - all features available
unlimited downloadsINeedaResume
100% free - 4 basic designs
unlimited PDF downloads and editsGoodProfile.me
100% free while in Beta
free plan available afterwards
web-based CVCVLogin
100% free - requires registration
multiple templates - fully featured
unlimited PDF downloads and editsimport from LinkedIN and FB
ResumePro
100% free - requires registration
multiple templates
unlimited PDF, HTML, PNG downloads, prints and editsCakeResume
Free version - one resume max
PDF downloadSwiftCV
Free version - unlimited items and projects
PDF download
*watermark + small link to original brand
8) Personal Brand Monitoring
Google Alerts
100% free - provides email alerts and RSS feeds
sources: Web, news, video, blogs, books
9) Personal Publishing
Medium
100% free - publish short & long content
create publications, lists, collections, newslettersSubstack
100% free - publish short & long content
create newsletters, publications, podcasts
social media network
10) Merchandise
Printful
100% free - add your brand to physical products and sell them online
pay a commission when you sell to your clients
fulfilment and distribution included
11) Personal Branding Resources (100% free)
New Personal Branding Canvas
(2023) (PDF)Personal Branding Canvas
(2022) (PDF)Original Personal Branding Canvas
(2014) (PDF)
ideal tool for defining your personal branding strategy.Personal Brand Workbook
(PDF) 42 pagesLinkedIN Personal Branding Checklist
(PDF) 3 pages
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From me to you
Thank you for being a reader and sticking around.
My name is Robin and I love supporting indie entrepreneurs looking for alternative money-saving alternatives.
It takes a lot of time (nearly 12 hours) and work to identify these tools, try them out and organize them in ways that can provide immediate value to you.
But this is what I truly love. I have been searching, testing and sharing great rare-to-find tools for indie entrepreneurs since March 2000 when I started to publish my first newsletter Mastermind Explorer.
I do this because I get a kick out of searching and finding hard-to-find gems and useful resources.
I also feel it is my mission not to keep these just for me but to share them with anyone who may need them.
I am part of a growing number of people who have in their genetic code the drive to organize the vast amount of information and resources that are already available online, but are impossible to find via Google search.
If you feel that what I do is useful for you and for others please do support this newsletter with a paid subscription so that I, and others, can continue to fulfill our mission of sharing the best of what we find with you.
from sunny Holbox island,
Robin Good